Vespidae of India

Vespidae (Hymenoptera : Vespoidea)

Checklist of Indian Vespidae

(Updated on 28 May 2020)

 

Extracted from Gawas et al. 2020- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1

 

The Indian species of family Vespidae comprises of 5 subfamilies with 60 genera and 288 species distributed across 29 states and 7 union territories.

 

ORDER-HYMENOPTERA
SUPER FAMILY- VESPOIDEA
FAMILY- VESPIDAE

 

Subfamily Eumeninae
Tribe Eumenini
1) Delta asina (de Saussure, 1852)
a) Delta asina asina (de Saussure, 1852)
Distribution India: Gujarat.
Elsewhere: Angola; Eritrea; Nigeria; Senegal; Sudan; Uganda. (Dover & Rao 1922, Carpenter et al. 2010a, Gusenleitner & Madl 2012, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

2) Delta campaniforme (Fabricius, 1775)
a) Delta campaniforme campaniforme (Fabricius, 1775)
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 2015b, Pham & Li 2015, Khan et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Delta companiforme chloroticum Giordani Soika, 1979
Distribution India: Gujarat.
Elsewhere: Iran. (Giordani Soika, 1979, Gusenleitner 2013a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

3) Delta conoideum (Gmelin, 1790)
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; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Girish Kumar & Mazumdar 2015, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Nidup et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

4) Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure, 1852)
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 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

5) Delta esuriens (Fabricius, 1787)
a) Delta esuriens esuriens (Fabricius, 1787)
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; 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 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

6) Delta paraconicum Giordani Soika, 1972
Distribution India: Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1972, Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

7) Delta pyriforme (Fabricius, 1775)
a) Delta pyriforme pyriforme (Fabricius, 1775)
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Hawaii; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Moluccas; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

8) Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Bangladesh; China; Indonesia; Kyrgyzstan; Malaysia; Mongolia; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

9) Eumenes antennatus Bingham, 1898
Distribution India: Gujarat. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

10) Eumenes architectus Smith, 1859
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. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

11) Eumenes assamensis Meade-Waldo, 1910
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. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

12) Eumenes atrophicus (Fabricius, 1798)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland (new record), Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China: Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

13) Eumenes belli Giordani Soika, 1973
Distribution India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala. (Giordani Soika 1973b, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

14) Eumenes buddha Cameron, 1897
Distribution India: West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

15) Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925
Distribution India: “Shapali, Bombay Presidency”.
Elsewhere: Iran; Pakistan; Tajikistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

16) Eumenes kangrae Dover, 1925
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Odisha (new record), Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record).
Elsewhere: China. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

17) Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852
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. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

18) Eumenes mainpuriensis Smith, 1870
Distribution India: Uttar Pradesh.

 

19) Eumenes persimilis Giordani Soika, 1960
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

20) Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand (new record).
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

21) Eumenes pomiformis (Fabricius, 1781)
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. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

22) Eumenes punctatus de Saussure, 1852
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh (new record), Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Japan; Pakistan; Russia; South Korea; Sri Lanka. (Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

23) Eumenes sikkimensis Giordani Soika, 1986
Distribution India: Sikkim, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

24) Eumenes variepunctatus Giordani Soika, 1941
Distribution India.
Elsewhere: China.

 

Genus Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 1910
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 1910a: 46. Type species: Katamenes watsoni Meade-Waldo, 1910.
25) Katamenes dimidiatus (Brullé, 1832)
a) Katamenes dimidiatus montanus (Nurse, 1904)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Katamenes dimidiatus watsoni Meade-Waldo, 1910
Distribution India: Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Kazakhstan; Mongolia; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 1999 & 2019; Girish Kumar et al. 2019a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

26) Katamenes flavigularis (Blüthgen, 1951)
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 1970a; Giordani Soika 1970; Ebrahimi& Carpenter 2008; Fateryga 2018; Fateryga & Ivanov 2009; Gusenleitner 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

27) Katamenes indetonsus (Morawitz, 1895)
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Kyrgystan; Tajikistan. (Morawitz 1895; Kurzenko 1977; Gusenleitner 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

28) Katamenes tauricus (de Saussure, 1855)
a) Katamenes tauricus tauricus (de Saussure, 1855)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

29) Omicroides singularis (Smith, 1858)
Distribution India: Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Giordani Soika 1935a, Girish Kumar 2012, Nguyen et al. 2014, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

30) Oreumenoides edwardsii (de Saussure, 1852)
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 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

31) Phimenes andamanicum (Zimmermann, 1931)
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Girish Kumar 2013b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

32) Phimenes flavopictus (Blanchard, 1845)
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 2013b, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Sheikh et al. 2017, Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

33) Phimenes indosinensis (van der Vecht, 1959)
Distribution India: Goa, Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam. (Nguyen et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

34) Phimenes nicobaricum (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Island. (Girish Kumar 2013b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Tribe Odynerini
35) Alastor (Alastor) abditus van der Vecht, 1981
Distribution India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (van der Vecht 1981, Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

