New distributional records of family Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India Author Mazumdar, P. C. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700053, India; Email: prahladzsi @ rediffmail. com Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006, India Author Kazmi, S. I. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700053, India; Email: prahladzsi @ rediffmail. com text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2022 122 2 219 223 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/164331 2581-8686 13184890 6. Vespa affinis affinis (Linnaeus, 1764) * Apis affinis Linnaeus, 1764 , Mus . Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae , 417, ♀ , des. “in Calidis regionibus” (ZMUU). Vespa affinis affinis ; Bequaert, 1936, Treubia , 15 : 347. Figure 8. Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert , ♀. Figure 7. Vespa affinis affinis (Linnaeus) , ♀. Material examined : India : Andaman and Nicobar Island , Nicobar Islands , East-West Road , 1♀ , 11.xi.2018 , Coll. K.C. Gopi and Party , NZC Regd. No. 24925/H3 . Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Bihar , Himachal Pradesh , Karnataka , Kerala , Maharashtra , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Sikkim , Tamil Nadu , Tripura , Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal . Elsewhere : China ; Indonesia ; Japan ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Myanmar ; Papua New Guinea ; Philippines ; Singapore ; Sri Lanka ; Taiwan ; Thailand ; Vietnam ; New Zealand (Girish Kumar and Sharma, 2014 ).