DISTRIBUTIONAL
CHECKLIST OF THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS POLISTES
(HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE; POLISTINAE, POLISTINI)
JAMES M. CARPENTER
Curator, Department of Entomology,
TRIBE
POLISTINI LEPELETIER, 1836
GENUS POLISTES LATREILLE
SUBGENUS GYROSTOMA KIRBY
Gyrostoma Kirby, 1828, in Kirby and Spence, Introd. Entomol. Ed. 5 (of whole work), Ed. 2 (of vol. 3): 36, 631, replacement name for Cyclostoma Kirby, 1826, non Lamarck, 1799.
Cyclostoma Kirby, 1826, in Kirby and
Spence, Introd. Entomol. Ed.
1, 3: 36, 633, genus. Non Cyclostoma
Lamarck, 1799 (Mollusca).
Type species: Cyclostoma gigas Kirby, 1826, by monotypy.
Megapolistes van der van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr. Dierk. 38: 97, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.
Type species: Vespa olivacea DeGeer, 1773, by original designation.
Nygmopolistes Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17:
91, 93, 98, subgenus of Polistes
Latreille.
Type species: “Polistes sulcatus Smith, 1852 (= P. rugifrons Cameron, 1900),” by original designation.
Megapostes [!]; Lee, 1982, Hornets Agric. Regions
China: 122, 124, 126.
arthuri
Cameron
Polistes arthuri Cameron, 1901, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1901: 241.
Polistes tepidus
novae-pomeraniae
Polistes novae pomerania [!]; Cheesman, 1951, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12)4: 985.
Polistes tepidus
novae-pomeranieae [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.
Polistes novopomeraniae [!]; Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17: 100.
Polistes arthuri vechti Petersen, 1990,
Entomol. Scand. 21: 65, non Das and Gupta, 1989.
Distribution:
balder Kirby
Polistes balder Kirby, 1888, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1888: 552.
Polistes bader [!]; Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 1.
Distribution:
diabolicus de Saussure
Polistes
diabolicus de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 68.
Distribution:
erythrinus Holmgren
Polistes erythrinus Holmgren,
1868, K. Svenska Fregat. Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden, Zool. 1, Insect., Hym.: 440.
Distribution: Australia: Queensland, New South Wales,
A. C. T., Victoria, South Australia (Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61).
facilis
de Saussure
Polistes
facilis de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 53.
Distribution:
fordi van der Vecht
Polistes fordi van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 92.
Distribution: Solomon Is.:
gigas (Kirby)
Cyclostoma gigas Kirby, 1826, in Kirby and
Spence, Introd. Entomol. Ed.
1, 3: 36.
Polistes
orientalis Lepeletier,
1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 519.
Polistes
gyrostoma de Saussure,
1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 104.
Gyrostoma orientalis “Kirby” de Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 104, as synonym of Polistes gyrostoma de Saussure. Unavailable under Art. 11.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Polistes confusus Smith, 1857, Cat. Hym. Br. Mus. 5, Vesp.: 102.
Distribution:
hebridensis erromangensis Giordani Soika
Polistes hebridensis erromangensis Giordani Soika, 1981 (1980), Boll. Mus. Civ. Venezia 31: 118.
Distribution:
hebridensis hebridensis Giordani Soika
Polistes hebridensis Giordani Soika, 1981 (1980), Boll. Mus. Civ. Venezia 31: 117.
Distribution:
hebridensis malekulensis Giordani Soika
Polistes hebridensis malekulensis Giordani Soika, 1981 (1980), Boll. Mus. Civ. Venezia 31: 119.
Distribution:
hebridensis vilensis Giordani Soika
Polistes hebridensis vilensis Giordani Soika, 1981 (1980), Boll. Mus. Civ. Venezia 31: 119.
Distribution:
jokahamae Radoszkowski
Polistes jokahamae Radoszkowski,
1887, Horae Entomol. Soc.
Ross. 21: 435.
Polistes
japonicus Cameron, 1900,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 417, non de Saussure, 1858.
Polistes jocahamae
[!]; Dalla Torre, 1904, Genera Insect. 19: 70.
Polistes
jadwigae Dalla Torre, 1904,
Genera Insect. 19: 70. Replacement name for japonicus Cameron, 1900, non de
Saussure, 1858.
