An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India Author Gawas, Sandesh M. Author Kumar, Girish Author Pannure, Arati Author Gupta, Ankita Author Carpenter, James M. text Zootaxa 2020 4784 1 1 87 journal article 21800 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1 4d93f591-1785-4eea-9b96-49b782137498 1175-5326 3862319 8D684A40-4102-4592-9084-7589B0B40028 253) Ropalidia stigma ( Smith, 1858 ) Polybia stigma Smith, 1858: 114 . Type data: Male, OUM. Type locality: Sarawak , Malaysia . Parapolybia stigma ; Schulthess, 1913a: 164 . Icaria stigma ; du Buysson, 1913: 296 . Ropalidia artifex ; Bequaert, 1918: 247 . Ropalidia stigma stigma ; van der Vecht, 1941: 110 , 126. Ropalidia stigma rufa van der Vecht, 1941: 130 . Ropalidia stigma nigrolineata van der Vecht, 1962: 18 . Material examined. INDIA : Karnataka : Hangarki Dharwad , 1.xii.2005 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Somannavar. Maharshtra : Bhimashankar Pune , 27.xi.2016 , 6 ♀ , Coll. Sandesh Gawas ; 22.ii.2017 , 14 ♀ , Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Distribution. India : Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Chhattisgarh , Goa, Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Karnataka (new record), Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland , Odisha , Sikkim , Tripura , Uttarakhand , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Bhutan ; China (including Hong Kong ); Indonesia ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; Philippines ; Singapore ; Sri Lanka ; Thailand ; Vietnam . ( Yamane 1979 , Jonathan et al. 1996 , Jonathan et al. 2000a , Jonathan et al. 2000b , Jonathan & Kundu 2003 , Gusenleitner 2006 , Nguyen et al. 2006a , 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 b , Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2017a , Girish Kumar et al. 2017a , Gawas et al. 2019 ).