24) Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus (Fabricius, 1798)

(Figs 47 & 48)

Uespa tamula Fabricius, 1798: 263. Holotype— ♀, India Orientali (ZMUK).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Surla Plateau, 5-12. v.2017, 7 ♀, coll .

Sandesh M. Gawas; Tiswadi, Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, mangroves, 4♀, 14 & 19.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11648 & 11662–11664; Sattari, Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, 5♀, 15.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11649–11653; Ponda, Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, 3♀, 16.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11654– 11656; Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary & Mollem National Park, 3♀, 16.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11657–11659; Sanguem, Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary, 2♀, 16.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11660–11661.

Distribution. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Global: Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Sheikh et al. 2017, Nguyen et al. 2017, Rafi et al. 2017).