Polistes
perkinsi Kohl, 1908,
Denkschr. Akad. Wiss., Wien 81: 313.
Polistes yokohamae;
Matsumura, 1911, Thousand Insect. Japan, Suppl. 3: 105, unnecessary emendation.
Polistes
okinawensis Matsumura and
Uchida, 1926, Insect. Matsum. 1 (1): 34.
Polistes
macaensis tahitensis Cheesman,
1928, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 1: 180, male, female - “Tuamotu Arch.: Napuka, ... Society Is.:
Polistes
perkinsii [!]; Liu, 1937,
Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 11 (3): 313.
Polistes
fadwigae [!]; Yoshikawa,
1962, J. Biol. Osaka City Univ. 13: 20.
Polistes jokohamae
Yasumatsu, 1940, Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 16: 96, unnecessary emendation.
Polistes yokahamae
[!]; Sonan, 1943, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 33 (242-243): 475.
Polistes
okinawaensis [!];
Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol. Osaka City Univ. 13: 33.
Distribution: India; China; Mongolia; Korea; Japan,
including Ryukyu Is.; Taiwan; Society Islands: Bora Bora, Tahiti; Tuamotu
Archipelago: Napuka; introduced U.S.A.: Hawaii (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.;
Kim, 1980, Distr. Atlas Insect. Korea, Ser. 3, Hym. Dipt.; Starr, 1992, Bull.
Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. 3).
legnotus van der Vecht
Polistes
legnotus van der Vecht,
1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K.
Yasumatsu: 100.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Guadalcanal.
olivaceus (DeGeer)
Vespa
olivacea DeGeer, 1773,
Mem. Hist. Insect. 3: 582, pl. 29 fig. 9.
Vespa
hebraea Fabricius, 1787,
Mant. Insect. 1: 292.
Vespa
undata Olivier, 1792,
Encyc. Méthod. 6: 684.
Vespa
macaensis Fabricius,
1793, Entomol. Syst. 2: 259.
? Polistes
flavipennis de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 52.
Polistes
hebreus [!];
Radoszkowski, 1871, Horae Entomol. Soc. Ross. 8: 195.
Polistes
olivaceous [!]; Liu,
1936-37, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 11 (3): 211. - Sonan, 1943, Trans. Nat. Hist.
Soc. Taiwan 33 (242-243): 467, 477.
Distribution: Madagascar; Réunion; Mauritius;
Tanzania: Zanzibar; Amirantes; Seychelles; Chagos Archipelago; Egypt; Oman;
Iran; Afghanistan; India: Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Himachal Pradesh,
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar
Pradesh, West Bengal; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Myanmar; southern China; (?) Japan: Okinawa; Philippines; Vietnam;
Laos; Cambodia; Thailand; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia: Sumatra, Borneo;
Marianas; New Caledonia; Fiji; Tongas; Samoa; Society Is.: Tahiti; Tuamotu
Archipelago: Fakarava; Marquesas: Tahuata, Hiva Oa; introduced Chile: Easter
Is.; U.S.A.: Hawaii; Australia: Queensland; New Zealand (Bequaert, 1918, Bull.
Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 39; Dover, 1929, Bull. Raffles Mus. 2; Giordani Soika,
1962, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturh. Foren. 124; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.;
Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61.;
Richards, 1985, Fauna
penthicus ater Petersen
Polistes penthicus ater Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 66.
Distribution: Admiralty Is.: Manus.
penthicus malaitensis van der Vecht
Polistes penthicus malaitensis van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 92.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Malaita, Tulagi.
penthicus penthicus van der Vecht
Polistes penthicus penthicus van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 91.
Distribution: Solomon Is.:
perflavus van der Vecht
Polistes perflavus van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 93.
Distribution: Solomon Is.:
rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht
Polistes rothneyi carletoni van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr. Dierk. 38: 100.
Distribution:
rothneyi engeli van der Vecht
Polistes rothneyi engeli van der Vecht,
1968, Bijdr. Dierk. 38: 108, female - “
Distribution:
rothneyi grahami van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi grahami van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 104.
Distribution: China.
rothneyi gressitti
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi gressitti van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 106, female - “Formosa, Taihanroku” (Leiden).
Distribution: Taiwan.
rothneyi hainanensis
van der Vecht
Polistes rothneyi hainanensis van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr. Dierk. 38: 106.