36) Alastor (Alastor) punjabensis Dutt, 1922
Distribution India: Punjab. (Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

37) Alastor (Alastor) sulcatus van der Vecht, 1981
Distribution India: Karnataka, Puducherry.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (van der Vecht 1981, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

38) Alastor (Alastor) venkataramani Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2015
Distribution India: Telangana. (Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015a, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

39) Allodynerus laticlypeus Giordani Soika, 1972
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Giordani Soika 1972, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

40) Allorhynchium anomalum Giordani Soika, 1992
Distribution India: Kerala. (Giordani Soika 1992, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015a, Girish Kumar et al. 2016a, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

41) Allorhynchium argentatum (Fabricius, 1804)
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: Bhutan; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, 2015a & 2015b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016a, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

42) Allorhynchium lugubrinum (Cameron, 1900)
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015a, Girish Kumar et al. 2016a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

43) Allorhynchium metallicum (de Saussure, 1852)
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; Indonesia; Maldive Islands; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Taiwan. (Giordani Soika 1992, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, 2014b 2015a& 2015b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016a, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Tan et al. 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

44) Allorhynchium tuberculatum Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2016
Distribution India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016a, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

45) Ancistrocerus antilope (Panzer, 1798)
a) Ancistrocerus antilope antilope (Panzer, 1798)
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Holarctic Region. (Gusenleitner 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

46) Ancistrocerus antoni (Cameron, 1900)
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh (new record), West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Malaysia; Nepal. (Giordani Soika 1973, Gusenleitner 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

47) Ancistrocerus hirsutus (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
a) Ancistrocerus hirsutus hirsutus (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China. (Meade-Waldo 1910b, You et al. 2013, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

48) Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Austria; Belarus; Bulgaria; China; Finland; France; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Iran; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Mongolia; Morocco; Poland; Russia; Spain; Sweden; Turkey. (Gusenleiner 1996& 1998a, Żyla 2006, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Fateryga 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

49) Ancistrocerus rufoluteus Gusenleitner, 1996
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh (New record), Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Nepal. (Gusenleiner 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

50) Ancistrocerus sikhimensis (Bingham, 1897)
Distribution India: Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Nepal. (Bingham 1897, Giordani Soika 1973b, Nidup et al. 2018, Tan et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

51) Ancistrocerus waltoni (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China. (Meade-Waldo 1910b, Tan et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

52) Ancistrocerus xanthozonus (Cameron, 1908)
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra. (Gusenleitner 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

53) Antepipona aurantiaca Giordani Soika, 1982
Distribution India: Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

54) Antepipona biguttata (Fabricius, 1787)
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; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

55) Antepipona bipustulata (de Saussure, 1855)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Gupta 1997, Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

56) Antepipona brunnipes (Fabricius, 1804)
a) Antepipona brunnipes brunnipes (Fabricius, 1804)
Distribution India: Kerala. Elsewhere: Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali. (Girish Kumar & Rajmohana, 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

57) Antepipona ceylonica (de Saussure, 1867)
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 1982a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a& 2015b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

58) Antepipona consors Giordani Soika, 1982
Distribution India: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

59) Antepipona exaltata Giordani Soika, 1982
Distribution India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Pannure et al. 2016, Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2020)

 

60) Antepipona excelsa Giordani Soika, 1982
a) Antepipona excelsa pallida Giordani Soika, 1982
Distribution India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

61) Antepipona frontalis Giordani Soika, 1982
Distribution India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

62) Antepipona guttata (Smith, 1852)
a) Antepipona guttata diffinis (de Saussure, 1855)
Distribution India: Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Indonesia; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Antepipona guttata guttata (Smith, 1852)
Distribution India: Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

63) Antepipona haryana Gusenleitner, 1996
Distribution India: Haryana. (Gusenleitner 1996; Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

64) Antepipona intricata (Smith, 1857)
Distribution India: Maharashtra. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

65) Antepipona kashmirensis Giordani Soika, 1977
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

66) Antepipona minutissima Giordani Soika, 1982
Distribution India: Karnataka (new record), Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

67) Antepipona ovalis (de Saussure, 1853)
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 1982b, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

68) Antepipona pruthii Giordani Soika, 1882
Distribution India: Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

69) Antepipona rufescens (Smith, 1857)
Distribution India: Karnataka (new record), Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Taiwan; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

70) Antepipona sasidharani Lambert & Narendran, 2002
Distribution India: Gujarat (new record), Karnataka (new record), Rajasthan (new record), Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (new record). (Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

71) Antepipona sibilans (Cameron, 1903)
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 1982a [1981], Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a & 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

72) Antepipona tricolorata Selis, 2018
Distribution India: Sikkim. (Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

73) Antepipona tytides (Cameron, 1904)
Distribution India: Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal. (Giordani Soika 1982a [1981], Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016b, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

74) Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) abdominale (Illiger, 1802)
a) Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) abdominale abdominale (Illiger, 1802)
Distribution India: Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar 2013c, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a 2014b& 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) abdominale bengalense (de Saussure, 1855)
Distribution India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Nepal; Pakistan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar 2013c, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a& 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

75) Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) mellyi (de Saussure, 1852)
Distribution India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Myanmar; Pakistan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar 2013c, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pham & li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Selis 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

76) Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) basimacula (Cameron, 1897)
Distribution India: West Bengal.

