Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Author Sheikh, Altaf Hussain Department of Bioscience, Rani Durgavati Viswa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482001, India; khushialtaf 1986 @ gmail. com Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673006, India; kpgiris @ gmail. com Author Thomas, Moni Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482004, India; moni _ thomas @ rediffmail. com Author Bhandari, Rita Department of Zoology, Government O. F. K. College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - 482005, India; ritabhandari 06 @ yahoo. co. in text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2017 2017-11-01 117 3 198 198 http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/119330 2581-8686 10987693 3. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus Bequaert, 1940 1940 . Polistes strigosus Bequaert , 269-272. Holotype Female, China : Wong-Sa-Shui (MCZ). 1983. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus strigosus ; Das & Gupta, 415. Diagnosis : Female: Pronotum ribbed; head narrower than mesosoma; forewing without subapical fuscous cloud; median groove of propodeum deep, with strong transverse striations; S1with distinct margin at base. Colour Description : Body almost entirely and uniformly ferruginous, with ocellar region, flagellum above and some sutures of head and mesosoma black; T2 almost entirely yellow; wings yellowish, paler apically. Size (H+M+T1+T2): 14.5 mm . Material examined: INDIA : Madhya Pradesh , Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 2♀ , 29.iv.2015 , Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh. Distribution : India : Chhattisgarh , Madhya Pradesh (new record). Elsewhere : China , Taiwan .