Distribution:
rothneyi helvenacus
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi helvenacus van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 109.
Distribution: Indonesia: Java.
rothneyi ingrami
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi ingrami van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 106.
Distribution: Japan: Okinawa.
rothneyi iwatai
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi iwatai van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 104.
Distribution: China; Korea; Japan (Lee, 1982, Econ.
Insect. Fauna China Fasc. 30).
rothneyi koreanus
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi koreanus van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 104.
Distribution: China; Korea.
rothneyi krombeini
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi krombeini van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 100.
Distribution: India: Uttaranchal, Meghalaya,
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11; Gusenleitner, 2006, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 38 (1): 679).
rothneyi quatei
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi quatei van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 106.
Distribution: Vietnam.
rothneyi robinsoni
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi robinsoni van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 106.
Distribution: Malaysia.
rothneyi rothneyi
Cameron
Polistes
rothneyi Cameron, 1900,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 410.
Polistes
rufolineatus Cameron,
1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 411.
Distribution: India: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Meghalaya; Nepal (Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11;
Starr, 1992, Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. 3; Gusenleitner, 2006,
rothneyi sikkimensis
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi sikkimensis van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 102.
Distribution: India: Sikkim, Bihar, West Bengal,
Assam, Meghalaya; Nepal (Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11).
rothneyi tibetanus
van der Vecht
Polistes
rothneyi tibetanus van der Vecht, 1968, Bijdr.
Dierk. 38: 102.
Distribution: China: Tibet.
rothneyi vechti
Das and Gupta
Polistes
rothneyi vechti Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient.
Insect. 17: 410, nomen nudum.
Polistes
rothneyi vechti Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11: 58.
Distribution: India: Manipur; Myanmar.
rothneyi yayeyamae
Matsumura
Polistes
yayeyamae Matsumura,
1908, in Kuroiwa, List Hym. Loochoo:
6, nomen nudum.
Polistes
yayeyamae Matsumura,
1911, Thousand Insect. Japan, Suppl. 3: 106, pl. 39 fig. 5.
Polistes
yayeyamensis [!];
Yasumatsu, 1935, Annot. Zool. Japan 15: 37.
Polistes
jokohamae var. yaeyamae [!]; Starr, 1992, Bull. Natl.
Mus. Nat. Sci. 3: 122.
Distribution: Japan: Yaeyama
Is. of Ryukyu Is.
schach
(Fabricius)
Vespa schach
Fabricius, 1781, Spec. Insect. 1: 461.
Vespa schuch [!]; Olivier, 1792, Encyc. Méthod. 6: 682.
Distribution: Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales (Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61).
semiflavus Holmgren
Polistes semiflavus Holmgren, 1868, K. Svenska Fregat. Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden, Zool. 1, Insect., Hym.: 439.
Distribution:
stenopus brandti van der Vecht
Polistes stenopus brandti van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 98.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Buka,
stenopus ganonganus van der Vecht
Polistes stenopus ganonganus van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 99.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Ranongga, Vella Lavella.
stenopus manni
van der Vecht
Polistes
stenopus manni van der Vecht, 1972 (1971),
Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 98.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Malaita.
stenopus stenopus
van der Vecht
Polistes
stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972 (1971),
Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 93, 96.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Nggela, Tulagi, Guadalcanal,
Russell Is.
tenebricosus Lepeletier
Polistes tenebricosa Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 529.
Polistes sulcatus Smith, 1852,
Trans. Entomol. Soc. London (2)
Polistes hoplitus
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 55, female - "Indes Orientales"
(Genève).
Polistes hoplites de Saussure, 1854, Ét.
Fam. Vesp. 2, Errata: 255 (unjustified emendation).
Polistes rugifrons
Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 412 - India: Meghalaya: Khasi Hills.
Polistes varicornis Cameron,
1905, Tijdschr. Entomol. 48: 67, male (
Polistes javanicus Cameron,
1905, Tijdschr. Entomol. 48: 68, female - “Tjandi near
Polistes
tenebricosus var. leopoldi
Bequaert, 1934, Bull. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. 10 (28): 9.
Polistes tenebricosus var. (or subsp.) nigrosericans Bequaert, 1940, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 66: 266.
Polistes tenebricosus var. (or subsp.) sibuyanensis Bequaert, 1940, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 66: 266.