 

77) Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) coracinum (van der Vecht, 1963)
Distribution India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Thailand. (Girish Kumar 2013c, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

78) Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) flavolineatum (Smith, 1857)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar 2013c, Nguyen 2015a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

79) Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) flavomarginatum (Smith, 1852)
a) Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) flavomarginatum flavomarginatum (Smith, 1852, Gawas et al. 2020)
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, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

80) Antodynerus flavescens (Fabricius, 1775)
a) Antodynerus flavescens flavescens (Fabricius, 1775)
Distribution India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bangladesh; Pakistan. (Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b& 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

81) Antodynerus limbatus (de Saussure, 1852)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

82) Antodynerus punctatipennis (de Saussure, 1852)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

83) Apodynerus formosensis (Schulthess, 1934)
a) Apodynerus formosensis indicus Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Elsewhere: Nepal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013b & 2014c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

84) Apodynerus icarioides (Bingham, 1897)
Distribution India: Assam, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

85) Apodynerus troglodytes (Saussure, 1856)
a) Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes (de Saussure, 1856)
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. 2013b Girish Kumar et al. 2014c, Nugroho et al. 2014, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

86) Chlorodynerus deesanus (Cameron, 1907)
Distribution India: Gujarat, Rajasthan. (Blüthgen 1954, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

87) Chlorodynerus loeffleri Giordani Soika, 1958
Distribution India: Gujarat.
Elsewhere: Iran; Pakistan. (Giordani Soika 1970, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

88) Chlorodynerus xanthus (Cameron, 1907)
Distribution India: Gujarat.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Blüthgen 1954, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

89) Coeleumenes burmanicus (Bingham, 1897)
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. 2016c, Nguyen 2016, Nidup et al. 2018, Tan et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

90) Coeleumenes impavidus (Bingham, 1897)
a) Coeleumenes impavidus impavidus (Bingham, 1897)
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. 2016c, Pannure et al. 2016, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

91) Coeleumenes rufipetiolatus (Wickwar, 1908)
Distribution India: South India?
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (van der Vecht 1963, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

92) Cyrtolabulus interstitialis (Cameron, 1902)
Distribution India: Goa, Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015a, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

93) Cyrtolabulus punctatus (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

94) Cyrtolabulus suavis (van der Vecht, 1963)
Distribution India: Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015a, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

95) Ectopioglossa keiseri van der Vecht, 1963
Distribution India: Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: Laos; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006 & 2011, Nguyen et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

96) Ectopioglossa sublaevis (Smith, 1857)
Distribution India: Assam; Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

97) Epsilon burmanicum (Bingham, 1897)
Distribution India: Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2014a, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

98) Epsilon chikmagalurensis (Lambert, 2008)
Distribution India: Goa (new record), Karnataka, Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014a, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

99) Epsilon manasicum Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2014
Distribution India: Assam, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014a).

 

100) Epsilon tinctipenne (Walker, 1860)
Distribution India: Maharashtra, Kerala. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

101) Euodynerus (Euodynerus) longisetulosus Giordani Soika, 1970
Distribution India: Gujarat. (Giordani Soika 1970, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

102) Euodynerus (Euodynerus) segregatus (Nurse, 1903)
Distribution India: Gujarat. (Nurse 1903, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

103) Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) koenigsmanni Giordani Soika, 1972
Distribution India: Assam, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Malaysia; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1972, Giordani Soika 1994, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

104) Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) unifasciatus Gusenleitner, 1998
Distribution India: Sikkim, West Bengal. (Gusenleitner 1998b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

105) Gribodia punctatissima Giordani Soika, 1974
Distribution India: Assam, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Laos. (Gusenleitner 2013b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

106) Indodynerus capitatus Gusenleitner, 2008
Distribution India: Chhattisgarh, Goa (new record), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Genus Knemodynerus Blüthgen, 1940
Knemodynerus Blüthgen, 1940: 43. Type species: Odynerus excellens Perez, 1907.
107) Knemodynerus complanatus Giordani Soika, 1995
a) Knemodynerus complanatus complanatus Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Malaysia: Sabah; Singapore; Indonesia: Java (including Kangean). (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2019c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

108) Knemodynerus coriaceus (Giordani Soika, 1970)
Distribution India: Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2019c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

109) Knemodynerus excellens (Pérez, 1907)
Distribution India: Gujarat.
Elsewhere: Iran; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Turkmenistan; United Arab Emirates. (Gusenleitner 2013a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

110) Knemodynerus gusenleitneri Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2019
Distribution India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2019c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

111) Knemodynerus multimaculatus Gusenleitner, 2006
Distribution India: Rajasthan. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar et al. 2019c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

112) Knemodynerus pseudocoriaceus (Giordani Soika, 1970)
Distribution India: Gujarat, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

113) Labus amoenus van der Vecht, 1935
Distribution India: Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Singapore; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013c, Li & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

