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 197) Polistes ( Gyrostoma ) olivaceus ( De Geer, 1773 ) Vespa olivacea DeGeer, 1773: 582 . Type locality: America. Vespa hebraea Fabricius, 1787: 292 . Type data: Female, UZMC. Type locality: India . Vespa undata Olivier, 1792: 684 . Type locality “Indes orientales”. Vespa macaensis Fabricius, 1793: 259 . Type data: Female, UZMC. Type locality: Macao , China . Material examined. INDIA : Karnataka : Kanakpura , 12.viii.2015 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Umeshkumar ; Doddaballapur , 14.vii.2016 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Mallesh. Odisha : CIFA Bhubaneshwar , 30.i.2017 , 1 ♀ , Coll. Sandesh Gawas. Distribution. India : Andhra Pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Chhattisgarh , Gujarat , Himachal Pradesh , Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand , Karnataka , Madhya Pradesh , Manipur , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Odisha , Rajasthan , Sikkim , Telangana, Tripura , Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Afghanistan ; Amirantes; Australia (introduced); Bangladesh ; Bhutan ; Cambodia ; Chagos Archipelago; Chile , Easter Is. (introduced); China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Egypt ; Fiji ; French Polynesia ; Hawaii; Indonesia ; Iran ; Japan ; Laos ; Madagascar ; Malaysia ; Marianas; Mauritius ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; New Caledonia ; New Zealand (introduced); Oman ; Pakistan ; Philippines ; Réunion ; Samoa ; Seychelles ; Singapore ; Society Is.; Sri Lanka ; Tanzania ; Thailand ; Tonga ; U.S.A. (introduced); Vietnam . ( Yamane & Yamane 1979 , Das & Gupta 1989 , Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996 , Jonathan et al. 2000a , Jonathan et al. 2000b , Jonathan & Kundu 2003 , Gusenleitner 2006 , Kundu et al. 2006 , Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010 , Nugroho et al. 2012 , Barthélémy et al. 2014 , Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a , Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b , Tan et al. 2014b , Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b , Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016 , Rafi et al. 2017 , Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Nguyen & Carpenter 2019 ).