Polistes
tenebricosus nigrosercans [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.
Distribution: India: Jammu and Kashmir, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya; Nepal; China; Taiwan; Vietnam; Myanmar; Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Flores, Sumba, Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines: Luzon, Negros, Sibuyan (Bequaert, 1934, Bull. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. 10 (28). - Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17. - Starr, 1992, Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. 3. - Saito et al., 2005, J. Hym. Res. 14. - Gusenleitner, 2006, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 38 (1): 679. - Kojima et al., 2006, Serangga 11 (1-2): 12).
tenuispunctia Kim
Polistes tenuispunctia Kim, 2001, Kor.
J. Entomol. 31 (1): 59, female, male - [
Distribution:
tepidus batjanensis Cameron
Polistes tepidus race batjanensis Cameron, 1911, Nova
Distribution:
tepidus malayanus Cameron
Polistes malayanus Cameron,
1906, Nova
Polistes tepidus var. minor von Schulthess, 1932, Mém. R. Mus.
Hist. Nat. Belg. hors série 4
(5): 39, non Palisot de Beauvois,
1818.
? Polistes
“religiosus Cheesm.” Richards,
1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17 (13): 100, nomen nudum.
Distribution: Indonesia: Aru, Kai Is.; New Guinea; Bismarck Archipelago: New Ireland, Djaul, Lavongai; Solomon Is.: Buka to Rennell; Vanuatu; introduced U.S.A.: Hawaii (van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu; Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61; Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21).
tepidus manusensis Petersen
Polistes tepidus manusensis Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 63.
Distribution: Admiralty Is.: Manus, Los Negros.
tepidus
picteti de Saussure
Polistes
picteti de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 69.
Distribution: Indonesia: Moluccas: Ambon, Seram; New
Guinea (Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61).
tepidus
speciosus du Buysson
Polistes
tepidus var. speciosus du Buysson, 1913 (1911), Abh.
Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges. 34: 227.
Distribution: Indonesia: Moluccas: Ternate, Bacan
(Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61).
tepidus tepidus (Fabricius)
Vespa
tepida Fabricius, 1775,
Syst. Entomol.: 366.
Distribution: Australia: Queensland, New South Wales,
Victoria (Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61; Petersen, 1990,
Entomol. Scand. 21).
tepidus
theodori Petersen
Polistes
tepidus theodori Petersen,
1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 64.
Distribution: Indonesia: Kai Is.
wattii
Cameron
Polistes
wattii Cameron, 1900,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6:
416.
Polistes
watti [!]; Dalla Torre,
1904, Genera Insect. 19: 71.
Distribution: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Saudi Arabia;
United Arab Emirates; Oman; Mauritius; Pakistan; India: Himachal Pradesh,
Punjab, Delhi, Uttaranchal, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Orissa; China
(Gusenleitner, 1972 (1971-72), Acta Mus. Morav. 56/57;
Richards, 1985, Fauna
SUBGENUS POLISTELLA ASHMEAD
(phyletic sequence incertae sedis)
Polistella Ashmead, 1904, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 28: 133, genus.
Type species: Polistes manillensis de Saussure, 1853, by original
designation. [Misidentification of Protopolybia sedula (de Saussure) = P. exigua (de Saussure).]
Stenopolistes van der van der Vecht, 1972 (1971),
Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 101,
subgenus of Polistes Latreille.
Type species: Polistes lateritius Smith, 1857, by original designation.
adustus Bingham
Polistes adustus Bingham, 1897, Fauna Br. India Hym. 1: 397.
Polistes sordidus
Polistes adstus [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.
Distribution:
affinis Gusenleitner
Polistes
affinis Gusenleitner,
2006, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 38 (1): 671, 672, female (in subgenus Polistella)
- “Laos, Phongsaly env., Prov. Phongsaly, 1500 m, 21°41-2'N 102°06-8'E” (Oberösterreichischen
Landesmuseums Linz).
Distribution: Laos.
albocalcaratus
du Buysson
Polistes albocalcaratus du Buysson, 1905, Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 1905: 257.
Distribution: Madagascar.
angusticlypeus
Gusenleitner
Polistes
angusticlypeus
Gusenleitner, 2006, Linz. Biol.
