Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900

Sheikh, Altaf Hussain, Kumar, P. Girish, Thomas, Moni & Bhandari, Rita, 2017, Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 198-198 : 198-

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10987697
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scientific name	Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900
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1. Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900 View in CoL

1900. Polistes wattii Cameron , 416. Type: Female , West Bengal ( BMNH).

1996. Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii ; Carpenter, 9.

Diagnosis: Female: Occipital carina complete; dorsal and ventral metapleuron impunctate; striations on propodeum weak, not distinct near lower margin of side.

Colour description: Almost uniform yellow colour; hind tibia above usually black; narrow transverse reddish brown line on T1 after middle, T2 to T5 and S2 to S5 with bisinuate reddish brown line.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 12.5-13.5 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 4♀, 10.iv.2014 & 18.ix.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E.