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 14. Delta pyriforme pyriforme Fabricius, 1775 (Figure 14) 1775. Vespa pyriformis Fabricius, Syst. Entomol . , 371, type : China (?). Material examined : ZSI/ WGRC /I. R .-INV.12252–12253, 2♂♂ , 5.viii.2018 , C. Charesh ; ZSI/ WGRC /I. R .- INV.12254, 1♂ , 1.ix.2018 , C. Charesh ; ZSI/ WGRC /I. R .- INV.12816, 1♂ , 28.vii.2019 , C. Charesh ; all from INDIA : Kerala , Kannur , Madayipara . Distribution : India : Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Andhra Pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Chhattisgarh , Delhi , Goa, Gujarat , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Karnataka , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Manipur , Meghalaya , Mizoram , Nagaland , Odisha , Pondicherry , Rajasthan , Sikkim , Tamil Nadu ,Telangana, Tripura , Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Bhutan ; Cambodia ; China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Hawaii; Indonesia ; Laos ; Malaysia ; Moluccas ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; New Guinea ; Pakistan ; Sri Lanka ; Thailand ; Vietnam ( Gawas et al., 2019 ; Girish Kumar et al., 2019 ).