Scientific Name

Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, 1968

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Polistini: Polistes

Synonyms/Original combination

Polistes (Megapolistes) rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, 1968: 99, 100.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Clypeus not extending beyond anterior tentorial pits. Mesosoma with pronotal fovea. Pronotal carina lamellate ventral to fovea. Forewing with prestigma more than 0.5x length of pterostigma. Mesepisternum with dorsal episternal groove and epicnemial carina. Transeverse striations of propodeum strong. T1 sessile, funnel shaped in dorsal view. Colour: Body brown with black markings.

Images

Adult- dorsal view
Adult- lateral view
Adult- frontal view

Distribution

India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kasmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh.
Elsewhere: Nepal; Pakistan.

Distribution within India

References

  • Carpenter, J.M. (1996) Distributional checklist of species of the genus Polistes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae, Polistini). American Museum novitates, 3188, 1–39.
  • Das, B.P. & Gupta, V.K. (1989) The social wasps of India and the adjacent countries. Oriental Insects Monograph, 11, 1–292.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1989.11835532
  • Gusenleitner, J. (2006) Über Aufsammlungen von Faltenwespen in Indien (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 38(1), 677–695.
  • Kundu, B.G., Girish Kumar, P., Kazmi, S.I. & Roychowdhury, S. (2010) Insecta: Hymenoptera: Aculeata (Vespidae and Apidae). Zoological Survey of India, State Fauna Series, Fauna of Uttarakhand, 18 (2), 725–748.
  • Rafi, M.A., Carpenter, J.M., Qasim, M., Shehzad, A., Zia, A., Khan, M.R., Mastoi, M.I., Naz, F., Ilyas, M., Shah, M. & Bhatti, A.R. (2017) The vespid fauna of Pakistan. Zootaxa, 4362(1), 1–28.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.1