Polistes Latreille 1802
Creators: name: Mahmood, Khalid
name: Ullah, Mishkat
name: Aziz, Abdul
name: Hasan, Syed Azhar
name: Inayatullah, Mian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Polistes

description: Genus Polistes Latreille, 1802
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 (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) Figs 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 Figs 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 (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) Figs 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 (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)
description: Published as part of Mahmood, Khalid, Ullah, Mishkat, Aziz, Abdul, Hasan, Syed Azhar & Inayatullah, Mian, 2012, To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan, pp. 26-50 in Zootaxa 3318 on pages 35-39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281144