An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records Author Dorji, Phurpa Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Thimphu, Bhutan. Author Nidup, Tshering Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan. Author Klein, Wim Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands. Author Dorji, Cheten College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Lobesa, Bhutan. Author Daglio, Anthony Independent Researcher. anthonydaglio 88 @ yahoo. com Author Gyeltshen, Choki National Biodiversity Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest, Thimphu, Bhutan. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-06-08 5150 3 301 332 journal article 72870 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.3.1 a57ad4ea-577b-4357-8e5e-c5cf2dceb74e 1175-5326 6622906 E2872CD8-E03C-4D86-8E4C-4083E4E48788 51. 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 . Distribution : Bhutan : Samdrup Jongkhar , Trashigang (Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b). Elsewhere : China ; Cambodia ; India ; Malaysia ; Myanmar ; Thailand ; Vietnam ( Bui et al. 2020 ; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a, 2017b; Gawas et al. 2020 ; Ghosh et al. 2020 ; Gusenleitner 2011 ; Kojima et al. 2007 ; Pham 2014 ; Sora et al. 2019 ; Tan, van Achterberg & Chen 2014).