201) Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham, 1897

Polistes adustus Bingham, 1897: 397 . Type data: Holotype female, BMNH. Type locality: Sikkim, India. Material examined. INDIA: Himachal Pradesh: CPRI Shimla, 19.v.2016, 2 ♀, Coll. Sandesh & Umeshkumar. Distribution. India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.

Elsewhere: Bhutan; China; Nepal. (Yamane & Yamane 1979, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Jonathan et

al. 1996 & 2000a, Gupta 1997, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Guenleitner 2006, Kundu et al. 2010, Nguyen et al.

2011, Dorji et al. 2016).