Polistes (Polistes) indicus Stolfa, 1934

Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Astore: Doyan, 6.vii.09, Leg. F. Naz, ♀; (Ex. NIM).

Remarks: This species was reported from “ India: Kewra, Salt Range, Punjab,” now Pakistan by Das & Gupta (1984). Dvořák (2007) reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Peshawar. Gusenleitner (2007) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Gasdas, Ghizar valley, Thiee, Jaglot and Chilas. Mahmood et al. (2012) recorded it from Punjab: Bahawalpur: Chak, 28 BC; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Kohat, Abad Khel, Sindh: Sukkur, Allahyar Pinhwar, Ghotki, Taj Mohammad Ruk; Gilgit-Baltistan: Hunza, Chillas. Siddiqui et al. (2015) reported it from Punjab: Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Mansehra, Balakot, Baffa, Oghi, Battagram, Allai, Abbottabad, Havelian and Ayubia. Faiz et al. (2016) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit and Astore.

Distribution: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; India; Oman; Pakistan; U.A.E. (Carpenter 1996; Gusenleitner 2007; Dvořák 2007; Abbasi et al. 2008; Kumar & Kishore 2010; Siddiqui et al. 2015).