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 269) Vespa basalis Smith, 1852 Vespa basalis Smith, 1852a: 46 . Type data: Female, BMNH. Type locality: Nepal . Vespa obliterata Smith, 1852a: 47 . Material examined. INDIA : Arunachal Pradesh : CAU Campus Pasighat , 11.xi.2014 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Naveen. Uttarakhand : Bhimtal , 12.xi.2016 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Ankita Gupta. Punjab : Patiala , 24.x.2017 , 3 ♀ , Coll. Ankita Gupta. Distribution . India : Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Himachal Pradesh , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Odisha , Punjab (new record), Sikkim , Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Bhutan ; China (including Taiwan) ; Indonesia ; Laos ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; Pakistan ; Thailand ; Vietnam . ( van der Vecht 1959c , Archer 1989 , Das & Gupta 1984 , Das & Gupta 1989 , Jonathan et al. 1996 , Carpenter & Kojima 1997 , Jonathan et al. 2000a , Jonathan & Kundu 2003 , Kundu et al. 2006 , Nguyen et al. 2006 b , Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010, Kundu et al. 2010 , Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013 , Pham & Li 2015 , Dorji et al . 2017b , Rafi et al. 2017 , Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b).