Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus Bequaert, 1940

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-

3. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus Bequaert, 1940

1940. Polistes strigosus Bequaert , 269-272. Holotype Female, China: Wong-Sa-Shui (MCZ).

1983. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus ; Das & Gupta, 415.

Diagnosis: Female: Pronotum ribbed; head narrower than mesosoma; forewing without subapical fuscous cloud; median groove of propodeum deep, with strong transverse striations; S1with distinct margin at base.

Colour Description: Body almost entirely and uniformly ferruginous, with ocellar region, flagellum above and some sutures of head and mesosoma black; T2 almost entirely yellow; wings yellowish, paler apically.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 14.5 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 2♀, 29.iv.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh (new record). Elsewhere: China, Taiwan.