38. Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (De Geer, 1773)

Vespa olivacea De Geer 1773: 582 (type, sexunstated, America, deposited in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm).

Vespa hebraea Fabricius, 1787: 292 .

Vespa undata Olivier, 1792: 684 .

Vespa macaensis Fabricius, 1793: 259 .

Distribution: Bhutan: Punakha, Wangduephodrang, Trashi Yangtse, Mongar, Trashigang, Trongsa, Bumthang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Sarpang, Zhemgang, Lhuentse (Dorji et al. 2016; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a). Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Amirantes; Australia; Bangladesh; Cambodia; Chagos Archipelago; Chile, Easter Is.; China; Egypt; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hawaii; India; Indonesia; Iran; Japan; Laos; Madagascar; Malaysia; Marianas; Maur tius; Myanmar; Nepal; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Oman; Pakistan; Philippines; Réunion; Samoa; Seychelles; Singapore; Society Is.; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Thailand; Tonga; U.S.A.; Vietnam (Carpenter 1996; Das & Gupta 1989; Dorji et al. 2016; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Kumar 2010; Kumar, Kundu & Kazmi 2015; Kumar & Sharma 2014a, 2015b; Mahmood, Ullah, Aziz, Hasan & Inayatullah 2012; Nguyen & Carpenter 2019; Pham & Li 2015; Siddiqui et al. 2015; Sora et al. 2019; Tan, van Achterberg, Duan & Chen 2014; Tenzin & Katel 2019; Yamane & Yamane 1979).