taxonID	type	description	language	source
1F52051FFFCC6B19EFD5F9829529F895.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. Elsewhere: Angola; Eritrea; Nigeria; Senegal; Sudan; Uganda. (Dover & Rao 1922, Carpenter et al. 2010 a, Gusenleitner & Madl 2012).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCC6B19EFD5FA949357FA46.taxon	description	Delta de Saussure, 1855: 130, 132, 143. Type species: Vespa maxillosa De Geer, 1775 [Vespa emarginata Linnaeus, 1758].	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCC6B1AEFD5F832952CFCC0.taxon	materials_examined	zon: Matnog, Sorsogon ”. Delta campaniforme campaniforme; Giordani Soika, 1987: 147. Material examined. INDIA: Uttarakhand: Almora district, Chalthi, 19. xi. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. J. P. Sathi & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12964. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia; China; Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; U. S. A. (adventive); Vietnam. (Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Nugroho et al. 2013, Nguyen 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Khan et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCF6B1AEFD5FCE592A9FC14.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. Elsewhere: Iran. (Giordani Soika 1979, Gusenleitner 2013 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCF6B1AEFD5FB919359F91F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Yelahanka Bengaluru, 6. xii. 2018, 1 ♀ & 3 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Savandurga, 4. x. 2018, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Kanakpura, 31. ii. 2015, 2 ♀, Coll. Rajeshwari; GKVK Ben- galuru, 9. xii. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen Kumar, 24. iv. 2012, 1 ♀; 1, 4. ii. 2014, 1 ♂, 4 ♀, coll. A. Pannure; Sirsi, 6. xi. 2007, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; Hebbal Bengaluru, 1. iii. 2006, 1 ♀, Coll. Shivaprakash.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCF6B1AEFD5FB919359F91F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Laos; China; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Girish Kumar & Mazumdar 2015, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Nguyen 2015 b, Nidup et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCF6B1BEFD5F89D932AFE54.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Africa; Algeria; Arabia; Canary Islands; Chad; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Iran; Madagascar; Mauritania; Nepal; Niger; Pakistan; Palestine; Spain; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Syria; Turkey; Uganda; Yemen. (Gupta 1997, Dvorak & Castro 2007, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCE6B1BEFD5FD8D923AFBC3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: Guntur, 13. xii. 2006, 1 ♂, Coll. Naveen Kumar. Karnataka: Dandeli, 29. v. 2008, 2 ♂, Coll. Yadavababu; Hebbal Bengaluru, 2. v. 2011, 1 ♂, Coll. Mahendra; Bangalore, GKVK, 916 m, 7. x, 10. xi. 2012, 2 ♀, coll. A. Pannure. Kerala: Madayipara (Kannur), 38 m, 12 ° 01 ’ N 75 ° 15 ’ E, 13. viii. 2015, 1 ♀, coll. S. D. Pradeepa. Nagaland: Medziphema Dimapur, 3. iii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Gujarat: AAU Anand, 27. xi. 2015, 2 ♂, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Maharashtra: Narayangaon Pune, 24. xi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCE6B1BEFD5FD8D923AFBC3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland (new record), Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Arabia; China; Bhutan; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Laos; Mauritius; Myanmar; New Caledonia; Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Thailand; Sri Lanka; United Arab Emirates; Vietnam. (Gupta 1997, Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Nguyen 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCE6B1BEFD5FBE9972DFAEB.taxon	description	Delta paraconicus Giordani Soika, 1972: 107. Type data: Holotype male, BMNH. Type locality: Dohnavur, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFCE6B1BEFD5FBE9972DFAEB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1972, Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC16B14EFD5FD229287FC85.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Indonesia; Kyrgyzstan; Malaysia; Mongolia; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC16B14EFD5FC269501FBF5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC16B14EFD5FBB69445FA19.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 916 m, 14. vi. 1982, 1 ♂, coll. Viraktmath; 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 2. v. 2009, 1 ♀; 1. i, 26. ii, 19. iii, 6. iv, 10. vi. 2012, 6 ♀, 1 ♂; 18. vii. 2013, 1 ♂; 1. ii. 2014, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, coll. A. Pannure. Kerala: Munnar Camelot Resort, 1464 m, 10 ° 09 ’ N 77 ° 06 ’ E, 15. v. 2013, 1 ♂, coll. V. V. Belavadi. Kannur, Madayipara, 38 m, 12 ° 01 ’ N 75 ° 15 ’ E, 13. viii. 2015, 2 ♀, coll. S. D. Pradeepa. Padan- nakkad, 14 m, 12 ° 15 ’ N 75 ° 07 ’ E, 14. viii. 2015, 1 ♂, coll. C. Prashantha.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC16B14EFD5FBB69445FA19.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China?; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore. (Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC16B14EFD5F9829763F895.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Palampur, 22 - 24. x. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Uttarakhand: Bhimtal, 12 - 15. xi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Uttarakhand: Chamoli district, Phata, 23. ix. 1979, 1 ♀, Coll. J. P. Sathi & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12978; Dehradun district, Sahiya, 18. vii. 2019, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12979 & 12980.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC16B14EFD5F9829763F895.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh (new record), Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal. Elsewhere: China: Tibet; Laos; Nepal. (Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC16B15EFD5F81697DFFE03.taxon	description	Kong); Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen 2015 c, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC06B15EFD5FDA997D7FD34.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala. (Giordani Soika 1973 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC06B15EFD5FC01973FFBC3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: “ Shapali, Bombay Presidency ”. Elsewhere: Iran; Pakistan; Tajikistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC06B15EFD5FBE99425FA13.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Odisha: Puri, 30. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Uttarakhand: Dehradun district, Jessawala, 21. iv. 1984, 1 ♂, Coll. R. Kaur & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12981; Dehradun dis- trict, Sahiya, 18. vii. 2019, 2 ♂, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12982 & 12983; Dehradun district, Asan Barrage Bird Sanctuary, 18. vii. 2019, 1 ♂, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12984.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC06B15EFD5FBE99425FA13.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Odisha (new record), Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record). Elsewhere: China. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC06B15EFD5F9829358F8B0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Dandeli, 29. v. 2008, 1 ♀, Coll. Yadavababu; Yelahanka Benagaluru, 4. iv. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; Nandi Hills, 6. ix. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC06B15EFD5F9829358F8B0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC36B16EFD5FF1597DFFE9C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Bajaura Kullu, 24. x. 2017, 2 ♂, Ankita Gupta & Omprakash.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC36B16EFD5FF1597DFFE9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC36B16EFD5FE19944FFD50.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Uttarakhand: Uttarkashi district, Rawai forest, 16. vi. 1981, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Arun Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12975 & 12976; Dehradun district, Sahiya, 18. vii. 2019, 1 ♀, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12977.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC36B16EFD5FE19944FFD50.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand (new record). Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC36B16EFD5FD5594B1FBA0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Albania; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Kazahkstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Malta; Morocco; Pakistan; Russia; Serbia; Spain; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Turkey; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Uzbekistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC36B16EFD5FB0597DFF98C.taxon	description	Girish Kumar et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC36B16EFD5F8A4946EF803.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India. Elsewhere: China.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC26B17EFD5FECA978DFCA1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Macedonia; Mongolia; Pakistan; Rhodes; Syria; Turkey; Uzbekistan. (Blüthgen 1960, Fateryga 2017, Giordani Soika 1970, Gusenleitner 1999 & 2019). b) Katamenes dimidiatus watsoni Meade-Waldo, 1910	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC26B17EFD5FECA978DFCA1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kashmir. Elsewhere: Kazakhstan; Mongolia; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 1999 & 2019; Girish Kumar et al. 2019 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC26B17EFD5FC0A9556FB1D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kashmir. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia, Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; Crimea; Georgia; Greece; Iran; Israel; Lebanon; Macedonia; Russia; Syria; Tajikistan; Turkey. (Blüthgen & Königsmann 1969; Blüthgen & Gusenleitner 1970 a; Giordani Soika 1970; Ebrahimi & Carpenter 2008; Fateryga 2018; Fateryga & Ivanov 2009; Gusenleitner 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC26B17EFD5FA9E977FF9FD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: China; Kyrgystan; Tajikistan. (Morawitz 1895; Kurzenko 1977; Gusenleitner 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC26B10EFD5F9DA955BFEB8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: “ India orientali ” (doubtful). Elsewhere: Iran; central Siberia; Afghanistan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; north-eastern China;? Crimea; south-eastern European Russia. (Lichtenstein 1796, Kurzenko 1977, Fateryga 2017 & 2018, Antropov & Fateryga 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B10EFD5FD929544FD15.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Giordani Soika 1935 a, Girish Kumar 2012, Nguyen et al. 2014).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B10EFD5FC44953EFA6E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Hebbal Bengaluru, 4. viii. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Mallesh; Bangalore, GKVK, 916 m, 1. ii. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. A. Pannure; Kolar, Horticulture college, 830 m, 13 ° 07 ’ N 78 ° 10 ’ E, 16. xii. 2014, 1 ♂, coll. A. Pannure.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B10EFD5FC44953EFA6E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B10EFD5F90295EDF8A4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Girish Kumar 2013 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B11EFD5F806948BFD08.taxon	description	Eumenes flavopictus Blanchard, 1840: pl. 2, fig. 21. Type data: MNHN.