The Entomological Society of Iran Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2423-8112 3 2 2017 03 01 Taxonomic study of social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae & Polistinae) in Bhutan 91 104 20332 10.52547/jibs.3.2.91 EN Phurpa Dorji Royal Society for Protection of Nature (RSPN), Thimphu, Bhutan. School of Life Science, Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan. Wim Klein Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands. Tshering Nidup School of Life Science, Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan. Journal Article 2017 02 17 The social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae and Polistinae) was studied in Bhutan during 2014-2016. A total of fifteen species were collected and identified that all of them are reported as new records from Bhutan: Vespa vivax Smith, V. velutina variana van der Vecht, V. fumida van der Vecht, Dolichovespula lama (du Buysson), Vespula flaviceps Smith, V. nursei Archer, V. vulgaris (Linnaeus), V. structor (Smith), Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsus (Cameron), Parapolybia varia (Fabricius), P. nodosa van der Vecht, Ropalidia artifex (de Saussure), R. stigma (Smith), R. ornaticeps (Cameron) and R. rufoplagiata gravelyi (Dover & Rao). Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of all species are presented. Hornets Yellow jackets Paper wasps new records Bhutan https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article_20332_12c61971537803cd33dd937236b9a8cb.pdf