Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi subsp. carletoni van der Vecht 1968
- Dataset
- The vespid fauna of Pakistan
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Vespidae
- genus
- Polistes
discussion
Remarks: Earlier Chaudhry et al. (1966) reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Hazara. Das & Gupta (1984; 1989) reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral; Punjab: Jhelum velley, Murree hills. Dvořák (2007) reported this species from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral: Bamboret valley, Brun. Mahmood et al. (2012) recorded it from Islamabad; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Dir, Miadam, Mansehra, Jaba, Gari Habibullah, Abbottabad, Mardan, Peshawar; Gilgit-Baltistan: Daimer, Bagrot, Sassi and Gech. Siddiqui et al. (2015) recorded it from Punjab: Attock and Rawalpindi. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Mansehra, Balakot, Baffa, Abbottabad, Havelian and Ayubia. Faiz et al. (2016) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit, Ghizer and Astore.
distribution
Distribution: India; Nepal; Pakistan (Chaudhry et al. 1966; Das & Gupta 1989; Carpenter 1996; Dvořák 2007; Faiz et al. 2016).
materials_examined
Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Federal Capital area: Islamabad, 20. viii. 08, Leg. A. Rafi. ♀; Punjab: Murree: 14. vi. 2015, Leg. M. Qasim, ♀; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Chitral: Drosh, 21. vi. 08, Leg. A. Zia, ♀.