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B11EFD5F806948BFD08.taxon	description	Phimenes flavopictum flavopictum; Girish Kumar, 2013: 119.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B11EFD5F806948BFD08.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Malayamartha Chikamaglur, 22. iii. 2007, 1 ♀, Coll. Shivaprakash; Sirsi, 8. i. 2008, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; Hebbal Bengaluru, 24. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Mallesh; viii. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Kerala: Ernakulam, 4 m, 9 ° 59 ’ N 76 ° 17 ’ E, 14. viii. 2011, 1 ♀, coll. T. V. Aswathy. Trivandrum, 1. vi. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. Anjali. Maharashtra: Bhimashankar, 27. xi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Paresh Churi; 22. ii. 2017, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC56B11EFD5F806948BFD08.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Girish Kumar 2013 b, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Nguyen et al. 2016, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Sheikh et al. 2017, Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC46B11EFD5F9299792F863.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Chikaballapur, Nandi hills (Near), 1460 m, 13 ° 22.24 ’ N 77 ° 41.02 ’ E, 7. vi. 2011, 1 ♂, coll. H. M. Yashwant.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC46B11EFD5F9299792F863.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (van der Vecht 1981, Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC46B11EFD5FA24944AF98C.taxon	description	Antalastor de Saussure, 1856: 328. Type species: Alastoratropos Lepeletier, 1841.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC46B11EFD5FCAD972DFBE8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Goa, Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, 23. iv. 2019, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC46B11EFD5FCAD972DFBE8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam. (Nguyen et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC46B11EFD5FBCD95E6FAEB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Island. (Girish Kumar 2013 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC46B12EFD5F849954CFF2C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Punjab. (Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC76B12EFD5FE89934FFE2F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Mysore, Chinnamballi, 716 m, 12 ° 05 ’ N 76 ° 49 ’ E, 30. vii. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. C. Prashantha.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC76B12EFD5FE89934FFE2F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Puducherry. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (van der Vecht 1981, Pannure et. al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC76B12EFD5FD8D93BBFD73.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Telangana. (Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015 a, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC76B12EFD5FC3295FCFBBD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Giordani Soika 1972).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC76B12EFD5FACD9792FA17.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Giordani Soika 1992, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 a, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC76B13EFD5F995924BFEE4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Sangam, 08. viii. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Kerala: Ernakulam (Perumbavoor), 33 m, 25. x. 2011, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, coll. T. V. Aswathy. Idukki, 1200 m, 10. xi. 2011, 1 ♂, coll. T. V. Aswathy.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC76B13EFD5F995924BFEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Bhutan; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, 2015 a & 2015 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 a, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC66B13EFD5FECB9422FE0A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Sikkim. Elsewhere: China. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 a, Nguyen et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC66B13EFD5FD9495DFFB8E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Dodaballapur, 04. ii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; Yelahanka Bengaluru, 04. iv. 2016, 2 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh. Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 26. ii. 2012, 1 ♀; 4, 19, 28. v. 2012, 4 ♀; 18. x. 2012, 1 ♀; 1. ii. 2014, 1 ♂, coll. A. Pannure. Kerala: Kannur, Madayipara, 38 m, 12 ° 01 ’ N 75 ° 15 ’ E, 13. viii. 2015, 2 ♀, coll. C. Prashantha.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC66B13EFD5FD9495DFFB8E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Maldive Islands; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1992, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, 2014 b 2015 a & 2015 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 a, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Tan et. al. 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC66B13EFD5FB1195DDFAD8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 a, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFC66B13EFD5F9A192B8F854.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Holarctic Region. (Gusenleitner 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5FF1597C9FE70.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: IARI farm Kullu, 26. v. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5FF1597C9FE70.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh (new record), West Bengal. Elsewhere: Malaysia; Nepal. (Giordani Soika 1973, Gusenleitner 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5FE51924DFCEC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: China. (Meade-Waldo 1910 b, You et al. 2013).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5FCC992AAFB3C.taxon	description	Turkey. (Gusenleiner 1996 & 1998 a, Żyla 2006, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Fateryga 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5FB799361FA1C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: IARI farm Kullu, 26. v. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar; Palampur, 24. x. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5FB799361FA1C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh (New record), Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Nepal. (Gusenleiner 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5F9999486F944.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Nepal. (Bingham 1897, Giordani Soika 1973 b, Nidup et al. 2018, Tan et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD96B0CEFD5F961924EF86C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: China. (Meade-Waldo 1910 b, Tan et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD86B0DEFD5FF15929CFE54.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra. (Gusenleitner 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD86B0DEFD5FC0492C1FBCE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD86B0DEFD5FBD197B9F920.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Uttarakhand: Dehradun district, Kanwali, 25. vii. 1987, 1 ♀, Coll. Mukesh, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 13009.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD86B0DEFD5FBD197B9F920.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand (new record), Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Taiwan); Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Nguyen et al. 2018, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD86B0DEFD5F8859426F800.taxon	description	pore; Sri Lanka; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Gupta 1997, Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD86B0DEFD5FE7B92A2FC9A.taxon	description	Antepipone Dalla Torre 1894: 50, 96.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5FF31937EFE54.taxon	description	Antepipona brunnipes brunnipes; Lambert, 2004.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5FF31937EFE54.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. Elsewhere: Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali. (Girish Kumar & Rajmohana, 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5FE519763FBA0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Yelahanka Bengaluru, 04. iv. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 22. iv. 2017, 5 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 26. iv. 2017, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Ashwath; 3. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 12. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 15. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 10. ix. 2017, 3 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Kanakpura, 07. i. 2014, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; IWSt Bengaluru, 08. v. 2013, 2 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar; Kolar, 27. xii. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Sirsi, 20. vi. 2016, 1 ♂. Coll. Ashwath. Nagaland: Medziphema Dimapur, 03. iii. 2015, 4 ♀ & 5 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Odisha: OUAT Bhubaneshwar, 26. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Puri, 30. i. 2017, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Rajasthan: MPUAT Udaipur, 21. xi. 2015, 2 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Tamil Nadu: Pichavaram, 16. x. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sankararaman.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5FE519763FBA0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Nagaland (new record) Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar: Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a & 2015 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5FB059711FAC8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5FAED9315FA1C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Pannure et al. 2016, Selis 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5F9B5973FF918.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5F89D94C7F824.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Tirunelveli, ii. 2013, 2 ♀, Coll. Naveen.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDB6B0EEFD5F89D94C7F824.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B0FEFD5FF319299FE9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Indonesia; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Selis 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B0FEFD5FE1992C3FD50.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B0FEFD5FD559228FCA4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Haryana. (Gusenleitner 1996; Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B0FEFD5FC019292FBE8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Maharashtra. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B0FEFD5FBCD936CFB3C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B0FEFD5FB799327FA1C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Kailashgiri Kolar, 04. i. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Rajesh. Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli, ii. 2013, 5 ♀, Coll. Naveen.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B0FEFD5FB799327FA1C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka (new record), Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B08EFD5F9999711FE70.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Gujarat: AAU Anand, 27. xi. 2015, 18 ♀ & 4 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas & Umeshku- mar. Karnataka: Yelahanka Bengaluru, 22. iv. 2017, 3 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 26. iv. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Ash- wath & Sandesh; 03. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh, 15. