Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer, 1773)

Mazumdar, P. C., Kumar, P. Girish & Kazmi, S. I., 2022, New distributional records of family Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (2), pp. 219-223 : 221

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scientific name	Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer, 1773)
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4. Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer, 1773) View in CoL *

Vespa olivacea De Geer, 1773 , Mem. Hist. Insect., 582, type: Sex not mentioned, America (NHRM).

Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus ; Carpenter, 1996, Nat . Hist. and Evoln Paper-wasps, 55.

Material examined: India: Andaman and Nicobar Island , Great Nicobar , Joginder Nagar , 2♀, 11.xi.2018, Coll. K.C. Gopi and Party, NZC Regd. No. (24933-24934)/ H3; Nicobar Island, East West Road, 1♀, 6.xi.2018, Coll. K.C. Gopi and Party, NZC Regd. No. 24935/H3 .

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Island, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Amirantes; Australia (introduced); Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Chagos Archipelago; Chile, Easter Is. (introduced); China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Egypt; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hawaii; Indonesia; Iran; Japan; Laos; Madagascar; Malaysia; Marianas; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Zealand (introduced); Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Society Is.; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Thailand; Tonga; U.S.A. (introduced); Vietnam (Gawas, et al., 2020).

Subgenus Polistes (Polistella) Ashmead, 1904

5a. Polistes (Polistella) stigma galathea Peterson, 1987 Polistes stigma galatheae Petersen, 1987, Ent. Scand., 18: 239, type ♀, Little Nicobar , Andaman and NicobarIslands, India ( UZMC) .

Material examined: India: Andaman and Nicobar

Island, Great Nicobar, Joginder Nagar, 1♀, 11.xi.2018, Coll. K.C. Gopi and Party, NZC Regd. No. 24931/H3; Nicobar Island, East West Road, 1♀, 6.xi.2018, Coll. K.C. Gopi and Party, NZC Regd. No. 24932/H3.

Distribution: India: Andaman Nicobar Islands ( Das and Gupta, 1989).

5b. Polistes (Polistella) stigma sauensis Peterson, 1987 Polistes stigma sauiensis Petersen, 1987, Ent. Scand., 18: 240, type ♀, Saui , Car Nicobar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India ( NHMW) .