Polistes (Polistella) dawnae Dover & Rao, 1922

Dorji, Phurpa, Nidup, Tshering, Klein, Wim, Dorji, Cheten, Daglio, Anthony & Gyeltshen, Choki, 2022, An annotated checklist of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of Bhutan with new records, Zootaxa 5150 (3), pp. 301-332 : 316

42. Polistes (Polistella) dawnae Dover & Rao, 1922

( Figures 5 : A, B, C)

Polistes dawnae Dover & Rao, 1922: 248 . Type data: Female, NZC. Type locality: Dawna Hills , Myanmar.

Materials examined: NBCB-00564, 12.x.15, 1 ♀, Tsholingkhar , Tsirang, Bhutan (27°00΄27"N & 90°05΄55"E, 1159 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB-00565 to NBCB-00568, 12.x.15, 4 ♀, Sithikhet & Ninzoergang, Tsirang, Bhutan (27°00΄24"N & 90°08΄24"E, 1256 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB-00569 & NBCB-00570, 25.v.2017, 2 ♀, Martshala, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan (26°56΄29"N & 91°41΄04.9"E, 861 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB-00571, 14.iv.2016, 1 ♀, Nganglam, Pema Gatshel, Bhutan (26°49΄45"N & 91°14΄18"E, 720 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup .

Distribution: Bhutan (new record): Tsirang, Pema Gatshel, Samdrup Jongkhar. Elsewhere: India; Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam ( Das & Gupta 1989; Gawas & Gupta 2017; Gawas et al. 2020; Ghosh et al. 2020; Nguyen & Kojima 2014; Nguyen et al. 2011; Sora et al. 2019).

Remarks: Its habitat extends to Bhutan from Arunachal Pradesh and South East Asia.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Polistes (polistella) dawnae: A—dorsal, B—lateral, C—front; Polistes (Polistella) [cf] japonicus: D—dorsal, E—lateral, F—front; Polistes (Polistella) rubellus: G—dorsal, H—lateral, I—front.