23) Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis Cameron, 1900

(Figs 45 & 46)

Polistes nigritarsis Cameron, 1900: 413 . Type ♂, West Bengal: Barrackpore (OUM).

Material examined: INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, Surla Plateau, 5-12. v.2017, 1 ♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas; Sattari, Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, 1♀, 15.v.2018, coll. P. Girish Kumar & Party, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R.-INV.11647 .

Distribution. India: Goa (new record), Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Global: Bhutan; Vietnam. (Gusenleitner 2006; Nguyen & Carpenter, 2016; Dorji et al. 2017).