Mishkat Ullah

Faunistic studies of the tribe Brachinini (Carabidae: Coleoptera) from northern Pakistan

A faunistic study of the tribe Brachinini from northern Pakistan was carried out including extensive fieldwork collections and specimens housed in the Insect Repository, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad and the National Insect Museum, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad. Ten species belonging to three genera were identified from the study area, including four new records for Pakistan, Brachinus (Brachinus) ejaculans Fischer Von Waldheim, 1828, Brachinus (Neobrachinus) pallidipes Reitter, 1919, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) consularis (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846) and Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) lineifrons Chaudoir, 1850. A key for these species is provided. A new combination is proposed for Brachinus (Brachynolomus) pallidipes Reitter, 1919, namely Brachinus (Neobrachinus) pallidipes Reitter, 1919, comb. nov.

Figure 8. Dolichovespula Asiatica. A In To The Knowledge Of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) Of Pakistan

FIGURE 8. Dolichovespula asiatica. a, habitus; b, head, frontal view; c, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; d, metasoma, dorsal view.

Figure 5. Vespula Flaviceps. A In To The Knowledge Of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) Of Pakistan

FIGURE 5. Vespula flaviceps. a, habitus; b, head, frontal view; c, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; d, metasoma, dorsal view.

Figure 10. Polistes Gallicus. A In To The Knowledge Of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) Of Pakistan

FIGURE 10. Polistes gallicus. a, habitus; b, head, frontal view; c, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; d, metasoma, dorsal view.