A taxonomic note on wasps (Scoliidae, Vespidae, Ampulicidae and Sphecidae) of Madayipara, Kannur, Kerala Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006, India; Email: kpgiris @ gmail. com, charesh. c @ gmail. com Author Palot, Muhamed Jafer Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune - 411044, Maharashtra, India; Email: palot. zsi @ gmail. com Author Charesh, C. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006, India; Email: kpgiris @ gmail. com, charesh. c @ gmail. com text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2020 120 4 373 386 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/151352 2581-8686 13186711 24. Ropalidia brevita Das and Gupta, 1989 (Figure 24) 1989. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) brevita Das and Gupta , Oriental Ins. Monogr., 11: 121, holotype ♂ , Delhi : University ridge ( NZC ) . Material examined : ZSI/ WGRC /I. R .-INV.9856–9859, 3♀♀ & 1♂ , 10.viii.2017 , K.A. Dinesan ; ZSI/ WGRC /I. R .- INV.12833, 1♂ , 2.xii.2018 , C. Charesh ; all from INDIA : Kerala , Kannur , Madayipara . Distribution : India : Assam , Chhattisgarh , Delhi , Goa, Gujarat , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Karnataka , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Odisha , Rajasthan , Sikkim , Tamil Nadu , Telangana, Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Pakistan ( Gawas et al., 2019 ; Girish Kumar et al., 2019 ).