An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India Author Gawas, Sandesh M. Author Kumar, Girish Author Pannure, Arati Author Gupta, Ankita Author Carpenter, James M. text Zootaxa 2020 4784 1 1 87 journal article 21800 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1 4d93f591-1785-4eea-9b96-49b782137498 1175-5326 3862319 8D684A40-4102-4592-9084-7589B0B40028 c) Polistes ( Gyrostoma ) rothneyi rothneyi Cameron, 1900 Polistes rothneyi Cameron, 1900: 410 . Type data: Male, OUM. Type locality: Barrackpore, West Bengal , India . Polistes rufolineatus Cameron, 1900: 411 . Type data: Female, male, OUM. Type locality: India . Polistes yayeyamae Matsumura, 1911: 106 . Type data: Female, male, UMHU. Type locality: Okinawa. Polistes rothneyi sikkimensis van der Vecht, 1968: 102 . Polistes rothneyi tibetanus van der Vecht, 1968: 102 . Polistes rothneyi koreanus van der Vecht, 1968: 104 . Polistes rothneyi grahami van der Vecht, 1968: 104 . Polistes rothneyi iwatai van der Vecht, 1968: 104 . Polistes rothneyi hainanensis van der Vecht, 1968: 106 . Polistes rothneyi gressitti van der Vecht, 1968: 106 . Distribution. India : Delhi , Meghalaya , Uttarakhand , Sikkim , West Bengal . Elsewhere : Nepal . ( Das & Gupta 1989 , Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996 , Gupta 1997 , Jonathan et al. 2000a , Gusenleitner 2006 , Kundu et al. 2010).