199) Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus Lepeletier, 1836

Polistes tenebricosa Lepeletier 1836: 529 . Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Polistes sulcatus Smith, 1852a: 38 . Type data: Female, male BMNH. Type locality: Ningpo, China.

Polistes hoplitus de Saussure, 1853: 55 . Type data: Female, MHNG. Type locality: Indes Orientales.

Polistes hoplites de Saussure, 1854: 255 .

Polistes rugifrons Cameron, 1900: 412 . Type data: Female, OUM. Type locality: Khasia Hills, Meghalaya, India.

Polistes varicornis Cameron, 1905: 67 . Type data: Male, ZMA. Type locality: Java, Indonesia.

Polistes javanicus Cameron, 1905: 68 . Type data: Lectotype female, ZMA. Type locality: Tjandi near Semarang, Java, Indonesia.

Polistes tenebricosus var. leopoldi Bequaert, 1934: 9 . Type data: Female, IRSNB. Type locality: Negros, Philippines.

Polistes tenebricosus var. sibuyanensis Bequaert, 1940: 266 . Type data: Female, MCZ. Type locality: Sibuyan, Philippines.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Taiwan); Indonesia; Nepal; Philippines; Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Tan et al. 2014 b, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Nguyen & Carpenter 2019).