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; Sirsi, 20. vi. 2016, 2 F & 1 ♂, Coll. Ashwath; Kailashgiri Kolar, 04. i. 2014, 4 ♀, Coll. Rajesh; Kanakpura, 07. i. 2014, 2 ♀, Coll. Naveen; Kunigal, 05. xii. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; Chintamani, 09. iv. 2013, 1 ♀, Coll. Rajesh; 21. ii. 2015, 2 ♀, Coll. Rajesh. Odisha: OUAT Bhubaneshwar, 26. i. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Tamil Nadu: Tenkasi, ii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar; Tirunelveli, ii. 2013, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDA6B08EFD5F9999711FE70.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Bangladesh; China; Pakistan; Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982 b, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDD6B08EFD5FE3592D3FD98.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDD6B08EFD5FD1D9580FC37.taxon	description	ner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDD6B08EFD5FC7595CEFAA3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Gujarat, AAU Anand, 27. xi. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Karnataka: Chintamani, 09. iv. 2013, 1 ♀, Coll. Rajesh; Kanakpura, 07. i. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll Naveen. Rajasthan: MPUAT Udaipr, 21. xi. 2015, 3 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar; Vallabhnagar, 21. xi. 2015, 1 ♀ & 3 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; ARS Banswara, 24. xi. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Tamil Nadu, Pichavaram, 16. x. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sankararaman. Uttar Pradesh, Jaunpur, 22. vii. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Omprakash Navik.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDD6B08EFD5FC7595CEFAA3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat (new record), Karnataka (new record), Rajasthan (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (new record). (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDD6B09EFD5FA0997DFFF07.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Gujarat: AAU Anand, 27. xi. 2015, 3 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar; 10. xii. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Karnataka: Yelahanka Bengaluru, 04. iv. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Sandesh; 22. iv. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 03. v. 2017, 3 ♀ & 2 ♂, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 10. ix. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Kunigal, 22. iii. 2012, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen; Chintamani, 09. iv. 2013, 2 ♀, Coll. Rajesh; Kai- lashgiri Kolar, 04. i. 2014, 2 ♀, Coll. Rajesh; Sirsi, 20. vi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; Dandeli, i. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen; Dodaballapur, 04. ii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath. Maharashtra: Chaskaman Dam Pune, 25. xi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Odisha: OUAT Bhubaneshwar, 26. i. 2017, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; CIFA Bhubaneshwar, 30. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Puri, 30. i. 2017, 3 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Rajasthan: MPUAT Udaipur, 21. xi. 2015, 6 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDD6B09EFD5FA0997DFFF07.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal; Pakistan. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a & 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDC6B09EFD5FE35931BFD7C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal. (Giordani Soika 1982 a [1981], Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 b, Nidup et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDC6B09EFD5FC0A959EF9B5.taxon	description	Rhynchium abdominale; de Saussure, 1855: 172. Ehynchium abdominale var. dichotomum; de Saussure, 1855: 172.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDC6B09EFD5FC0A959EF9B5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 12. xi. 2014, 1 ♂, coll. Zammeroddin. Chikkamagaluru, Koppa, 22. iv. 1982, 1 ♀, coll. N. V. A. Murthy; Mudigere, 975 m, 13 ° 08 ’ N 75 ° 37 ’ E, 17. v. 2013, 1 ♀, coll. Chandan. Hassan, Agriculture college, 950 m, 12 ° 58 ’ N 76 ° 16 ’ E, 31. x. 2013, 1 ♂, coll. Navya; 17. ix. 2013, 1 ♀, coll. K. M. Pavithra. Kolar, Horticulture College, 830 m, N 13 ° 07 ’ N 78 ° 10 ’ E, 16. xii. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. UG. Mangalore, Ullal beach, 30. ix. 2011, 1 ♀, coll. T. V. Aswathy. Kerala: Padannakkad, 14 m, 12 ° 15 ’ N 75 ° 07 ’ E, 14. viii. 2015, 1 ♂, coll. A. Pannure.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDC6B09EFD5FC0A959EF9B5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Myanmar; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar 2013 c, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, 2014 b & 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDC6B09EFD5F9F69352F895.taxon	description	2013 c, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a & 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDC6B0AEFD5F816973FFDE7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 916 m, 16. vi. 1979, 1 ♂, coll. Ghorpade; 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 3. iii. 2012, 1 ♀; 1. ii. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. A. Pannure; Hebbal, 900 m, 13 ° 02 ’ N 77 ° 35 ’ E, 31. x, 20. xi. 2014, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, coll. Zammeroddin. Chikkamagaluru, Mudigere, ZARS, 931 m, 29 ° 10 ’ N 75 ° 46 ’ E, 10. x. 2012, 1 ♀, coll. Y. Diwakar. karekere, 934 m, 13 ° 06 ’ N 76 ° 10 ’ E, 23. vi. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. C. Prashantha.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDC6B0AEFD5F816973FFDE7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Myanmar; Pakistan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar 2013 c, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Nguyen 2015 a, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Selis 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDF6B0AEFD5FDC59436FD34.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDF6B0AEFD5FD719364FC7F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Thailand. (Girish Kumar 2013 c, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDF6B0AEFD5FC3D9542FB58.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar 2013 c, Nguyen 2015 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDF6B0AEFD5FB79976CF918.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Chikkamagaluru, Mudigere, 20. v. 2015, 1 ♀, coll. R. Hamsa.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDF6B0AEFD5FB79976CF918.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Laos; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen 2015 a, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDE6B0BEFD5FB879710FA2E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 1. ii. 2014, 1 ♂, coll. A. Pannure. Kerala: Padannakkad, 29. ix. 2011, 1 ♀, 1 ♂, coll. T. V. Aswathy.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDE6B0BEFD5FB879710FA2E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2013, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018, Nguyen et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDE6B0BEFD5FA70932AF8EE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Odisha: OUAT Bhubaneshwar, 26. i. 2017, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Kerala: Padannakkad, 13 m, 12 ° 25 ’ N 75 ° 11 ’ E, 22. v. 2014, 2 ♂, coll. H. M. Yeshwanth.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFDE6B0BEFD5FA70932AF8EE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha (new record), Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. (Gupta 1997, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2013, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD16B04EFD5FF31972DFE9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: Nepal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013 b & 2014 c, Nguyen et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD16B04EFD5FE199347FD98.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD16B04EFD5FD3993A3F9F0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 18. vii. 2014, 1 ♂, coll. A. Pannure.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD16B04EFD5FD3993A3F9F0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Borneo; China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2013 b Girish Kumar et al. 2014 c, Nguyen et al. 2014, Nugroho et al. 2014, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD16B04EFD5F96B934AF86A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat, Rajasthan. (Blüthgen 1954, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD06B05EFD5FEA5926FFE0C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Blüthgen 1954, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD06B05EFD5FD5F956AFB3A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Uttarakhand: Dehradun, 29. vi. 2000, 1 ♀, Coll. Vinod Khanna & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 13069; Dehradun district, Kalsi, 24. v. 1984, 1 ♂, Coll. R. Kaur & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 13070.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD06B05EFD5FD5F956AFB3A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record). Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 c, Nguyen 2016, Nidup et al. 2018, Tan et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD06B05EFD5FA9F94F7F96E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Yelahanka Bengaluru, 2 - 5. ii. 2019, 1 ♀, Coll. Deena & Ankita Gupta; Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 1. ii. 2014, 2 ♂, coll. A. Pannure. Uttarakhand: Dehradun district, Kalsi, 24. v. 1984, 2 ♀, Coll. R. Kaur & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 13071 & 13072.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD06B05EFD5FA9F94F7F96E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand. (Nugroho 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 c, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD06B05EFD5F94F92CFF84D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: South India? Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (van der Vecht 1963, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD36B06EFD5FECF924CFDCE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015 a, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD36B06EFD5FDEF95B8FCF6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD36B06EFD5FCB794B5FBA9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore rural, Hoskote (Gotipura forest), 15. v. 1982, 2 ♂, coll. B. Mal- lik. Ramanagara (Sangama), 19. vi. 1980, 1 ♀, coll. A. R. V. Kumar. Tamil Nadu: Kanyakumari, 1. xi. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD36B06EFD5FCB794B5FBA9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: China; Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015 a, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD36B06EFD5FAA09568FA07.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Laos; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Nguyen et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD36B06EFD5F9A4950BF903.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam; Sikkim. Elsewhere: Indonesia; China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Vietnam. (Nguyen et al. 2014, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5FF1592ADFE0C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2014 a, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5FDA997D8FCA4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Chikkamagaluru, Koppa, 19. v. 2015, 1 ♀, coll. S. Hegde. Shivamogga, Agumbe, 9. x. 2015, 1 ♀, coll. A. Pannure; Mudigere, vii. 2012, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen. Goa: Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer WLS, 25. vi. 2019, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5FDA997D8FCA4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa (new record), Karnataka, Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 a, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5FC019591FBE8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5FBCD9292FAF4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Maharashtra, Kerala. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5FA6894C7F997.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. (Giordani Soika 1970).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5F914945CF8DB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. (Nurse 1903).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD26B07EFD5F8C093B9F82F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Malaysia; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1972, Giordani Soika 1994).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5FF159552FEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim, West Bengal. (Gusenleitner 1998 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5FE7795D6FD79.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Laos. (Gusenleitner 2013 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5FCEF935CFBCA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Valpoi, Ambedem, 16. iv. 2019, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5FCEF935CFBCA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Goa (new record), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5FABC94E3F9DF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Sikkim: East Sikkim district, Gangtok, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, 24. iv. 1976, Coll. A. R. Bhaumik & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 12286 & 12287.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5FABC94E3F9DF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: Malaysia: Sabah; Singapore; Indonesia: Java (including Kangean). (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2019 c).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5F9DC9498F893.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, 12. vi. 1981, 1 ♀, coll. Keregowda; 24. ix. 2011, 1 ♀, coll. T. V. Aswathy. Chikkaballapur, Skandagiri hills, 900 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 11. i. 2015, 1 ♂, coll. Zameer.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B00EFD5F9DC9498F893.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 c).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD56B01EFD5F8189239FE9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. Elsewhere: Iran; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Turkmenistan; United Arab Emirates. (Gusenleitner 2013 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 c).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B01EFD5FE19953AFDE0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2019 c).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B01EFD5FDC593A7FD34.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Rajasthan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 c).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B01EFD5FD7192CEFC53.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B01EFD5FB0E9470FAD5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Singapore; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013 c, Li & Carpenter 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B01EFD5FAD69547FA19.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Myanmar; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2013 c, Li & Carpenter 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B01EFD5F9829537F96D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013 c, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B02EFD5F94E92C6FEE4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Mudigere, vii. 2012, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen; Malayamartha Mudigere, 13. iii. 2014, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Naveenkumar; Kunigal, 25. i. 2018, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Tamil Nadu: Pichavaram, 16. x. 2016, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sankararaman; Anaikatti, 19. ix. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan. Punjab: Panchrukhi Patiala, 24. x. 2017, 1 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Arunachal Pradesh: Pasighat, v. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD46B02EFD5F94E92C6FEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Puducherry, Punjab (new record), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2013 c, Nidup et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2016, Li & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD76B02EFD5FD94958CFD5B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD76B02EFD5FD40976CFC83.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Maharashtra. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Gusenleiner 1994, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015 b, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD76B02EFD5FBD995B2FB20.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman Islands. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD76B02EFD5FAA1972DF9E4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Mizoram. Elsewhere: China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Giordani Soika 1994, Selis 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD76B02EFD5F9C1953EF8E0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Karnataka. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD66B03EFD5FE8F925CFE72.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam. Elsewhere: Laos. (Giordani Soika 1995, Gusenleitner 2011).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD66B03EFD5FE3B9595FDC6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Manipur. Elsewhere: Laos. (Giordani Soika 1995).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD66B03EFD5FDE794D0FD0A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. (Gusenleitner 2012).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD66B03EFD5FC7C972DFAD7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2012).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD66B03EFD5FAD4926AF9FF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2012).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFD66B3CEFD5F890978FFEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: China (including Taiwan); Laos; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar et al 2017 c, Nguyen et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3CEFD5FE769792FD5D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3CEFD5FD5E935CFCA0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3CEFD5FC0A95E0FB81.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Yelahanka Bengaluru, 20. i. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Swathi; Sangam, 17. viii. 2017, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 8. viii. 2018, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3CEFD5FC0A95E0FB81.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3CEFD5FB46959EFA19.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3CEFD5F982949DF895.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Yelahanka Bengaluru, 4. iv. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh. Banga- luru, 916 m, 20. i. 1985, 1 ♀, coll. V. V. Belavadi; 930 m, 21. viii. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. A. Pannure.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3CEFD5F982949DF895.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China (including Taiwan); Iran; Mauritius; Pakistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Tan et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE96B3DEFD5F816957EFF23.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5FEA59218FE4B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5FE5192A9FD73.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 916 m, 1. iv. 1983, 1 ♀, coll. V. V. Belavadi.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5FE5192A9FD73.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Gujarat. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5FD399332FC9B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Nagaland: Malbong, iii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5FD399332FC9B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland (new record), Sikkim. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5FBF0976CFA42.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Meghalaya, Tripura. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5FA689460F94E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3DEFD5F96C92ADF892.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: Malaysia; Myanmar. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE86B3EEFD5F83492DFFF4F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Nepal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5FE899237FE77.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. (Giordani Soika 1972, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5FE359334FDC4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam. Elsewhere: Thailand. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e, Li and Carpenter 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5FDE19578FD0F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5FC3D953AFBC3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5FBE9953AFB17.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5FA9592DEFA13.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. Elsewhere: Laos. (Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5F999956BF967.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3EEFD5F94592E4F8B4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016 e, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEB6B3FEFD5F82C9215FF4A.taxon	description	Prorhynchium de Saussure, 1855: 174. Type species: Rhynchium smithii de Saussure, 1855.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEA6B3FEFD5FF7092B7FE7F.taxon	description	Pararhynchium [!] paradoxum laetum Giordani Soika, 1986 c: 77, 79. Type data: Female, ZMB. Type locality: Sikkim, India.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEA6B3FEFD5FF7092B7FE7F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim, West Bengal. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 c).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEA6B3FEFD5FE279321FDCA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim. Girish Kumar e t al. 2017 c, Selis 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEA6B3FEFD5FC85952FFC74.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. (van der Vecht 1963).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEA6B3FEFD5FC319209FAC4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Shimoga, 10. xii. 2013, 1 ♀, coll. C. K. Deepa. Kerala: Thiruvanan- thapuram, 14. iii. 2014, 1 ♀, coll. Anjali.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEA6B3FEFD5FC319209FAC4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEA6B3FEFD5F90B94B7F866.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar. (Gusenleitner 2011, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Pannure et al. 2016, Nguyen et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFED6B38EFD5FC8C927CFC73.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Gusenleitner 2006).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFED6B38EFD5FC389510FBC7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. (Giordani Soika, 1986 c).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFED6B38EFD5FBE4945CFAE8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. (Nurse 1902).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFED6B38EFD5FACC94C4FA10.