Beitr. 38 (1): 677, 680, female, male (in subgenus Polistella) - “India:
Shilloug 33km N, Megalaya, 26°05'N 92°23'E” [Shillong in Meghalaya] (holotype
male Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums Linz); also from elsewhere in Meghalaya.
Distribution: India: Meghalaya.
aquilinus
du Buysson
Polistes
aquilinus du Buysson,
1905, Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 1905: 256.
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Liberia; Cameroon; Congo
Republic; Congo (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 134).
assamensis
Bingham
Polistes assamensis Bingham, 1897, Fauna Br. India Hym. 1: 397.
Distribution: India: Sikkim, Assam (Das and
Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17).
asterope arvidi Petersen
Polistes asterope arvidi Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 61.
Distribution: Bismarck Archipelago: Lavongai.
asterope asterope Cameron
Polistes asterope Cameron, 1901, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901: 243.
Distribution: Bismarck Archipelago: New Britain
(Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21).
asterope narupi Petersen
Polistes asterope narupi Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 61.
Distribution:
bambusae bambusae Richards
Polistes bambusae Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 118.
Distribution:
bambusae humboldti Richards
Polistes bambusae humboldti Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 120.
Distribution:
bequaerti von Schulthess
Polistes
bequaerti von Schulthess,
1921, Entomol. Mitt. 10: 123.
Distribution: Congo; Zambia (Bequaert, 1938, Rev.
Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 139).
bituberculatus
du Buysson
Polistes
bituberculatus du
Buysson, 1905, Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 1905: 257.
Distribution: Madagascar.
buruensis Petersen
Polistes
buruensis Petersen, 1990,
Entomol. Scand. 21: 58.
Distribution: Indonesia: Moluccas: Buru.
callimorpha
de Saussure
Polistes
callimorpha de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 71.
Distribution:
capnodes capnodes
van der Vecht
Polistes capnodes van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 102.
Distribution: Solomon Is.:
capnodes incomptus van der Vecht
Polistes capnodes incomptus van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 104.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Malaita.
capnodes quadrifasciatus van der Vecht
Polistes capnodes quadrifasciatus van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 104.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Kolombangara, New Georgia.
clavicornis van der
Vecht
Polistes clavicornis van der Vecht, 1972 (1971), Entomol. Essays to commemorate the retirement of Prof. K. Yasumatsu: 105.
Distribution: Solomon Is.:
contrarius Cheesman
Polistes contrarius Cheesman, 1951, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 4: 985.
Distribution:
dawnae
Polistes dawnae
Distribution:
defectivus Gerstaecker
Polistes defectivus Gerstaecker, 1871, Arch. Naturgesch. 37: 351.
Polistes waldoi
Distribution: Congo; Ethiopia; Tanzania; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa: Eastern Transvaal, Kwazulu-Natal, Western Cape Prov. (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 148; Giordani Soika, 1952, Riv. Biol. Colon. 11).
delhiensis Das and Gupta
Polistes delhiensis Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17: 410, nomen nudum.
Polistes delhiensis Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11: 63.
Distribution:
diakonovi Kostylev
Polistes diakonovi Kostylev, 1940, Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou, Sect. Biol 49: 139.
Distribution:
ebsohinus Sonan
Polistes mandarinus var. ebsohinus Sonan, 1943, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 33 (242-243): 483.
Distribution:
elegans Smith
Polistes elegans Smith, 1859, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Zool. 3 (11): 169.
Distribution:
ellenbergi du Buysson
Polistes ellenbergi du Buysson, 1908, Bull. Soc. Entomol.
Distribution:
ephippium Cameron
Polistes ephippium Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 415.
Distribution:
extraneus Kirby
Polistes extraneus Kirby, 1883, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1883: 344.
Distribution: Indonesia: Maru.
fastidiosus
de Saussure
Polistes
fastidiosus de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 60.
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast;
Benin; Burkina Faso; Nigeria; Congo; Sudan; Somalia; Saudi Arabia; Yemen; Kenya;
Tanzania, including Zanzibar; Zambia; Mozambique; South Africa: Transvaal, Cape
Prov. (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 140; Richards, 1985, Fauna
Saudi Arabia 6).
formosanus Sonan
Polistes formosanus
Sonan, 1927, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 17: 122.
