a) Polistes (Polistella) strigosus atratus Das & Gupta, 1989

Polistes (Polistella) strigosus atratus Das and Gupta, 1989: 81 . Type data: Holotype female, NZC. Type locality: Belonia, Tripura, India.

Material examined. INDIA: Meghalaya: Umiam Shillong, 21.vi.2019, 1 ♀, Coll. M. Mohan.

Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Manipur, Meghalaya (new record), Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. (Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter 1996, Gupta 1997, Jonathan et al. 2000b, Jonathan & Kundu 2003, Kundu et al. 2010).