An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records

Abstract

This checklist covers each of the 73 social and solitary wasps of the family Vespidae currently known from Bhutan. Of these, 11 species in the subfamily Eumeninae, five species in Polistinae and one species in Vespinae are reported as new records for the country.

Note on bee mites of Sennertia Oudemans, 1905 (Sarcoptiformes, Astigmata, Chaetodactylidae) from Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species

“…appendiculata as a regional subspecies or alien species in Taiwan until further evidence is found. Regarding X. dejeanii, the taxonomic status of X. collaris and X. dejeanii has been contradictory based on previous studies and our current knowledge (Figure 9C, 9D) (Starr 1992;Schuh et al 2010;Mawdsley 2015;Dorji et al 2016;Hussain et al 2019). X. collaris is currently an invalid name due to to being considered a synonym for Xylocopa flavicollis (De Geer, 1778) (Pauly et al 2018).…”