Polistes (Gyrostoma) gigas ( Kirby, 1826 )

Tan, Jiang-Li, Achterberg, Kees Van, Duan, Mei-Jiao & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2014, An illustrated key to the species of subgenus Gyrostoma Kirby, 1828 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from China, with discovery of Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenuispunctia Kim, 2001, Zootaxa 3785 (3), pp. 377-399 : 383-384

Polistes (Gyrostoma) gigas ( Kirby, 1826)

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Cyclostoma gigas Kirby 1826 in Kirby, Spence: 36 (type, ♂, China, deposited in?Oxoford). Polistes orientalis Lepeletier 1836: 519 .

Polistes confusus Smith 1857: 102 .

Material examined. China: 1♀, Chine, Callery 5 – 46, with a hand writing label “H. de Saussure determin.” ( MNHN); 1♂, Ngan Hoú (Anhui), Chine, J. de Joannis, 1901 ( MNHN); 1 ♀, 1♂, Kout Yang (Guiyang), Kout- Tchéou (Guizhou), 1906, PP Cayalerie & Fortunat ( MNHN); 6♀, Hang-tcheou (Hangzhou), Chekiang (Zhejiang), 1905, A Pichon ( MNHN); 1♂, Kiang-Si (Jiangxi), 1875, A David ( MNHN); 1♀, Kosempo, Formosa, vii.1917, H Sauter, with a handwritten label “ P. orientalis, Schulthess det.” Hym-00611( SDEI); 1♀, Pan'an City, Hue Xi (28˚59'N 120˚30'E), Zhejiang, China, 19.vi.2012, c 600 m, C van Achterberg ( RMNH); 2♀, Mt. Nankun (23˚38'N 113˚52'E), c 100km NE Guangzhou, Guangdong, S. China, 27–28.ix.2011, C van Achterberg ( RMNH); 2♀, SCAU campus (23˚9'30”N 113˚21'5”E), Guangzhou, Guangdong, S. China, c. 30 m, 4–7.vii.2013, C van Achterberg & HY Chen ( RMNH); 2♀, Baishuipubu, Yangchun Guangdong, 1.v.2002, no. 20028351, -28, ZF Xu ( ZJUH); 1♀, Mt. Baiyun, Guangzhou, 1.xi.2003, CT Zhang ( NWUM); 2♀, Wuyi Farm, Xuwen, Guangdong, 99m, 20˚28'21"N 110˚08'57"E, 15.vii.1987, no. hzs0700058, -056 ( CATAS); 1♀, Guishan, Heyuan, Guangdong, 18.v.2002, no. 20028514, ZF Xu ( ZJUH); 2♀, Huatan, Yangchun, Guangdong, 3–4.v.2002, no. 20027827~8, ZF Xu ( ZJUH); 1♀, Mt. Nankun, Guangdong, 8.vi.2002, no. 20028910, ZF Xu ( ZJUH); 5♀, West Mt. Tianmu, Lin’an, Zhejiang, 4. vi.2010 ( ZJUH); 1♀, Baisha (25˚09'538˝N 116˚37'435˝E), Shanghang, Fujian, 637 m, 9.iv.2011, T Li ( GSFA); 1♂, Quannan, Jiangxi, 2.xii.2010, SC Li ( GSFA); 2♀, 2♂, Guanshan, Jiangxi, 350 m, 16.ix.2008, YF Tang ( GSFA); 3♀, Tuncheng town, Tunchang, Hainan, 139 m, 19˚19'45"N 110˚03'37"E, 25.viii.2011, YH Zhong, no.

hzs0700607, -894, -886 ( CATAS); 1♀, Fengmu town, Tunchang, Hainan, 136 m, 19˚12'49"N 110˚00'52"E, 20.iii.2009, CM Xing, no. hzs0700053 ( CATAS); 2♀, Shankou, Chengmai, Hainan, 30 m, 19˚41'31"N 109˚58'16"E, 19.iii.2009, CM Xing, no. hzs0700054, -055 ( CATAS); 2♀, Danzhou, Hainan, 22–24.v.2009, CM. Xing, no. hzs070052, -057 ( CATAS); 2♀, Qiongzhong, Hainan, 16.vii.2011, WJ. Zhu, 5.viii.2011, YH Zhong ( CATAS).

Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang); India (Sikkim). ( Liu 1937, Lee 1985, Starr 1992, Barthélémy 2008, Carpenter 1996b)

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FIGURE 17. Polistes gigas (Kirby, 1826), habitus (Taiwan). A, female, dorsal view; B, female, lateral view; C, male, dorsal view; D, male lateral view.