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Maharashtra. (Cameron 1908 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFED6B38EFD5F9949224F95B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Rajasthan (Giordani Soika 1943; Blüthgen 1955).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFED6B39EFD5F81295A1FF2C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. (Giordani Soika, 1960 a [1958]).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEC6B39EFD5FE8992AAFE03.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Sikkim. Elsewhere: China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Shareef et al. 2013, Nguyen et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEC6B39EFD5FDA99231FD50.taxon	description	Pseudozumia indosinensis Giordani Soika, 1960 [1958]: 93. Type data: female, male (holotype female, ZMB). Type locality: “ Sikkim: Runji A Tal, 1000 m. ” [Rungeet Valley].	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEC6B39EFD5FDA99231FD50.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: China. (Giordani Soika 1960 a [1958]).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEC6B39EFD5FC0A9587FB1D.taxon	description	2015, Nguyen et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015; Girish Kumar 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEC6B3AEFD5F989927FFEE4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Devrayanadurga, 14. ii. 2017, 4 ♀ & 3 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; He- sarghatta, 15. v. 2013, 1 ♀, Coll. Viyolla; Coorg, Chettahalli, 06. x. 2007, 1 ♀, Coll. Yadava Babu; Kundapur, 08. ii. 2006, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen Kumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEC6B3AEFD5F989927FFEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambo- dia; China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Marianas; Myanmar; Nepal; New Britain; Pakistan; Palau; Seychelles; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEF6B3AEFD5FEC19259FCE3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 7. x. 2012, 1 ♀; 14. iii. 2013, 1 ♂, 1. ii. 2014, 2 ♀, coll. A. Pannure.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEF6B3AEFD5FEC19259FCE3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Pakistan; Sri Lanka. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013, 2014 a & 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEF6B3AEFD5FCE59219FC14.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEF6B3AEFD5FB919510FAA3.taxon	description	2014 b, Pham & Li 2015, Pham & Girish Kumar 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEF6B3AEFD5FA099504F967.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan. Elsewhere: Afghanistan. (Gusenleitner 1973, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013 & 2014 a, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEF6B3BEFD5F8189455FF2C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Punjab. (Nurse 1902).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEE6B3BEFD5FE3E95B2FDC0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman Islands. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 d).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEE6B3BEFD5FDEA934AFBC9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 d, Tan et al. 2018, Nguyen et al. 2019 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEE6B3BEFD5FBD2972DFAF1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Rajasthan. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 d, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEE6B3BEFD5FABA959FFA44.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat, Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 d).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEE6B3BEFD5FA669499F868.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 930 m, 13 ° 04 ’ N 77 ° 34 ’ E, 14. vi. 2013, 1 ♀; 25. viii. 2014, 1 ♂, coll. A. Pannure.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFEE6B3BEFD5FA669499F868.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 d).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE16B34EFD5FE7C94BEFD67.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Nepal; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1994, Gusenleitner 2006, Ma et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE16B34EFD5FC1B930AFB55.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar 2013 a, Pannure et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE16B34EFD5FD609211FC92.taxon	description	Epacistrocerus de Saussure, 1856: 352. Type species: Odynerus sichelii de Saussure, 1855.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE16B34EFD5FAE79711F85A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore, GKVK, 7. vii. 2012, 1 ♀, coll. A. Pannure; 4. viii. 2011, 1 ♀, coll. H. M. Yeshwanth. Kerala: Kannur, Madayipara, 38 m, 12 ° 01 ’ N 75 ° 15 ’ E, 13. viii, 2015, 1 ♀, coll. C. Prashantha.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE16B34EFD5FAE79711F85A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Cambodia; Chagos Archipelago; China (including Taiwan); Malaysia; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; Seychelles; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar 2013 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Nguyen et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE06B35EFD5FF159523FEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jharkhand. (Girish Kumar 2013 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE06B35EFD5FDB59248FCFC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Laos. (Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE06B35EFD5FCB99232FC40.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE06B35EFD5FC659331FB94.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: China; Korea; Nepal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE06B35EFD5FB11948EF8E0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; England; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Ireland; Italy; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Mongolia; Netherlands; Pakistan; Poland; Russia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey. (Cumming 1989, Rafi et al. 2017, Fateryga 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE06B36EFD5F8C593B8FE4B.taxon	description	Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Montenegro; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Scotland; Slova- kia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Turkey; Ukraine; Wales. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE36B36EFD5FE51944CFD98.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. (Selis 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE36B36EFD5FD1D927AFCE3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE36B36EFD5FCC99295FC0B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE36B36EFD5FB919323FB5F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: China; Nepal. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2018 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE36B36EFD5FA10946BF996.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Myanmar; Thailand. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013 d, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE36B36EFD5F91497CBF893.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013 d, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE26B37EFD5FC639765FB62.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2011, Nguyen et al. 2014, Pannure et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE26B37EFD5FA3F972DF916.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: INDIA: Uttarakhand, Uttarkashi district, Jarmola, 15. viii. 1991, 2 ♀, Coll. P. Roy & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 13074 & 13075.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE26B37EFD5FA3F972DF916.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record). Elsewhere: China; Vietnam. (Pannure et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE26B37EFD5F89792B3F85A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Pannure et al. 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2018 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE26B37EFD5FEAE9290FD31.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: INDIA: Karnataka: Sangam, 8. viii. 2018, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Sangam, 6. ix. 2018, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Yelahanka Bengaluru, 6. xii. 2018, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Odisha: Nayagarh KVK, 28. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE26B37EFD5FEAE9290FD31.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Myanmar; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, 2014 b & 2015 b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE56B30EFD5F9619224F85F.taxon	description	Juartinia [!] Cameron, 1904: 89.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE56B30EFD5FE5692EFFD99.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka. (Giordani Soika 1995, Pannure et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE56B30EFD5FD029518FC79.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Uttarakhand, Dehradun, 23. ix. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. S. K. Gupta & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR / INV. 13073.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE56B30EFD5FD029518FC79.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand (new record), West Bengal. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Pannure et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE56B30EFD5FC2294B5FB85.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Nguyen et al. 2014, Pannure et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE56B30EFD5FAB69289FA39.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Giordani Soika 1995, Pannure et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE56B30EFD5FA629358F9A9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. Elsewhere: Laos; Vietnam. (Nguyen & Carpenter 2017, Pannure et al. 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE46B31EFD5FD079783FC5A.taxon	description	& Carpenter 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE46B31EFD5FC439298FB1D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Elsewhere: China; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Mongolia; Society Islands: Bora, Tahiti; Tuamotu Archipelago; introduced into Hawaii; Vietnam. (Barthélémy et al. 2014, Tan et al. 2014 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE46B31EFD5FA9F9783F822.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Kanakpura, 12. viii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; Doddaballapur, 14. vii. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Mallesh. Odisha: CIFA Bhubaneshwar, 30. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE46B31EFD5FA9F9783F822.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Amirantes; Australia (introduced); Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Chagos Archipelago; Chile, Easter Is. (introduced); China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Egypt; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hawaii; Indonesia; Iran; Japan; Laos; Madagascar; Malaysia; Marianas; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Zealand (introduced); Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Society Is.; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Thailand; Tonga; U. S. A. (introduced); Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Tan et al. 2014 b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b, Nguyen & Carpenter 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE46B31EFD5FF15948BFEE4.taxon	description	Juartinia [!] indica Cameron, 1904: 89. Type data: Male, BMNH. Type locality: ‘‘ Deesa, Western India’ ’. Quartinia maculifrons Dover, 1925: 290.