Polistes (Polistes) indicus Stolfa, 1934 Material Examined: PAKISTAN: Gilgit-Baltistan: Astore: Doyan, 6.vii.09, Leg. F. Naz, ♀; (Ex. NIM). Remarks: This species was reported from “ India: Kewra, Salt Range, Punjab,” now Pakistan by Das & Gupta (1984). Dvořák (2007) reported this species from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Peshawar. Gusenleitner (2007) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Gasdas, Ghizar valley, Thiee, Jaglot and Chilas. Mahmood et al. (2012) recorded it from Punjab: Bahawalpur: Chak, 28 BC; Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Kohat, Abad Khel, Sindh: Sukkur, Allahyar Pinhwar, Ghotki, Taj Mohammad Ruk; Gilgit-Baltistan: Hunza, Chillas. Siddiqui et al. (2015) reported it from Punjab: Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal. Shah (2015) reported it from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa: Mansehra, Balakot, Baffa, Oghi, Battagram, Allai, Abbottabad, Havelian and Ayubia. Faiz et al. (2016) reported this species from Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit and Astore. Distribution: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; India; Oman; Pakistan; U.A.E. (Carpenter 1996; Gusenleitner 2007; Dvořák 2007; Abbasi et al. 2008; Kumar & Kishore 2010; Siddiqui et al. 2015).

Published as part of Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Carpenter Muhammad Qasim, James M., Shehzad, Anjum, Zia, Ahmed, Khan, Muhammad Rafique, Mastoi, Muhammad Ishaque, Naz, Falak, Ilyas, Muhammad, Shah, Mazafar & Bhatti, Abdul Rauf, 2017, The vespid fauna of Pakistan, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 4362 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1076112