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 61. Vespa fumida van der Vecht, 1959 Vespa variabilis du Buysson, 1905 (1904) : 522. Lectotype female (designated by van der Vecht, 1959: 228 ); China : Mou-pin (PARIS). Nec Vespa variabilis Fabricius, 1781 . Vespa variabilis fumida van der Vecht, 1959: 228 . Holotype female; India : ‘ British Bootan’ , Padong’ (PARIS). Distribution : Bhutan : Mongar (Dorji, Gyeltshen, et al. 2017; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a). Elsewhere : Nepal ; India ; Myanmar ; China ( Archer 1989 , 2012 ; Carpenter & Kojima 1997 ; Dorji, Gyeltshen, et al. 2017; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Gawas et al. 2020 ; Ghosh et al. 2020 ; Kumar & Srinivasan 2010 ; Smith-Pardo et al. 2020 ).