Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900

Selis, Marco, Ismael, Halgurd R., Hamad, Mudhafar I., Baiocchi, Daniele & Cilia, Giovanni, 2025, A first update to the vespid fauna of Iraq (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), with description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16), pp. 941-981 : 968

Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900

Literature records

Morice (1921), as P. hebraeus ; Derwesh (1965), as P. hebroeus and mentioning ‘Survey of Iraq Fauna, 1959–1919’; Khalaf and Al-Omar (1974), as P. olivaceus ; Swailem et al. (1974); Abdul-Rassoul (1976), as P. macaensis ; Al-Ali (1977), as P. hebroeus ; Augul (2017); Al-Saffar and Augul (2021).

Material examined

IRAQ: Kurdistan, Duhok, 5 km E of Ashewa, Mt . Gara , 1750–1950 m, 37.0158°N 43.3505°E, 3–6 June 2023, 1 ♂ 3 ♀ ( DUMAI, MSVI) .

Distribution

Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Mauritius, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China ( Castro and Dvořák 2010).