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 7. Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936 Vespa tropica var. haematodes Bequaert, 1936 , Treubia , 15:336, 338, holotype , India : “Kooloo” (MCZ). Material Examined : Andaman and Nicobar Island, Great Nicobar, Joginder Nagar, 2♀ , 11.xi.2018 , Coll. K.C. Gopi and Party, NZC Regd. No. 24923-24924/H3. Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Andhra Pradesh , 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 (Gawas, et al. , 2020).