An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records Author Dorji, Phurpa Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Thimphu, Bhutan. Author Nidup, Tshering Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan. Author Klein, Wim Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands. Author Dorji, Cheten College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Lobesa, Bhutan. Author Daglio, Anthony Independent Researcher. anthonydaglio 88 @ yahoo. com Author Gyeltshen, Choki National Biodiversity Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Thimphu, Bhutan. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-06-08 5150 3 301 332 journal article 72870 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.1 a57ad4ea-577b-4357-8e5e-c5cf2dceb74e 1175-5326 6622906 E2872CD8-E03C-4D86-8E4C-4083E4E48788 39. Polistes ( Gyrostoma ) tenebricosus Lepeletier, 1836 Polistes tenebricosa Lepeletier 1836: 529 . Type locality: Java , Indonesia . Polistes sulcatus Smith, 1852a: 38 . Type data: Female, male BMNH. Type locality: Ningpo , China . Polistes hoplitus de Saussure, 1853: 55 . Type data: Female, MHNG. Type locality: Indes Orientales. Polistes hoplites de Saussure, 1854: 255 . Polistes rugifrons Cameron, 1900: 412 . Polistes varicornis Cameron, 1905: 67 . Polistes javanicus Cameron, 1905: 68 . Polistes tenebricosus var. leopoldi Bequaert, 1934: 9 . Polistes tenebricosus var. sibuyanensis Bequaert, 1940: 266 . Distribution : Bhutan : Trashigang , Mongar , Wangduephodrang, Chhukha , Pema Gatshel, Zhemgang , Lhuentse ( Dorji et al. 2016 ; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a). Elsewhere : China ; India ; Nepal ; Vietnam ; Myanmar ; Indonesia ; Philippines ( Carpenter 1996 ; Das & Gupta 1989 ; Dorji et al. 2016 ; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Gawas et al. 2020 ; Kumar 2010; Kumar & Sharma 2014a , 2015b ; Nguyen & Carpenter 2019 ; Pham & Li 2015 ; Sora et al. 2019 ; Tan, van Achterberg, Duan, et al. 2014; Tenzin & Katel 2019 ; Yamane & Yamane 1979 ).