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE46B31EFD5FF15948BFEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Gujarat. (Carpenter 2001).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE76B32EFD5FF3197CDFE54.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Pasighat, xi. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE76B32EFD5FF3197CDFE54.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Assam, Jammu & Kasmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Nepal; Pakistan. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE76B32EFD5FE51973FFD50.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE76B32EFD5FD55972DFB3C.taxon	description	2010).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE76B32EFD5FB7992B2FA80.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Manipur. Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE76B33EFD5FA2595B3FF2C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Nepal; Philippines; Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Tan et al. 2014 b, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Nguyen & Carpenter 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5FE899427FD7C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Rajasthan: MPUAT Udaipur, 21. xi. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar; Bi- kaner, 4. x. 2018, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Paresh Churi. Himachal Pradesh: Bajaura Kullu, 24. x. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Ankita & Omprakash.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5FE899427FD7C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; China; India; Iran; Iraq; Mauritius; Oman; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; U. A. E. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Tan et al. 2014 b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5FD3997F7FC53.taxon	description	al. 1996 & 2000 a, Gupta 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Guenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Nguyen et al. 2011, Dorji et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5FC5994D0FBA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. (Gusenleitner 2006).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5FA95922BFA38.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Nagaland: Medziphema, 03. iii. 2015, 4 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5FA95922BFA38.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland (new record). Elsewhere: Laos; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Nguyen et al. 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Gawas & Gupta 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5FA7D977EF93B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Delhi. Elsewhere: Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 1997, Nguyen & Carpenter 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B33EFD5F96193A8F88F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2006).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFE66B2CEFD5F82D932FFF07.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Haryana, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2006, Pham & Li 2015, Nguyen & Carpenter 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5FEA59254FE4B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5FE5192B1FD50.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Haryana, Manipur, Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Laos; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2011, Nguyen et al. 2011, Pham & Li 2015).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5FD5593B0FC53.taxon	description	Li 2015, Nguyen & Carpenter 2016, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5FC59972CFB84.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Laos. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Nguyen et al. 2011).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5FB2195CEFAAC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Laos; Nepal; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nguyen et al. 2011, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5FAF293AEF9FD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: Nepal. (Gusenleitner 2006, Dvořák & Castro 2007, Nguyen et al. 2011).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5F9A09423F803.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Nagaland: Malbong, iii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF96B2CEFD5F9A09423F803.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Mahmood et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b, Nguyen & Carpenter 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2DEFD5FF15937BFEB8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Nepal; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Nguyen et al. 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2DEFD5FEFD928CFDE0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2DEFD5FC5995C4FBA0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2DEFD5FB05953EF8D0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Palampur, 22. x. 2017, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Karnataka: Basavenahalli Bengaluru, 27. i. 2011, 1 ♀, Coll. LakshmiChikmagalur, 17. ii. 2006, 8 ♀, Coll. T. H. M. Shivaprakash; 22. iii. 2007, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen Kumar; Hebbal Bengaluru, 24. iv. 2006, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen Kumar; Chikkaballapur, 11. vi. 2014, 2 ♀, Coll. S. K. Rajeshwari; GKVK Bengaluru, 01. iii. 2013, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveenku- mar; Sangam, 18. vii. 2018, 9 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 8. viii. 2018, 4 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 6. ix. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Yelahanka Bengaluru, 3. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 10. ix. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Veternary College Bengaluru, 17. vi. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Deepshalini. Maharashtra: Chaskaman Dam Pune, 25. xi. 2016, 4 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; Agriculture College Pune, 19. ii. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Ga- was. Tamil Nadu: Virudhunagar, 12. ii. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Uttarakhand: Bhimtal, 12. xi. 2016, 1 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2DEFD5FB05953EF8D0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, 2014 b & 2015, Sheikh et al. 2017, Nguyen et al. 2017, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2DEFD5FDE195C4FD08.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2DEFD5FCAD95C4FC5C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2EEFD5F8F19783FEE4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Meghalaya: Umiam Shillong, 21. vi. 2019, 1 ♀, Coll. M. Mohan.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF86B2EEFD5F8F19783FEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Manipur, Meghalaya (new record), Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2010).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFB6B2EEFD5FEC19334FDC4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Laos; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gusenleitner 2011, Lambert et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Nguyen 2016, Sheikh et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFB6B2EEFD5FDE19271FCEC.taxon	description	stan; Turkey. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 2008, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFB6B2EEFD5FCC995C5FAF4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; central and southern Europe; China; Cyprus; Germany; Iran; Israel; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Northern Africa; Pakistan; Russia; Syria; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; intoduced into North America, South America, Australia; New Zealand. (Carpenter 1996, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Fateryga 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFB6B2EEFD5FAB192B7FA38.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Oman; Pakistan; United Arab Emirates. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Girish Kumar & Lambert 2010, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFB6B2EEFD5FA7D940FF888.taxon	description	Portugal (Madeiras); Russia; Turkey. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 2008, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Fateryga 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFA6B2FEFD5FEE695BBFE09.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu. (Das & Gupta 1989).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFA6B2FEFD5FD92927DFD15.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Rajasthan. Elsewhere: Africa; Saudi Arabia. (Das & Gupta 1989).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFA6B2FEFD5FC479710FB1A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya. (van der Vecht 1966, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFA6B2FEFD5FA8395E6F9B1.taxon	description	Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2011, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFA6B2FEFD5F9FB95EBF892.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1966, Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2011, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Hatta et al. 2015, Nguyen & Kojima 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFA6B28EFD5F81B92DBFF00.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1966, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Kundu et al. 2006, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFD6B28EFD5FEA597A8FBC3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Mizoram: ICAR Complex Kolasib, 16 - 25. iii. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar & Sandesh.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFD6B28EFD5FEA597A8FBC3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram (new record), Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1966, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Nguyen & Kojima 2013, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFD6B28EFD5F9AA9206F955.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andamans. (Das & Gupta 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFD6B29EFD5F956936AFF2C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFC6B29EFD5FE89926FFE28.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Mizoram. Elsewhere: China; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Kojima et al. 2007, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016 d, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFC6B29EFD5FD8D94F4FB84.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: Pasighat, xi. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Gandhi Gracy. Gujarat: AAU Anand, 27. xi. 2015, 2 ♂, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar; 10. xii. 2018, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Himachal Pradesh: IARI Katrain, 22. v. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Palampur, 24. x. 2017, 1 ♀ & 2 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Karnataka: Nandihills, 17. i. 2006, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar; Sirsi, 20. vi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; Dharwad, 30. xi. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. Shivaprakash; Hebbal Bengaluru, 29. xi. 2010, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; Shiva- moga, 4. viii. 2018, 1 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Maharashtra: Bhimashankar Pune, 27. xi. 2016,10 ♀ & 6 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 22. ii. 2017, 6 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Odisha: OUAT Bhubaneshwar, 26. i. 2017, 5 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Puri, 30. