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 245) Ropalidia ornaticeps ( Cameron, 1900 ) Icaria ornaticeps Cameron, 1900: 496 . Type data: Female, OUM, BMNH. Type locality: Khasia Hills , Meghalaya , India . Ropalidia flavopicta ornaticeps ; van der Vecht, 1962: 49 . Ropalidia ornaticeps ; Yoshikawa et al . 1969: 167 . Material examined. INDIA : Arunachal Pradesh : CAU Pasighat , 11.xi.2014 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Umesh. Assam : Nambor Forest , 27.ii.2015 , 2 ♀ , Coll. Ankita Gupta ; Garampani , 1.iii.2015 , 2 ♀ , Coll. Naveenkumar. Mizoram : ICAR Kolasib , 16.iii.2016 , 12 ♀ , Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar ; Champhai , 19.iii.2016 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Umeshkumar ; Bairabi , 2 ♀ , Coll. Umeshkumar ; KVK Lengpui , 23.iii.2016 , 5 ♀ , Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Distribution. India : Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Sikkim , Tripura . Elsewhere : Bhutan ; Cambodia ; China ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Myanmar ; Thailand ; Vietnam . ( Jonathan et al. 2000a , Gusenleitner 2006 , Nguyen et al. 2006a , Kojima et al. 2007 , Gusenleitner 2011 , Pham 2014 , Tan et al. 2014a , Pham & Li 2015 , Dorji et al. 2017a , Girish Kumar et al. 2017a , Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b).