Abstract
FIGURE 21. Polistes rothneyi Cameron, 1900, Common yellow-black group (female). A, C, E, G, I, dorsal view; B, D, F, H, J, lateral view: A–B, f. grahami van der Vecht, 1968 from Sichuan, paratype (showing mesonotum with two yellow stripes); C– D, f. grahami van der Vecht, 1968 from Fujian, paratype (showing mesonotum with four yellow stripes); E–F, f. iwatai van der Vecht, 1968 from Japan, paratype (showing color pattern very similar as A-B f. grahami, but pronotum mostly yellow); G–H, specimens from Hainan with the color pattern same as f. hainanensis van der Vecht, 1968, showing the apical band of the first metasomal tergite entirely yellow; I–J, f. gressitti van der Vecht, 1968 from Taiwan, paratype (showing pronotum entirely yellow); K–L, f. yayeyamae Matsumura, 1908 from Iriomote Loochoo Is., paratype (showing body mainly yellow).