42. Polistes (Polistella) dawnae Dover & Rao, 1922

(Figures 5: A, B, C)

Polistes dawnae Dover & Rao, 1922: 248 . Type data: Female, NZC. Type locality: Dawna Hills, Myanmar.

Materials examined: NBCB-00564, 12.x.15, 1 ♀, Tsholingkhar, Tsirang, Bhutan (27°00΄27"N & 90°05΄55"E, 1159 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB-00565 to NBCB-00568, 12.x.15, 4 ♀, Sithikhet & Ninzoergang, Tsirang, Bhutan (27°00΄24"N & 90°08΄24"E, 1256 m), Leg.: Tshering Nidup & Wim Klein; NBCB-00569 & NBCB-00570, 25.v.2017, 2 ♀, Martshala, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan (26°56΄29"N & 91°41΄04.9"E, 861 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji & Wim Klein; NBCB-00571, 14.iv.2016, 1 ♀, Nganglam, Pema Gatshel, Bhutan (26°49΄45"N & 91°14΄18"E, 720 m), Leg.: Phurpa Dorji, Thinley Gyeltshen & Tshering Nidup .

Distribution: Bhutan (new record): Tsirang, Pema Gatshel, Samdrup Jongkhar. Elsewhere: India; Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam (Das & Gupta 1989; Gawas & Gupta 2017; Gawas et al. 2020; Ghosh et al. 2020; Nguyen & Kojima 2014; Nguyen et al. 2011; Sora et al. 2019).

Remarks: Its habitat extends to Bhutan from Arunachal Pradesh and South East Asia.