114) Labus angularis van der Vecht, 1935
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Myanmar; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2013c, Li & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

115) Labus humbertianus de Saussure, 1867
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013c, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

116) Labus pusillus van der Vecht, 1963
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. 2013c, Nidup et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2016, Li & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

117) Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) hassani Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2015
Distribution India: Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

118) Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) insitivus Gusenleitner, 1976
Distribution India: Maharashtra.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Gusenleiner 1994, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2015b, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Genus Lissodynerus Giordani Soika, 1993
Lissodynerus Giordani Soika, 1993b: 135. Type species: Odynerus septemfasciatus Smith, 1857.
119) Lissodynerus rutlandicus Girish Kumar, Srinivasan & Carpenter, 2015
Distribution India: Andaman Islands. (Girish Kumar et al. 2015b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

120) Lissodynerus septemfasciatus (Smith, 1858)
a) Lissodynerus septemfasciatus feanus (Giordani Soika, 1941)
Distribution India: Mizoram.
Elsewhere: China, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam. (Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

b) Lissodynerus septemfasciatus septemfasciatus (Smith, 1858)
Distribution India: Goa, Karnataka.
Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

121) Lissodynerus unicus Selis, 2018
Distribution India: Sikkim. (Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

122) Malayepipona assamensis Giordani Soika 1995
a) Malayepipona assamensis assamensis Giordani Soika, 1995
Distribution India: Assam.
Elsewhere: Laos. (Giordani Soika 1995, Gusenleitner 2011, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Malayepipona assamensis manipurensis Giordani Soika, 1995
Distribution India: Manipur.
Elsewhere: Laos. (Giordani Soika 1995, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

123) Malayepipona visenda Gusenleitner, 2012
Distribution India: Meghalaya. (Gusenleitner 2012, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

124) Orancistrocerus aterrimus (Bingham, 1897)
a) Orancistrocerus aterrimus khasianus (Cameron, 1900)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2012, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

125) Orancistrocerus moelleri (Bingham, 1897)
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2012, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

126) Orientalicesa rangpocus (Girish Kumar, Carpenter and Lambert, 2017, ) comb. nov.
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China: Sichuan; Laos; Vietnam; Taiwan. (Girish Kumar et al 2017c, Nguyen et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

127) Paraleptomenes communis Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: Kerala.
Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore; Thailand. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

128) Paraleptomenes darugiriensis Girish Kumar, Carpenter & Sharma, 2014
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

129) Paraleptomenes humbertianus (de Saussure, 1867)
Distribution India: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

130) Paraleptomenes miniatus (de Saussure, 1855)
a) Paraleptomenes miniatus mephitis (Cameron, 1901)
Distribution India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Paraleptomenes miniatus miniatus (de Saussure, 1855)
Distribution India: Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Iran; Mauritius; Pakistan; Taiwan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Tan et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).
c) Paraleptomenes miniatus nigrithorax Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

131) Paraleptomenes nurseanus Giordani Soika, 1970
a) Paraleptomenes nurseanus montanus Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: Tamil Nadu. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Paraleptomenes nurseanus nurseanus Giordani Soika, 1970
Distribution India: Karnataka, Gujarat. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

132) Paraleptomenes rufoniger Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland (new record), Sikkim. (Girish Kumar et al. 2014b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

133) Parancistrocerus androcles (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
a) Parancistrocerus androcles androcles (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Kerala, Meghalaya, Tripura.
Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

134) Parancistrocerus assamensis (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

135) Parancistrocerus feai Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Malaysia; Myanmar. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

136) Parancistrocerus holzschuhi Gusenleitner, 1987
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: Nepal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

137) Parancistrocerus incorruptus Giordani Soika, 1972
a) Parancistrocerus incorruptus demens Giordani Soika, 1972
Distribution India: Sikkim. (Giordani Soika 1972, Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Parancistrocerus incorruptus incorruptus Giordani Soika, 1972
Distribution India: Assam.
Elsewhere: Thailand. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Li and Carpenter 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).
c) Parancistrocerus incorruptus kalimpongensis Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: West Bengal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

138) Parancistrocerus irritatus Giordani Soika, 1972
Distribution India: Sikkim. (Giordani Soika 1972, Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

139) Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2016
Distribution India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

140) Parancistrocerus loharbandensis Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2016
Distribution India: Assam. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

141) Parancistrocerus rhipheus (Cameron, 1904)
Distribution India: West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Laos. (Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

142) Parancistrocerus turensis Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2016
Distribution India: Meghalaya. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

143) Parancistrocerus vicinus Giordani Soika, 1994
Distribution India: Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar et al. 2016e, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

144) Pararrhynchium paradoxum (Gussakovskij, 1932)
a) Pararrhynchium paradoxum laetum Giordani Soika, 1986
Distribution India: Sikkim, West Bengal. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

145) Pararrhynchium venkataramani Girish Kumar & Carpenter, 2017
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017c, Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

146) Pareumenes (Pareumenes) bengalensis (Fabricius, 1804)
Distribution India: West Bengal. (van der Vecht 1963, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

