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 38. Polistes ( Gyrostoma ) olivaceus (De Geer, 1773) Vespa olivacea De Geer 1773: 582 ( type , sexunstated, America , deposited in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum , Stockholm ). Vespa hebraea Fabricius, 1787: 292 . Vespa undata Olivier, 1792: 684 . Vespa macaensis Fabricius, 1793: 259 . Distribution : Bhutan : Punakha , Wangduephodrang, Trashi Yangtse , Mongar , Trashigang , Trongsa , Bumthang , Samdrup Jongkhar , Sarpang, Zhemgang , Lhuentse ( Dorji et al. 2016 ; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a). Elsewhere : Afghanistan ; Amirantes; Australia ; Bangladesh ; Cambodia ; Chagos Archipelago; Chile , Easter Is.; China ; Egypt ; Fiji ; French Polynesia ; Hawaii; India ; Indonesia ; Iran ; Japan ; Laos ; Madagascar ; Malaysia ; Marianas; Maur tius; Myanmar ; Nepal ; New Caledonia ; New Zealand ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Philippines ; RĂ©union ; Samoa ; Seychelles ; Singapore ; Society Is.; Sri Lanka ; Tanzania ; Thailand ; Tonga ; U.S.A. ; Vietnam ( Carpenter 1996 ; Das & Gupta 1989 ; Dorji et al. 2016 ; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Kumar 2010; Kumar, Kundu & Kazmi 2015 ; Kumar & Sharma 2014a , 2015b ; Mahmood, Ullah, Aziz, Hasan & Inayatullah 2012 ; Nguyen & Carpenter 2019 ; Pham & Li 2015 ; Siddiqui et al. 2015 ; Sora et al. 2019 ; Tan, van Achterberg, Duan & Chen 2014; Tenzin & Katel 2019 ; Yamane & Yamane 1979 ).