An illustrated key to the species of subgenus Gyrostoma Kirby, 1828 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from China, with discovery of Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenuispunctia Kim, 2001 Author Tan, Jiang-Li Author Achterberg, Kees Van Author Duan, Mei-Jiao Author Chen, Xue-Xin text Zootaxa 2014 3785 3 377 399 journal article 46049 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.3.3 85cfbf94-de72-4c76-8e30-fad5e70fd3d4 1175-5326 253064 EFCFD90F-8367-48CC-8D89-E1E4506D276F Polistes ( Gyrostoma ) gigas ( Kirby, 1826 ) ( Fig. 17 ) Cyclostoma gigas Kirby 1826 in Kirby, Spence: 36 ( type , ♂, China , deposited in?Oxoford). Polistes orientalis Lepeletier 1836: 519 . Polistes confusus Smith 1857 : 102 . Material examined. China : 1♀, Chine , Callery 5 – 46, with a hand writing label “H. de Saussure determin.” ( MNHN ); 1♂ , Ngan Hoú (Anhui), Chine , J. de Joannis, 1901 ( MNHN ); 1 ♀, 1♂ , Kout Yang (Guiyang), Kout- Tchéou (Guizhou), 1906, PP Cayalerie & Fortunat ( MNHN ); 6♀, Hang-tcheou (Hangzhou), Chekiang (Zhejiang), 1905, A Pichon ( MNHN ); 1♂ , Kiang-Si (Jiangxi), 1875, A David ( MNHN ); 1♀, Kosempo, Formosa , vii.1917 , H Sauter, with a handwritten label “ P. orientalis , Schulthess det.” Hym-00611( SDEI ); 1♀, Pan'an City, Hue Xi (28˚59'N 120˚30'E), Zhejiang, China , 19.vi.2012 , c 600 m , C van Achterberg ( RMNH ); 2♀, Mt. Nankun (23˚38'N 113˚52'E), c 100km NE Guangzhou, Guangdong, S. China , 27–28.ix.2011 , C van Achterberg ( RMNH ); 2♀, SCAU campus (23˚9'30”N 113˚21'5”E), Guangzhou, Guangdong, S. China , c. 30 m , 4–7.vii.2013 , C van Achterberg & HY Chen ( RMNH ); 2♀, Baishuipubu, Yangchun Guangdong, 1.v.2002 , no. 20028351, -28, ZF Xu ( ZJUH ); 1♀, Mt. Baiyun, Guangzhou, 1.xi.2003 , CT Zhang ( NWUM ); 2♀, Wuyi Farm, Xuwen, Guangdong, 99m , 20˚28'21"N 110˚08'57"E, 15.vii.1987 , no. hzs0700058, -056 ( CATAS ); 1♀, Guishan, Heyuan, Guangdong, 18.v.2002 , no. 20028514, ZF Xu ( ZJUH ); 2♀, Huatan, Yangchun, Guangdong, 3–4.v.2002 , no. 20027827~8, ZF Xu ( ZJUH ); 1♀, Mt. Nankun, Guangdong, 8.vi.2002 , no. 20028910, ZF Xu ( ZJUH ); 5♀, West Mt. Tianmu, Lin’an, Zhejiang, 4. vi.2010 ( ZJUH ); 1♀, Baisha (25˚09'538˝N 116˚37'435˝E), Shanghang, Fujian, 637 m , 9.iv.2011 , T Li ( GSFA ); 1♂ , Quannan, Jiangxi, 2.xii.2010 , SC Li ( GSFA ); 2♀, 2♂ , Guanshan, Jiangxi, 350 m , 16.ix.2008 , YF Tang ( GSFA ); 3♀, Tuncheng town, Tunchang, Hainan, 139 m , 19˚19'45"N 110˚03'37"E, 25.viii.2011 , YH Zhong, no. hzs0700607, -894, -886 ( CATAS ); 1♀, Fengmu town, Tunchang, Hainan, 136 m , 19˚12'49"N 110˚00'52"E, 20.iii.2009 , CM Xing, no. hzs0700053 ( CATAS ); 2♀, Shankou, Chengmai, Hainan, 30 m , 19˚41'31"N 109˚58'16"E, 19.iii.2009 , CM Xing, no. hzs0700054, -055 ( CATAS ); 2♀, Danzhou, Hainan, 22–24.v.2009 , CM. Xing, no. hzs070052, -057 ( CATAS ); 2♀, Qiongzhong, Hainan, 16.vii.2011 , WJ. Zhu, 5.viii.2011 , YH Zhong ( CATAS ). Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong , Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Taiwan , Zhejiang); India (Sikkim). ( Liu 1937 , Lee 1985 , Starr 1992 , Barthélémy 2008 , Carpenter 1996b )