147) Pareumenes (Pareumenes) brevirostratus (de Saussure, 1855)
Distribution India: Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

148) Pareumenes (Pareumenes) quadrispinosus (Saussure, 1855)
a) Pareumenes quadrispinosus acutus Liu, 1941
Distribution India: Andamans, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong); Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1963, Gusenleitner 2006, Nidup et al. 2016; Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Pareumenes (Pareumenes) quadrispinosus quadrispinosus (de Saussure, 1855)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

149) Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) vicina Gusenleitner, 1973
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Afghanistan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017e, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

150) Pseudonortonia bhamensis Giordani Soika 1941
a) Pseudonortonia bhamensis bhamensis Giordani Soika, 1941
Distribution India: Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Pseudonortonia bhamensis flavolimbata Giordani Soika, 1986
Distribution India: West Bengal. (Giordani Soika, 1986c, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

151) Pseudonortonia gujaratica gujaratica (Nurse, 1902)
Distribution India: Gujarat. (Nurse 1902, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

152) Pseudonortonia henricus (Cameron, 1908)
Distribution India: Maharashtra. (Cameron 1908a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

153) Pseudonortonia pretiosissima Giordani Soika, 1943
Distribution India: Assam, Rajasthan (Giordani Soika 1943; Blüthgen 1955, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

154) Pseudozumia (Pseudozumia) indica (Saussure 1856)
a) Pseudozumia (Pseudozumia) indica continentalis Giordani Soika, 1958
Distribution India: West Bengal. (Giordani Soika, 1960a [1958], Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Pseudozumia (Pseudozumia) indica indica (de Saussure, 1855)
Distribution India: Kerala, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Vietnam. (Shareef et al. 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

155) Pseudozumia (Pseudozumia) indosinensis Giordani Soika, 1958
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Taiwan (Giordani Soika 1960a [1958], Gawas et al. 2020).

 

156) Pseumenes depressus (Saussure, 1856)
Distribution India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Malaysia; Myanmar; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1963, Gusenleitner 2006, Nugroho 2015, Pham & Li 2015; Girish Kumar 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

157) Rhynchium brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)
a) Rhynchium brunneum brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)
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; Cambodia; China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Marianas; Myanmar; Nepal; New Britain; Pakistan; Palau; Seychelles; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Nidup et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

158) Rhynchium carnaticum (Fabricius, 1798)
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, 2014a & 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

159) Rhynchium haemorrhoidale (Fabricius, 1775)
a) Rhynchium haemorrhoidale andamanicum Girish Kumar & Sharma, 2013
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Rhynchium haemorrhoidale haemorrhoidale (Fabricius, 1775)
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Cambodia; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013& 2014b, Pham & Li 2015, Pham & Girish Kumar 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

160) Rhynchium oculatum leviscutis (Cameron, 1908)
Distribution India: Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan.
Elsewhere: Afghanistan (Gusenleitner 1973, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013& 2014a, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

161) Stenancistrocerus (Paratropancistrocerus) punjabensis (Nurse, 1902)
Distribution India: Punjab. (Nurse 1902, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

162) Stenodyneriellus andamanicus Girish Kumar, Carpenter & Srinivasan, 2017
Distribution India: Andaman Islands. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017d, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

163) Stenodyneriellus guttulatus (de Saussure, 1862)
Distribution India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar et al. 2017d, Tan et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

164) Stenodyneriellus praeclusus (Nurse, 1903)
Distribution India: Goa, Rajasthan. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017d, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

165) Stenodyneriellus sequestrates (Nurse, 1903)
Distribution India: Gujarat, Maharashtra. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017d, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

166) Stenodyneriellus wickwari (Mead-Waldo, 1911)
Distribution India: Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017d, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

167) Stenodynerus indicus Gusenleitner, 2006
Distribution India: Karnataka. (Gusenleitner 2006, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

168) Stenodynerus nepalensis Giordani Soika, 1985
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Nepal; Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1994, Gusenleitner 2006, Ma et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

169) Subancistrocerus camicrus (Cameron, 1904)
Distribution India: Assam, Kerala, Manipur, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Girish Kumar 2013a, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

170) Subancistrocerus reflexus Giordani Soika, 1993
Distribution India: Odisha. Elsewhere: Thailand. (Giordani Soika 1993a & 1994, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

171) Subancistrocerus sichelii (de Saussure, 1856)
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; Malaysia; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; Seychelles; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar 2013a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

172) Subancistrocerus venkataramani Girish Kumar, 2013
Distribution India: Jharkhand. (Girish Kumar 2013a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

173) Symmorphus (Parasymmorphus) parvilineatus (Cameron, 1904)
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Laos. (Girish Kumar et al. 2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

174) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) alkimus alkimus Cumming & van der Vecht, 1986
Distribution India: Kerala.
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. (Girish Kumar et al. 2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

175) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) ambotretus Cumming, 1989
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: China; Korea; Nepal. (Girish Kumar et al. 2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

176) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) crassicornis (Panzer, 1798)
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. 2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

177) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) gracilis (Brullé, 1832)
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Albania; Armenia; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czech Republic; Denmark; England; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Italy; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Lebanon; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Montenegro; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Scotland; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Turkey; Ukraine; Wales. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

178) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) incisus Selis 2018
Distribution India: Sikkim. (Selis 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

179) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) nipteroides Cumming, 1989
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al.2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

180) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) tukvarensis (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

181) Symmorphus (Symmorphus) violaceipennis Giordani Soika, 1966
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Nepal. (Cumming 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2018b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

182) Tropidodynerus (Tropidepipona) fraternus (Bingham, 1897)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Thailand. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013d, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

183) Tropidodynerus (Tropidepipona) hostis (Nurse, 1903)
Distribution India: Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan. (Girish Kumar et al. 2013d, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

184) Xenorhynchium nitidulum (Fabricius, 1798)
ADistribution 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 2014a, 2014b & 2015b, Pannure et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Tribe Zethini
185) Calligaster himalayensis (Cameron, 1904)
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Laos; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2011, Pannure et al.2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

186) Discoelius turneri (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand (new record).
Elsewhere: Vietnam. (Pannure et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

187) Discoelius vasukii Pannure & Carpenter, 2017
Distribution India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Pannure et al. 2018, Girish Kumar et al. 2018a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

188) Zethus albopilosus Giordani Soika, 1995
Distribution India: Karnataka. (Giordani Soika 1995, Pannure et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

189) Zethus ceylonicus de Saussure, 1867
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

190) Zethus dolosus Bingham, 1897
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Pannure et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

191) Zethus indicus Giordani Soika, 1958
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Vietnam. (Pannure et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

192) Zethus malabaricus Giordani Soika, 1995
Distribution India: Kerala. (Giordani Soika 1995, Pannure et al. 2016, Pannure et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

193) Zethus trimaculatus Cameron, 1904
Distribution India: West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Laos; Vietnam. (Pannure et al. 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Subfamily Masarinae
Tribe Masarini Latreille, 1802
194) Quartinia indica Cameron, 1904
Distribution India: Gujarat. (Carpenter 2001, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Subfamily Polistinae
Tribe Polistini Lepeletier, 1836
195) Polistes (Gyrostoma) gigas Kirby, 1826
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China, including Hong Kong; Taiwan; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Tan et al. 2014b, Pham & Li 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

196) Polistes (Gyrostoma) jokahamae Radoszkowski, 1887
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. 2014b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

197) Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer, 1773)
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 (Hong Kong); 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; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Tonga; U.S.A. (introduced); Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan et al. 2000b, 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 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Tan et al. 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

198) Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron, 1900
a) Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, 1968
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, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi krombeini van der Vecht 1968
Distribution India: Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).
c) Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi rothneyi Cameron
Distribution India: Delhi, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Nepal. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Gawas et al. 2020).
d) Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi vechti van der Vecht, 1968
Distribution India: Manipur.
Elsewhere: Myanmar. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

199) Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus Lepeletier, 1836
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Indonesia; Nepal; Philippines; Taiwan; Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Tan et al. 2014b, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

200) Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900
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. 2000a, Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Tan et al. 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

201 Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham 1897
Distribution India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Nepal. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996 & 2000a, Gupta 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Guenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Nguyen et al. 2011, Dorji et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

202) Polistes (Polistella) angusticlypeus Gusenleitner, 2006
Distribution India: Meghalaya. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

203) Polistes (Polistella) assamensis Bingham, 1897
Distribution India: Assam, Sikkim. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

204) Polistes (Polistella) dawnae Dover & Rao, 1922
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland (new record).
Elsewhere: Laos; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Das& Gupta 1989, Nguyen et al. 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Gawas & Gupta 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

205) Polistes (Polistella) delhiensis Das & Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Delhi.
Elsewhere: Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 1997, Nguyen & Carpenter 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

206) Polistes (Polistella) ephippium Cameron, 1900
Distribution India: Meghalaya. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

207) Polistes (Polistella) khasianus Cameron, 1900
Distribution India: Haryana, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Pham & Li 2015, Nguyen & Carpenter 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

208) Polistes (Polistella) latinis Das & Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

209) Polistes (Polistella) lepcha Cameron, 1900
Distribution India: Haryana, Manipur, Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: Laos; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2011, Nguyen et al. 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

210) Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis Cameron, 1900
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, TamilNadu, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Pham & Li 2015, Nguyen & Carpenter 2016, Dorji et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

211) Polistes (Polistella) opacus Gusenleitner, 2006
Distribution India: Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Laos. (Gusenleitner 2006, Gusenleitner 2011, Nguyen et al. 2011, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

212) Polistes (Polistella) quadricingulatus Gusenleitner, 2006
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, Gawas et al. 2020)

 

213) Polistes (Polistella) rubellus Gusenleitner, 2006
Distribution India: Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Nepal. (Gusenleitner 2006, Dvořák & Castro 2007, Nguyen et al. 2011, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

214) Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius de Saussure, 1854
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. 2000a, Jonathan et al. 2000b, 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 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

