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, ۲۳۰۰ RA Leiden, Netherlands.
Tshering Nidup - School of Life Science, Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Kanglung, Bhutan.

The social vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae and Polistinae) was studied in Bhutan during ۲۰۱۴-۲۰۱۶. 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