197) Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer, 1773)

Vespa olivacea DeGeer, 1773: 582 . Type locality: America.

Vespa hebraea Fabricius, 1787: 292 . Type data: Female, UZMC. Type locality: India.

Vespa undata Olivier, 1792: 684 . Type locality “Indes orientales”.

Vespa macaensis Fabricius, 1793: 259 . Type data: Female, UZMC. Type locality: Macao, China.

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Kanakpura, 12.viii.2015, 1 ♀, Coll. Umeshkumar ; Doddaballapur, 14.vii.2016, 1 ♀, Coll. Mallesh. Odisha: CIFA Bhubaneshwar, 30.i.2017, 1 ♀, Coll. Sandesh Gawas.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Amirantes; Australia (introduced); Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Chagos Archipelago; Chile, Easter Is. (introduced); China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan); Egypt; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hawaii; Indonesia; Iran; Japan; Laos; Madagascar; Malaysia; Marianas; Mauritius; Myanmar; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Zealand (introduced); Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Society Is.; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Thailand; Tonga; U.S.A. (introduced); Vietnam. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et al. 1996, Jonathan et al. 2000a, Jonathan et al. 2000b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2006, Girish Kumar 2010, Kundu et al. 2010, Nugroho et al. 2012, Barthélémy et al. 2014, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014a, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2014b, Tan et al. 2014b, Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015 b, Pham & Li 2015, Dorji et al. 2016, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Sureshan 2019b, Girish Kumar et al. 2019b, Nguyen & Carpenter 2019).