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 247) Ropalidia rufoplagiata ( Cameron, 1905 ) Icaria rufoplagiata Cameron, 1905: 71 . Type data: Lectotype female, ZMA. Type locality: “Tjandi near Semarang”. Ropalidia gravelyi Dover and Rao (1922) : 244 . Type data: Female, NZC. Type locality: Kavalai , Kochi, Kerala , India . Ropalidia rufoplagiata ; van der Vecht, 1941: 111 , 165. Ropalidia rufoplagiata var. gravelyi ; van der Vecht (1941) : 168 . Ropalidia rufoplagiata nursei van der Vecht, 1941: 167 . Type data: Female, BMNH. Type locality: Bombay ( Maharashtra ) Ropalidia rufoplagiata rufoplagiata ; van der Vecht, 1962: 32 . Ropalidia nursei ; Richards, 1978: 57 . Material examined. INDIA : Karnataka : Kanakpura , 9.i.2014 , 1 ♀ , Coll. S K Rajeshwari ; Hebbal Bengaluru , 8.vi.2014 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Mallesh ; 3.xii.2018 , 5 ♀ , Coll. Sandesh Gawas ; Veternary College Bengaluru , 7.viii.2017 , 6 ♀ , Coll. Sandesh Gawas ; NBAIR Bengaluru , 28.ix.2018 , 1 ♀ & 7 ♂ , Coll. Sandesh Gawas ; Tumkur , 9.vii.2019 , 1 ♀ , Coll. S K Rajeshwari. Distribution. India : Andaman & Nicobar Islands , Karnataka , Kerala , Maharashtra , Meghalaya , Uttarakhand . Elsewhere : Bhutan ; Indonesia ; Malaysia ; Myanmar ; Thailand ; Timor; Vietnam . ( Nguyen et al. 2006a , Kojima et al. 2007 , Kundu et al. 2010 , Nugroho et al. 2012 , Pham & Li 2015 , Dorji et al. 2017a , Girish Kumar et al. 2017a ).