Scientific Name

Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Polistini: Polistes

Synonyms/Original combination

Polistes wattii Cameron, 1900: 416.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Clypeus not extending beyond anterior tentorial pits. Occipital carina complete. 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 weak. T1 sessile, funnel shaped in dorsal view. Colour: Body yellow.

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Distribution

India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Afghanistan; China; India; Iran; Iraq; Mauritius; Oman; Pakistan; Saudi Arabia; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; U.A.E.

Distribution within India

References

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