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 ) wattii Cameron , 1900 ( Fig. 27 ) Polistes wattii Cameron 1900 : 416 ( type , ♀, Bengal, India , deposited in BMNH). Material examined. India : ♀, holotype , Cameron coll. 1901-137, BMNH type Hym. 18.890; 1♂ , NW India , 84-38 ( BMNH ). 11♀, C. India : Raipur, 300 m , 22.vii.–26.viii.1962 , F. L. Wain, each labelled “ Polistes wattii Cameron , det. J.v.d. Vecht, 1960 ” ( RMNH ); 2♀, Rajasthan, Jodhpur Mandhur Park, 15.x.1985 , C v. Achterberg ( RMNH ); 1♀, Delhi, 7–9.vii.1978 , J. Timmer ( RMNH ); 4♀, NW India , Chandig'arh, 31.vii.–1.viii.1964 , R.A. Maas Geesteranus ( RMNH ); 1♂ , Afghanistan : Kabul (34˚31'N, 69˚12'E), 2–3.x.1975 , Ph. Pronk (75 069-070) ( RMNH ); 2♀, Herat (34˚20'N, 62˚12'E), 28.ix.1975 , Ph. Pronk (75 067) ( RMNH );. Remarks. No specimens from China were available, but recorded from China by Das & Gupta (1983 , 1989) and Carpenter (1996b) . Distribution. China ; Afghanistan ; Iran ; Iraq ; Saudi Arabia ; United Arab Emirates ; Oman ; Mauritius ; Pakistan ; India .