40. 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: Bhutan: Trashigang, Punakha, Lhuentse, Trongsa, Bumthang (Dorji et al. 2016; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a). Elsewhere: Nepal; India (Carpenter 1996; Das & Gupta 1989; Dorji et al. 2016; Dorji, Klein, et al. 2017a; Dvořák 2007; Gawas et al. 2020; Rafi et al. 2017; Tenzin & Katel 2019).