215) Polistes (Polistella) santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Nepal; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Nguyen et al. 2011, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

216) Polistes (Polistella) similis Das & Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Meghalaya. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

217) Polistes (Polistella) stigma (Fabricius, 1793)
a) Polistes (Polistella) stigma galatheae Petersen, 1987
Distribution India: Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Polistes (Polistella) stigma novarae de Saussure, 1867
Distribution India: Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).
c) Polistes (Polistella) stigma sauiensis Petersen, 1987
Distribution India: Nicobar Islands. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gawas et al. 2020).
d) Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus (Fabricius, 1798)
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. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, 2014b& 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. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

218) Polistes (Polistella) strigosus Bequaert 1940
a) Polistes (Polistella) strigosus atratus Das & Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Manipur, Meghalaya (new record), Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2010, Gawas et al. 2020).
b) Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus Bequaert, 1940
Distribution India: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Laos; Taiwan. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gusenleitner 2011, Lambert et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Sheikh et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

219) Polistes (Polistes) associus Kohl, 1898
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Austria; Azerbaijan; China; Croatia; France; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Italy; Israel; Malta; Pakistan; Russia; Slovakia; southern Europe; Switzerland; Tajikistan; Turkey. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 2008, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

220) Polistes (Polistes) dominula (Christ, 1791)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

221) Polistes (Polistes) indicus Stolfa, 1934
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

222) Polistes (Polistes) nimpha (Christ, 1791)
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Azerbaijan; central and southern Europe; China; Germany; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Northern Africa; Pakistan; Portugal (Madeiras); Russia; Turkey. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 2008, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Fateryga 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Tribe Ropalidiini Bequaert, 1918
223) Belonogaster indica (de Saussure, 1853)
Distribution India: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu. (Das & Gupta 1989, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

224) Belonogaster juncea juncea (Fabricius, 1781)
Distribution India: Rajasthan.
Elsewhere: Africa, Saudi Arabia. (Das & Gupta 1989, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

225) Parapolybia fulvinerva (Cameron, 1900)
Distribution India: Meghalaya. (van der Vecht 1966, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

226) Parapolybia indica (de Saussure, 1854)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1966, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2011, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

227) Parapolybia nodosa van der Vecht, 1966
Distribution India: Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong); Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1966, Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2011, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Hatta et al. 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

228) Parapolybia tinctipennis (Cameron, 1900)
Distribution India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Elsewhere: China; Laos; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1966, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Kundu et al. 2006, Saito-Morooka et al. 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

229) Parapolybia varia (Fabricius, 1787)
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); Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1966, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017a, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

230) Ropalidia andamanensis Das and Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Andamans. (Das & Gupta 1989, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

231) Ropalidia bicolorata van der Vecht, 1962
Distribution India: Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura.
Elsewhere: China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 2000b, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

232) Ropalidia birmanica van der Vecht, 1941
Distribution India: Mizoram.
Elsewhere: China; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Kojima et al. 2007, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2016d, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

233) Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989
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. 2000b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, 2014b& 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

234) Ropalidia colorata van der Vecht, 1941
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Pakistan. (Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

235) Ropalidia cyathiformis (Fabricius, 1804)
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, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b & 2015, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

236) Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius, 1804)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong); Japan; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand; Timor; Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan et al. 2000b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Hatta et al. 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

237) Ropalidia hongkongensis de Saussure, 1854
Distribution India: Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland.
Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

238) Ropalidia jacobsoni (du Buysson, 1908)
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 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Pham 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

239) Ropalidia kasaragodensis Lambert & Narendran, 2005
Distribution India: Kerala. (Lambert et al. 2005a, Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

240) Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)
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: 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. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a& 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

241) Ropalidia mathematica (Smith, 1860)
Distribution India: Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Tripura, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Thailand; Timor; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan et al. 2000b, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

242) Ropalidia montana Carl, 1934
Distribution India: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

243) Ropalidia narendrani Shareef, Kishore & Kumar, 2015
Distribution India: Kerala. (Shareef et al. 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

244) Ropalidia nigrita Das & Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Manipur.
Elsewhere: Nepal; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima et al. 2007, Pham 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

245) Ropalidia ornaticeps (Cameron, 1900)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 2000a, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

246) Ropalidia rufocollaris (Cameron, 1900)
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. 2000a, Jonathan et al. 2000b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Tan et al. 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

247) Ropalidia rufoplagiata (Cameron, 1905)
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Timor; Vietnam. (Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

248) Ropalidia sahyadrica Kishore, Shareef & Kumar, 2014
Distribution India: Kerala. (Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

249) Ropalidia santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China. (Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Tan et al. 2014a, Dorji et al. 2016, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

250) Ropalidia scitula (Bingham, 1897)
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. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kojima et al. 2007, Gusenleitner 2011, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

251) Ropalidia sericea (Cameron, 1905)
Distribution India: Sikkim. (Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

252) Ropalidia spatulata van der Vecht, 1962
Distribution India: Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Pakistan. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

