Subgenus Gyrostoma Kirby

Gyrostoma Kirby, 1828, in Kirby & Spence: 36, 631, replacement name for Cyclostoma Kirby, 1826, non Lamarck, 1799.

Cyclostoma Kirby, 1826, in Kirby & Spence: 36, 633, genus. Non Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca) .

Type species: Cyclostoma gigas Kirby, 1826, by monotypy.

Megapolistes van der Vecht, 1968a: 97, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.

Type species: Vespa olivacea DeGeer, 1773, by original designation.

Nygmopolistes Richards, 1973: 91, 93, 98, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.

Type species: “ Polistes sulcatus Smith, 1852 (= P. rugifrons Cameron, 1900),” by original designation.

Megapostes [!]; Lee, 1982: 122, 124, 126.

This subgenus is also found in the Oriental Region and Pacific islands, with a few species in Palaearctic Asia.