Polistes Latreille, 1802

Mahmood, Khalid, Ullah, Mishkat, Aziz, Abdul, Hasan, Syed Azhar & Inayatullah, Mian, 2012, To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan, Zootaxa 3318, pp. 26-50 : 35-39

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Genus Polistes Latreille, 1802 View in CoL View at ENA

Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius sagittarius de Saussure, 1853

Female: Body length 13–14 mm (n = 2), fore wing length 15–15.5 mm (n = 2).

Material examined. BANGLADESH: Barcadbla, 1Ψ, 4.vi.1965, N. Zaman ( PFI); Ramgrab, 1Ψ, 16.ix.1965, N. Zaman ( PFI).

Distribution. China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand ( Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima & Carpenter 1997, Saito et al. 2005, Kojima et al. 2006).

Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamulus ( Fabricius, 1798) Figs 9 View FIGURE 9 (a–d)

Female: Body length 14.4–12.8 mm (n = 7), fore wing length 12 mm (n = 7). Male: Body length 12.0 mm (n = 1), fore wing length 11.6 mm (n = 1).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Siadu Sharif, 1Ψ, 08.viii.1988, Swat, 1ɗ, 04.viii.1988, Miadam, 1Ψ, 04.viii.1988, Fiaz; Miadam, 3Ψ, 07.viii.1987, Afzal; Miadam, 2Ψ, 07.viii.1987, Abro ( PMNH).

Distribution. India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan ( Dover 1929, Starr 1992, Kojima & Carpenter 1997) and Pakistan (new record).

Polistes (Polistes) gallicus ( Linnaeus, 1767) View in CoL Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 (a–d)

Female: Body length 12–13 mm (n = 3), fore wing length 12.5– 14 mm (n = 3).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Skardu, 3Ψ, 30.viii.1988, Abro ( PMNH). Distribution. Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia (south of European part), Turkey, Turkmenistan and Ukraine ( Dvořák 2007, Gusenleitner 2007, Kojima & Carpenter 1997).

Polistes (Polistes) indicus Stolfa, 1934 View in CoL Figs 11 View FIGURE 11 (a–d)

Female: Body length 10–12 mm (n = 10), fore wing length 11–12.5 mm (n = 10). Male: Body length 10.5 mm (n = 6), fore wing length 11.5 mm (n = 6).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Hunza, 1Ψ, 31.vii.1987, Chillas, 3Ψ, 04.viii.1987, Abro; 1Ψ, 04.viii.1988, Afzal; 2Ψ, 5–10.vii.2006, Abbas ( PMNH). Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Kohat, Abad Khel, 1Ψ, 24.x.2007, Fida; 1ɗ, 24.x.2007, Mishkat Ullah. Punjab: Bahawalpur, Chak 28 BC, 1Ψ, 07.ix.2010, Mishkat Ullah ( PMNH). Sindh: Sukkur, Allahyar Pinhwar, 1Ψ & 1ɗ, 09.v.2010, Ghotki, Taj Mohammad Ruk, 1ɗ, 15.xi.2009, 1ɗ, 10.v.2010, Sukkur, Rajab Ali Bharo, 2ɗ, 14.xi.2009, Mishkat Ullah ( PMNH).

Distribution. Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Oman and Pakistan ( Gusenleitner 2007, Dvořák 2007, Kojima & Carpenter 1997).

Polistes (Polistes) nimphus ( Christ, 1791) Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 (a–d)

Female: Body length 12 mm (n = 2), fore wing length 11 mm (n = 2).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Swat, Kalam, 1Ψ, 10.viii.1987, Abro, 1Ψ, 10.viii.1987, Afzal ( PMNH).

Distribution. Azerbaijan, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Madeiras, Mongolia, Pakistan and Turkey ( Zimmermann 1930, Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima & Carpenter 1997).

Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus ( De Geer, 1773) View in CoL Figs 13 View FIGURE 13 (a–d)

Female: Body length 13–17 mm (n = 3), fore wing length 14–18.5 mm (n = 3).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Nagar, 1Ψ, 23.vii.1986, Rafique ( PMNH). Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Naran, 1Ψ, 18.vii.1987, Abro ( PMNH). Punjab: Islamabad, 1Ψ, 06.viii.2007, Fida ( PMNH).

Distribution. Afghanistan, Australia, Chile, Cambodia, Egypt, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Oman, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Tongas, USA and Vietnam ( Dover 1929, Das & Gupta 1989, Kojima & Carpenter 1997); Pakistan (new record).

Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, 1968 Figs 14 View FIGURE 14 (a–d)

Female: Body length 12–17 mm (n = 8), fore wing length 13–19 mm (n = 8).

Material examined. PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan, Daimer, 3Ψ, 26.vii.1987, Bagrot, 1Ψ, 29.vii.1987, Afzal; Sassi, 2Ψ, 29.viii.1988, Gech, 1Ψ, 25.viii.1988, Abro ( PMNH). Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Dir, 1Ψ, 13.viii.1987, Afzal; Miadam, 2Ψ, 04.viii.1988, Abro; Mansehra, Jaba, 3Ψ, 15.vi.2010, Garihabibullah, 5Ψ, 15.vi.2010, Mishkat Ullah ( PMNH); Abbottabad, 2Ψ, 20.viii.2008, 1Ψ, 21.viii.2008, Mardan, 1Ψ, 25.viii.2008, Peshawar, 1Ψ, 28.viii.2008, Aziz ( KPUAP). Punjab, Islamabad, 1Ψ, 05.vii.2007, 1Ψ, 06.viii.2007, 1Ψ, 21.iv.2008, Fida ( PMNH).

Distribution. India, Nepal and Pakistan ( Das & Gupta 1989, Gusenleitner 2006, Dvořák 2007)

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