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 273) Vespa fumida van der Vecht, 1905 Vespa variabilis du Buysson, 1905 (1904) : 490 (key), 522, 627. Type data: Lectotype female, MNHN. Type locality: Mou-pin , China . Vespa variabilis fumida van der Vecht, 1959c: 228 . Type data: MNHN. Type locality: Padong , Bhutan . Distribution . India : Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Sikkim , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Bhutan ; China ; Myanmar ; Nepal . ( Carpenter & Kojima 1997 , Girish Kumar & Srinivasan 2010 , Dorji et al. 2017a ).