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Rajasthan: MPUAT Udaipur, 21. xi. 2015, 4 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Uttarakhand: Bhimtal, 12. xi. 2016, 1 ♂, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFC6B29EFD5FD8D94F4FB84.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, 2014 b & 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFC6B29EFD5FB2195B2FA38.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFC6B2AEFD5FA7D95B2FD34.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Gujarat: AAU Anand, 1 o. xii. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Karnataka: IWST Bengaluru, 2. viii. 2006, 2 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar; Hebbal Bengaluru, 18. viii. 2011, 1 ♀, Coll. Y S Basanth; 2. viii. 2013, 2 ♀, Coll. Lakshmi; 10. vi. 2014, 6 ♀, Coll. S K Rajeshwari; 26. vii. 2014, 2 ♀, Coll. S K Rajesh- wari; 5. ii. 2015, 3 ♀, Coll. S K Rajeshwari; 7. x. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 3. xii. 2018, 4 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 26. vii. 2017, 4 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Yelahanka Bengaluru; 27. ix. 2013, 8 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. S K Rajesh- wari; 4. vi. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Lakshmi; 28. vi. 2017, 4 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 5. vii. 2017, 3 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 4. vi. 2016, 3 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 26. iv. 2017, 6 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; 20. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 12. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 3. v. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; Sirsi, 20. vi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; Sangam, 31. vii. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Banerghatta, 30. vii. 2019, 5 ♀, Coll. Ash- wath. Maharashtra: Shivajinagar Pune, 21. ii. 2017, 3 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Rajasthan: MPUAT Udaipur, 21. xi. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFC6B2AEFD5FA7D95B2FD34.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat (new record), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan (new record), Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Kundu et al. 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b & 2015, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFF6B2AEFD5FD7192ADFAC8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Maharashtra: KVK Narayangaon Pune, 24. xi. 2016, 8 ♀ & 5 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Bhimashankar Pune, 27. xi. 2017, 1 ♀ & 3 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Odisha: OUAT Bhubaneshwar, 26. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Puri, 30. i. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFF6B2AEFD5FD7192ADFAC8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha (new record), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Japan; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Timor; Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Hatta et al. 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFF6B2AEFD5FAED9529F960.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland. Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFF6B2BEFD5F945929DFE54.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia; Myanmar. (Das & Gupta 1989, Gupta 1997, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Pham 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Sheikh et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFE6B2BEFD5FE5192CDFD7C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Lambert et al. 2005 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFE6B2BEFD5FD23924EF805.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Havadasanahalli Bengaluru, 3. i. 2006, 5 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar; GKVK Bengaluru, 17. xii. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. Shivaprakash; Rajanakunte Bengaluru, 3. ii. 2006, 6 ♀, Coll. Ravikumar; San- jaynagar Bengaluru, iv. 2015, 10 ♀ & 3 ♂, Coll. S K Rajeshwari; Ramnagara, 4. x. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Ga- was; 25. v. 2018, 4 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Hebbal Bengaluru, 20. iv. 2011, 1 ♀, Coll. R Mahendra; 17. x. 2016, 3 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 6. xii. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 27. xi. 2014, 2 ♂, Coll. S K Rajeshwari; Mandya, 17. i. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; Nandigrama, ix. 2013, 1 ♀, Coll. Lakshmi; Sangam, 6. ix. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sand- esh Gawas; Yelahanka Bengaluru, 8. i. 2017, 5 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 10. ix. 2017, 7 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 22, iv. 2017, 4 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 26. iv. 2017, 4 ♀, Coll. Ashwath; 7. ii. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 4. iv. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 3. v. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 16. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 12. v. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 20. i. 2017, 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 15. v. 2017, 1 ♂, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; 8. ii. 2017, 7 ♀, Coll. Mallesh; Ghati Subramanya, 28. ix. 2016, 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Ashwath & Sandesh; IVRI Bengaluru, 6. viii. 2018, 11 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 17. vi. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Deepshalini. Maharashtra: Narayangaon Pune, 24. xi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. S K Rajeshwari. Rajasthan: Banswara, 24. xi. 2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, 1. ix. 2010, 1 ♀, Coll. Y S Basanth; Virudhunagar, 12. ii. 2015, 2 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFFE6B2BEFD5FD23924EF805.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia; China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Mariana Islands; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Palau; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a & 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B24EFD5FF15953AFD98.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tripura, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Thailand; Timor; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B24EFD5FD1D972DFC5C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Chikmagalur, 17. ii. 2006, 3 ♀, Coll. THM Shivaprakash; Madikeri Ko- dagu, 8. iii. 2006, 17 ♀, Coll. THM Shivaprakash; Mudigere, vii. 2012, 3 ♀, Coll. Naveen; 7. ii. 2014, 15 ♀, Coll. Rajesh; 13. iii. 2014, 3 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B24EFD5FD1D972DFC5C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B24EFD5FC5995DBFBA0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Shareef et al. 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B24EFD5FB0595BAFAC8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Manipur. Elsewhere: Nepal; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Pham 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B24EFD5FAED95D0F8D0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: CAU Pasighat, 11. xi. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Umesh. Assam: Nambor Forest, 27. ii. 2015, 2 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta; Garampani, 1. iii. 2015, 2 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar. Mizoram: ICAR Kolasib, 16. iii. 2016, 12 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar; Champhai, 19. iii. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; Bairabi, 2 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; KVK Lengpui, 23. iii. 2016, 5 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B24EFD5FAED95D0F8D0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF16B25EFD5F8D597DEFE54.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China: Tibet; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Tan et al. 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF06B25EFD5FE519739FB84.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Kanakpura, 9. i. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. S K Rajeshwari; Hebbal Bengaluru, 8. vi. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Mallesh; 3. xii. 2018, 5 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Veternary College Bengaluru, 7. viii. 2017, 6 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; NBAIR Bengaluru, 28. ix. 2018, 1 ♀ & 7 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Tumkur, 9. vii. 2019, 1 ♀, Coll. S K Rajeshwari.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF06B25EFD5FE519739FB84.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Timor; Vietnam. (Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF06B25EFD5FB21953AFAC8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF06B25EFD5FAED95E8F9D4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Tan et al. 2014 a, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF06B25EFD5F9D19778F86C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Mizoram: ICAR Kolasib, 16. iii. 2016, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar; Selesih, 23. iii. 2016, 2 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF06B25EFD5F9D19778F86C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram (new record), Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF36B26EFD5FF1595DCFEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. (Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF36B26EFD5FEC19582FDE0.taxon	description	Kumar et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF36B26EFD5FDC59435FB3C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Hangarki Dharwad, 1. xii. 2005, 1 ♀, Coll. Somannavar. Maharshtra: Bhimashankar Pune, 27. xi. 2016, 6 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; 22. ii. 2017, 14 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF36B26EFD5FDC59435FB3C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka (new record), Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Yamane 1979, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan et al. 2000 b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF36B26EFD5FB7995D2F840.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Kojima et al. 2007, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Bui et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF26B27EFD5FB1197FDFA90.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: China; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar et al. 2012, Nguyen & Kojima 2013, Pham & Li, 2015).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF26B27EFD5F907945FF813.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Dharbandora, Mollem, 25. viii. 2018, 3 ♀ & 1 ♂, Coll. Sandesh M. Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF26B27EFD5F907945FF813.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Gusenleitner 2006, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF26B27EFD5FF1594A5FEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Gusenleitner 2004, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF26B27EFD5FEC192D7FCC0.taxon	description	West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014 a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019 b, Bui et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF56B20EFD5FF15945CFE70.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand. (Das & Gupta 1984, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Saito & Kojima 2007).