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 a) Rhynchium brunneum brunneum ( Fabricius, 1793 ) Vespa brunnea Fabricius, 1793: 264 . Type data: Syntype , UZMC. Type locality: “Tranquebariae”. Odynerus brunneus ; Latreille, 1806 : pI. 14, fig.3. Rhynchium brunneum ; Spinola, 1808: 189 . Rhynchium haemorrhoidale var. brunneum ; de Saussure, 1862: 190 . Rhynchium quinquecinctum var. brunneum ; Dalla Torre, 1894: 45 . Rynchium khandalense Dusmet, 1930: 105 . Rhynchium brunneum brunneum ; Gusenleitner, 2006: 692 . Material examined. INDIA : Karnataka : Devrayanadurga , 14.ii.2017 , 4 ♀ & 3 ♂ , Coll. Sandesh Gawas ; He- sarghatta, 15.v.2013 , 1♀ , Coll. Viyolla; Coorg , Chettahalli , 06.x.2007 , 1♀ , Coll. Yadava Babu ; Kundapur , 08.ii.2006 , 1♀ , Coll. Naveen Kumar. Distribution. India : Andhra Pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Goa, Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Karnataka , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Odisha , Puducherry , Sikkim , Tamil Nadu , Tripura , Uttarakhand , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Bangladesh ; Bhutan ; Cambo- dia; China (including Taiwan) ; Indonesia ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Marianas; Myanmar ; Nepal ; New Britain; Pakistan ; Palau ; Seychelles ; Thailand ; Vietnam . ( Gusenleitner 2006 , Gusenleitner 2011 , Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013 , Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2013 , Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b , Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b , Pham & Li 2015, Pannure et al. 2016 , Rafi et al. 2017 , Nidup et al. 2018 , Gawas et al. 2019 ).