Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900

Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Federal Capital area: Islamabad, 13.ii.08, Leg. Asad, ♀; Gilgit-Baltistan: 15.vii.09, Leg. A. Rafi, ♀; Gilgit: Juglot, 16.vi.07, Leg. A. Zia, ♀; Sukkhur, 20.iii.08, Leg. M. Ishaque, ♀ ; Punjab: Multan: 02.v.2016, Leg. M. Qasim, ♀ Rawalpindi: 15.vi.2015, Leg. M. Qasim, ♀; (Ex. NIM) .

Remarks: Das & Gupta (1984; 1989) reported this species from Punjab: Salt Range: Khewra; Sindh: Karachi. Gusenleitner (2007) reported this species from Islamabad; Punjab: Murree, Taxila. Mahmood et al. (2012) recorded it from Islamabad; Punjab: Bahawalpur (Chak 28 BC), Habib Massan, Abbaspur; Sindh: Ghotki, Drago, Sukkur, Rajab Ali Bharo, Allahyar Pinhwar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Dir, Peshawar, Kohat, Warsak, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Mardan; Gilgit-Baltistan: Hunza, Diamer, Gilgit, Dassu, Basha, Chillas. Siddiqui et al. (2015) reported it from Punjab: Rawalpindi, Attock. Shah (2015) reported from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Mansehra. Faiz et al. (2016) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Hunza-Nagar, Gilgit, Ghizer and Skardu.

Distribution: Afghanistan; China; India; Iran; Iraq; Mauritius; Oman; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; U.A.E. (Das & Gupta 1989; Carpenter 1996; Gusenleitner 2007; Kumar 2010).