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF56B20EFD5FE3F94B3FC3E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Sikkim. Elsewhere: Cambodia; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand, Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Saito & Kojima 2007, Pham & Li 2015).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF56B20EFD5FC60976CFA6F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand, Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Saito & Kojima 2007, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2009, Gusenleitner 2011, Nguyen & Kojima 2013, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Nidup et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF56B20EFD5F9F49286F807.taxon	description	pore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2009, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Nguyen & Kojima 2013, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Nidup et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF46B21EFD5FDA49312FCE0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; China; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Pakistan; Russia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Archer 1999, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Dvořák & Castro 2007, Gupta 2008, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF46B21EFD5FCC49739FBEC.taxon	description	2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF46B21EFD5FBC895A9F980.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Albania; Armenia; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; China; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Mongolia; Morocco; Netherlands; North Korea; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Tajikistan; Turkey; Ukraine; United Kingdom; Uzbekistan. (Archer 1989, Archer 1999, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Archer 1999, Rafi et al. 2017, Fateryga 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF46B22EFD5F8DA9287FE54.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: CAU Campus Pasighat, 12. xi. 2014, 2 ♀, Coll. Naveen Ku- mar. Assam: Guwahati, v. 1962, 1 ♂, CIBC Collection; Khanapara Guwahati, 19 - 22. vi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Palani Krishna.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF46B22EFD5F8DA9287FE54.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 a, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Nguyen 2010, Madl 2012, Mahmood et al. 2012, Nguyen & Kojima 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 b, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF76B22EFD5FD459311FB04.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: Pasighat, 12. xi. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Poorani. Kerala: Trivandrum, 23. v. 2019, 2 ♀, Coll. M. Mohan. Karnataka: Bengaluru: NBAIR Hebbal, 16. x. 2016, 3 ♂, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Yelahanka, 20. i. 2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; IIHR, 6. v. 2012, 1 ♀, Coll. P. M. Viyolla; Hebbal Bengaluru; 11. xii. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Umesh; Nandigrama, 6. v. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar; Savandurga, 4. x. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF76B22EFD5FD459311FB04.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Bhutan; China; Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Chan 1972, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b, Girish Kumar et al. 2015 c, Dorji et al. 2017 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF76B23EFD5FAA1922DFF00.taxon	description	pal; Pakistan; Russia; Singapore; South Korea; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996 & 2000 a, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Choi & Kwon 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 b, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF66B23EFD5FEA5934DFD57.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: CAU Campus Pasighat, 11. xi. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen. Uttarakhand: Bhimtal, 12. xi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Punjab: Patiala, 24. x. 2017, 3 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF66B23EFD5FEA5934DFD57.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Punjab (new record), Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 b, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF66B23EFD5FD55973FFBC3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Cambodia; China (including Taiwan); Japan; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Dorji et al. 2017 b, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF66B23EFD5FBE995DEFAAC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Korea; Laos; Myanmar; Russia; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF66B23EFD5FA09932AF918.taxon	description	Srinivasan 2010, Choi & Kwon 2015, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFFF66B23EFD5F89D92A9F824.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Myanmar; Nepal. (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Dorji et al. 2017 a).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF896B5CEFD5FF15946BFD34.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Taiwan); Japan; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Russia; Sri Lanka; Thailand, Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Choi & Kwon 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 b, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF896B5CEFD5FD7195A3FC14.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim. Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF896B5CEFD5FB919313F960.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Bahrain; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; China; Croatia; Cyprus; Egypt; Ethiopia; Georgia; Greece; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Libya; Macedonia; Malta; Montenegro; Nepal; Oman; Pakistan; Romania; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Syria; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; U. A. E.; Uzbekistan; Yemen. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Archer 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996 & 2000 a, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 a, Girish Kumar et al. 2015 c, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Fateryga 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF896B5CEFD5F945942AF840.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Archer 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar et al. 2015 c, Pham & Li 2015).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF886B5DEFD5FF159404FCA4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: Guntur, 13. xii. 2006, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveen Kumar. Uttarakhand: Bhimtal, 13. xi. 2016, 2 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta. Karnataka: Bengaluru, 11. xii. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Umesh; Nandi Hills, 17. viii. 2017, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas; Sangam, 13. vii. 2018, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta; IIHR, 06. xi. 2012, 1 ♀, Coll. P. M. Viyolla.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF886B5DEFD5FF159404FCA4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh (new record), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; Brunei; Cambodia; China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014 b & 2015 b, Dorji et al. 2017 b, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF886B5DEFD5FC01972DF8D0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Dalhousie, 25. ix. 2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Ramesh. Uttarakhand: Bhimtal, 12. xi. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Ankita Gupta.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF886B5DEFD5FC01972DF8D0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Bhutan; China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Pakistan; South Korea [introduced]; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000 a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006 b, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Choi & Kwon 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2015 c, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Dorji et al. 2017 b, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF886B5EEFD5F8D59581FEE4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Taiwan); Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand. (van der Vecht 1959 c, Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8B6B5EEFD5FDDC9210FBE7.taxon	description	Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Lux- embourg; Macedonia; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; U. K.; Ukraine. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8B6B5EEFD5FBC49559F95E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Kullu, IARI Baragran Farm, 26. v. 2016, 44 ♀, COll. Sandesh Gawas.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8B6B5EEFD5FBC49559F95E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China (including Taiwan); Japan; Korea; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Russia; Thailand; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Choi & Kwon 2015, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Nguyen et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8B6B5FEFD5F95C930FFE70.taxon	description	Bulgaria; Canada; Chile [introduced]; China (including Taiwan); Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland [introduced]; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Malta; Mayotte; Moldova; Mongolia; Morocco; Nepal; Netherlands; New Zealand [introduced]; New Zealand; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Scotland; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa [introduced]; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Tajikistan; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; U. K.; Ukraine; U. S. A. [introduced]; Uzbekistan. (Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Gupta 2008, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Fateryga 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8A6B5FEFD5FE359598FD08.taxon	description	& Kwon 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8A6B5FEFD5FCAD923AFC30.taxon	description	1997, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8A6B5FEFD5FC75951EFACF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Kundu et al. 2010, Nguyen & Kojima 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019 b, Nguyen et al. 2019 b).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8A6B5FEFD5FAED934AF944.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: Kullu, IARI Baragran Farm, 26. v. 2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Ga- was.	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8A6B5FEFD5FAED934AF944.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand. (Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Kundu et al. 2010, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
1F52051FFF8A6B58EFD5F9619429FE0C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Albania; Argentina [introduced]; Australia [introduced]; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Chile [introduced]; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Iran; Ireland [introduced]; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxemburg, Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Tahiti [introduced]; Turkey; U. K.; Ukraine. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Dvořák & Castro 2007, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Fateryga 2018).	en	Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, Girish, Pannure, Arati, Gupta, Ankita, Carpenter, James M. (2020): An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784 (1): 1-87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1
