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 28. Vespa tropica haematodes Bequaert, 1936 (Figure 28) 1936. Vespa tropica var. haematodes Bequaert , Treubia , 15 : 336, 338, holotype , India : “Kooloo” ( MCZ ) . Material examined : ZSI/ WGRC /I. R .-INV.12262, 1♀ , INDIA : Kerala , Kannur , Madayipara , 5.viii.2018 , C. Charesh . Distribution : India : Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Goa, Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Karnataka , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Odisha , Pondicherry , Sikkim , Tamil Nadu , Tripura , Uttarakhand , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Bhutan ; China ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; Pakistan ; Sri Lanka ; Vietnam ( Gawas et al., 2019 ). Remarks : This species usually making large underground nests. The stinging of this species is fatal. Family AMPULICIDAE