Polistes japonicus var. formosana form koshunensis Sonan, 1938, Arbeit. Morphol. Taxon. Entomol. Berlin-Dahlem 5: 68. Unavailable under Art. 45.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Polistes japonicus var. fomosanus [!]; Kuo and Yeh, 1987, J. Natl. Chiayi Inst. Agric. 16: 83.
Distribution:
flavobilineatus (Cameron)
Distribution:
haugi
du Buysson
Polistes
haugi du Buysson, 1906,
Bull. Soc. Entomol. France 1906: 189.
Distribution: Liberia; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial
Guinea; Congo Republic; Congo (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 149).
horrendus Gusenleitner
Polistes
horrendus Gusenleitner, 2006, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 38 (1): 671,
female (in subgenus Polistella) - “Laos, Phongsaly env.,
Prov. Phongsaly, 1500 m, 21°41-2'N 102°06-8'E” (Oberösterreichischen
Landesmuseums Linz).
Distribution:
huisunensis Kuo
Polistes huisunensis Kuo, 1987, in Kuo and Yeh, J. Natl. Chiayi Inst. Agric. 16: 80.
Distribution:
humilis centrocontinentalis Giordani Soika
Polistes humilis centrocontinentalis Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 20.
Distribution: central
humilis humilis (Fabricius)
Vespa humilis Fabricius, 1781, Spec. Insect. 1: 461.
Polistes tasmaniensis de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 66.
Polistes tricolor de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2:
67, non Fabricius, 1775.
Polistes humilis pseudoschach Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 21.
Distribution: Australia: Queensland, New South Wales, A. C. T., Victoria, South
Australia; introduced New Zealand (Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61).
humilis synoecus
de Saussure
Polistes synoecus de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp.
2: 65.
Polistes variabilis
var. reginae Meade-Waldo, 1911, Ann.
Nat. Hist. (8) 7: 101.
Polistes humilis xanthorrhoicus Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 21.
Polistes humilis
clarior Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll.
Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 22.
Polistes humilis
xanthorhoicus [!]; Richards, 1978,
Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 46.
Distribution: Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, introduced Western Australia; Society Is.: Moorea, Tahiti (Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61).
intermedius Kojima
Polistes medius
Kojima, 1988, in Kojima and Kojima,
J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 27:
74, non Palisot de Beauvois, 1818.
Polistes intermedius
Kojima, 1996, in Carpenter, Am. Mus.
Novitat. 3188: 1, 12. Replacement
name for medius Kojima, 1988, non
Palisot de Beauvois, 1818.
Distribution:
japonicus de Saussure
Polistes japonicus
de Saussure, 1858, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 10: 260, female - “le Japon.”
Polistes
erythrocerus Cameron,
1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 418.
Polistes japoniaus
[!]; Kuo and Yeh, 1987, J. Natl. Chiayi Inst. Agric. 16: 81.
Polistes hengchunensis
Kuo, 1987, in Kuo and Yeh, J. Natl.
Chiayi Inst. Agric. 16: 81.
Polistes hengchun [!]; Kuo and Yeh, 1987, J. Natl. Chiayi Inst. Agric. 16: 82.
Polistes shekouensis Kuo, 1987, in Kuo and Yeh, J. Natl. Chiayi Inst. Agric. 16: 82.
Distribution:
khasianus Cameron
Polistes khasianus Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 413.
Distribution:
laevigatissimus Giordani Soika
Polistes laevigatissimus Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 25.
Distribution:
lateritius Smith
Polistes lateritius Smith, 1857, Cat. Hym. Br. Mus. 5, Vesp.: 103.
Polistes colonicus Smith, 1860, Proc. Linn. Soc. London, Zool. 5 Suppl.: 129.
Polistes
lateritus [!]; Yoshikawa,
1962, J. Biol., Osaka Univ. 13: 30.
Distribution:
latinis Das and Gupta
Polistes latinis Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17: 412, nomen nudum.
Polistes latinis Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11: 79.
Distribution:
lepcha
Cameron
Polistes khasianus Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 415, non Cameron, 1900: 413.
Polistes lepcha Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 506. Replacement name for khasianus Cameron, 1900: 415, non Cameron, 1900: 413.
Polistes klepcha [!]; Yoshikawa,
1962, J. Biol.
Distribution:
lycus Cameron
Polistes lycus Cameron, 1901, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901: 242.
Distribution:
madecassus
de Saussure
Polistes madecassus
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp.