253) Ropalidia stigma (Smith, 1858)
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, 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. 2000a, Jonathan et al. 2000b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Kundu et al. 2010, Gusenleitner 2011, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017a, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

254) Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801)
Distribution India: West Bengal.
Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Kojima et al. 2007, Nugroho et al. 2012, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

255) Ropalidia tamila Gusenleitner, 2004
Distribution India: Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Gusenleitner 2004, Gusenleitner 2006, Kojima et al. 2007, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

256) Ropalidia variegata (Smith, 1852)
Distribution India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, 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 2014a, Pham 2014, Tan et al. 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Subfamily Stenogastrinae
257) Cochlischnogaster dadugangensis Dong & Otsuka, 1997
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh.
Elsewhere: China; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar et al. 2012, Pham & Li, 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

258) Eustenogaster eximia (Bingham, 1890)
a) Eustenogaster eximia eximioides (Dover & Rao, 1922)
Distribution India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. (Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Gusenleitner 2006, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

259) Eustenogaster fraterna (Bingham, 1897)
Distribution India: Assam, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand. (Das & Gupta 1984, Carpenter &Kojima 1996, Saito & Kojima 2007, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

260) Eustenogaster hauxwellii (Bingham, 1894)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

261) Eustenogaster scitula (Bingham, 1897)
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. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Saito & Kojima 2007, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2009, Gusenleitner 2011, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Nidup et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

262) Parischnogaster mellyi (de Saussure, 1852)
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2009, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Nidup et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

Subfamily Vespinae
263) Dolichovespula intermedia (Birula, 1930)
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 & Castro2007, Gupta 2008, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020, ).

 

264) Dolichovespula lama (du Buysson, 1903)
Distribution India: Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Nepal. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Archer 1999, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2010, Dorji et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

265) Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)
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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

266) Provespa barthelemyi (du Buysson, 1905)
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 1959a, 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, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017b, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

267) Vespa affinis (Linnaeus, 1764)
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 1959c, Chan 1972, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Girish Kumar et al. 2015c, Dorji et al. 2017b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

268) Vespa analis Fabricius, 1775
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Indonesia; Japan; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Russia; Singapore; South Korea; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959c, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996 & 2000a, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Choi & Kwon 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017b, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

269) Vespa basalis Smith, 1852
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Indonesia; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959c, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017b, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

270) Vespa bicolor Fabricius, 1787
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Japan; Laos; Myanmar; Nepal; Taiwan [introduced]; Thailand; Vietnam. (Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Dorji et al. 2017b, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

271) Vespa binghami du Buysson, 1905
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Korea; Laos; Myanmar; Russia; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959c, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

272) Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Japan; Korea; Myanmar; Nepal; Russia; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (Archer 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Choi & Kwon 2015, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

273) Vespa fumida van der Vecht, 1905
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Myanmar; Nepal. (Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Dorji et al. 2017a, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

274) Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Japan; Korea; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Russia; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand, Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959c, Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Choi & Kwon 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017b, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

275) Vespa mocsaryana du Buysson, 1905
Distribution India: Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959c, Das & Gupta 1984, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Pham & Li 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

276) Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771
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 1959c, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Archer 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996 & 2000a, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Gusenleitner 2006, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar et al. 2015c, Rafi et al. 2017, Sheikh et al. 2017, Fateryga 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

277) Vespa soror du Buysson, 1905
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh.
Elsewhere: China; Hong Kong; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. (Archer 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar et al. 2015c, Pham & Li 2015, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

278) Vespa tropica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, 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 1959c, Das & Gupta 1984 & 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b & 2015b, Dorji et al. 2017b, Sheikh et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2019, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

279) Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
Distribution India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Bhutan; China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Pakistan; South Korea [introduced]; Taiwan; Thailand; Vietnam. (van der Vecht 1959c, Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Choi & Kwon 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2015c, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017a, Dorji et al. 2017b, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

280) Vespa vivax Smith, 1870
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Tibet); Myanmar; Nepal; Taiwan; Thailand. (van der Vecht 1959c, 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. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

281) Vespula austriaca (Panzer, 1799)
Distribution India: Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Albania; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; 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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

282) Vespula flaviceps (Smith, 1870)
Distribution India: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan. Elsewhere: China; Japan; Korea; Laos; Pakistan; Russia; Taiwan; 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. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

283) Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)
Distribution India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.
Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Armenia; Argentina [introduced]; Australia [introduced]; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile [introduced]; China; 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; Taiwan; 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, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

284) Vespula koreensis (Radoszkowski, 1887)
Distribution India: Meghalaya, Sikkim.
Elsewhere: China; Korea; Laos; Myanmar Russia; Thailand; Vietnam. (Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Choi & Kwon 2015, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

285) Vespula nursei Archer, 1981
Distribution India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Pakistan; Philippines. (Das & Gupta 1984, Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Dorji et al. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

286) Vespula orbata (du Buysson, 1902)
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, Pham & Li 2015, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

287) Vespula structor (Smith, 1870)
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. 2017a, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).

 

288) Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
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. 2017a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Fateryga 2018, Gawas et al. 2020).