a) Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, 1968

Polistes (Megapolistes) rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, 1968: 99, 100. Type data: Female, USNM. Type locality: Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Material examined. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh, Pasighat, xi.2014, 1 ♀, Coll. Naveenkumar.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Assam, Jammu & Kasmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Nepal; Pakistan. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gusenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Rafi et al. 2017).