FIGURE 21. Polistes rothneyi Cameron, 1900 in An illustrated key to the species of subgenus Gyrostoma Kirby, 1828 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from China, with discovery of Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenuispunctia Kim, 2001

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).