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 1. Allorhynchium argentatum (Fabricius, 1804) Vespa argentata Fabricius, 1804 , Syst. Piez.: 260, male, “ Sumatra ” (UZMC). Rhynchium clypeatum Cameron, 1900: 531 . Allorhynchium argentatum van der Vecht, 1963: 60 . Distribution : Bhutan : Pema Gatshel, Wangduephodrang, Samdrup Jongkhar , Zhemgang , Tsirang ( Nidup et al. 2018 ). Elsewhere : India ; Indonesia ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; Pakistan ; Philippines ; Singapore ; Thailand ( Gawas, Kumar, Pannure, Gupta & Carpenter 2020 ; Kumar, Carpenter & Sureshan 2016a ; Kumar & Sharma 2015a ; Nidup et al. 2018 ).