Distribution:
madiburensis von Schulthess
Polistes madiburensis von Schulthess, 1921, Entomol. Mitt. 10: 124.
Polistes maniburesis [!];
Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.,
Distribution:
mandarinus de Saussure
Polistes mandarinus
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp.
Polistes megei Pérez, 1905, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 83.
Polistes mandariniensis
[!]; Zimmermann, 1931, Zeitschr. Morphol. Ökol. Tiere 22: 230.
Polistes mandarinius
[!]; Ma, 1936, Entomol. Phytopath. 4: 65.
Distribution: China; Korea (Liu, 1937, Peking Nat.
Hist. Bull. 11 (3); Kim, 1980, Distr. Atlas Insect. Korea, Ser. 3, Hym. Dipt.;
Kojima, 1997, Nat. Hist. Bull.
meadeanus (von Schulthess)
Parapolybia meadeana von Schulthess, 1913, Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 12: 161.
Polybia andrei du Buysson, 1913,
Bull. Soc. Entomol.
Polybia shelfordi du Buysson,
1913, Bull. Soc. Entomol.
Distribution:
melanopterus
Cameron
Polistes
melanopterus Cameron,
1911, Nova Guinea, Zool. 9 (2), Zool.: 187, female - “Lorentz River” (lectotype
Amsterdam).
Distribution:
mertoni
du Buysson
Polistes
mertoni du Buysson, 1913
(1911), Abh. Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges. 34: 227.
Distribution: Indonesia: Aru.
nigerrimus
Gusenleitner
Polistes
nigerrimus Gusenleitner,
2006, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 38 (1): 671, 674, female (in subgenus Polistella)
- “Vietnam, Phongsaly [error], Tam Dao, Vinh phu Province”
(Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums Linz).
Distribution: Vietnam.
nigrifrons
nigrifrons Smith
Polistes nigrifrons Smith, 1859, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Zool. 3 (11): 168.
Distribution:
nigrifrons obdurus Cheesman
Polistes nigrifrons obdurus Cheesman, 1951, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 4: 989.
Distribution:
nigrifrons stotherti Meade-Waldo
Polistes stotherti Meade-Waldo,
1916 (1915), Br. Ornithol. Union Exped. Dutch
Distribution:
nigritarsis
Cameron
Polistes nigritarsis Cameron, 1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 413.
Distribution:
nipponensis
Pérez
Polistes nipponensis
Pérez, 1905, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 82.
Polistes yamanakai Sonan, 1937, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc.
Formosa 27 (166): 169.
Distribution: China; Japan (Kojima, 1997, Nat. Hist.
Bull. Ibaraki Univ. 1).
occultus
Kojima
Polistes occultus
Kojima, 1988, in Kojima and Kojima,
J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 27: 76.
Distribution: New Guinea.
opacus Gusenleitner
Polistes
opacus Gusenleitner,
2006, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 38
(1): 677, 681, female, male (in subgenus Polistella) - “India: Paykong,
W-Sikkim, ... 27°15'N 88°35'E” (holotype female Stuttgart); also from West
Bengal.
Distribution: India: Sikkim, West Bengal.
philippinensis
funebris Bequaert
Polistes sagittarius var. (or subsp.) funebris Bequaert, 1940, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 66: 269.
Distribution:
philippinensis
philippinensis de
Saussure
Polistes philippinensis
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp.
Polistes phillipinensis [!]; Meade-Waldo, 1911, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 7: 102.
Distribution:
praenotatus
Kohl
Polistes praenotatus Kohl, 1908, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss., Wien 81: 311.
Distribution: Solomon Is.
quadricingulatus Gusenleitner
Polistes quadricingulatus Gusenleitner, 2006,
Distribution:
riekii Richards
Polistes
riekii Richards, 1978,
Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 23.
Distribution: Australia: Queensland.
rubellus Gusenleitner
Polistes
rubellus Gusenleitner,
2006, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 38 (1): 677, 684, female (in subgenus Polistella)
- “India: Yuksam 8 km W-Sikkim” (Stuttgart).
Distribution: India: Sikkim; Nepal.
rufodorsalis Yamane and Kusigemati
Polistes rufodorsalis Yamane and Kusigemati, 1985, Occas. Pap. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Center S. Pacif. 5: 77.
Distribution: Solomon Is.:
sagittarius de Saussure
Polistes sagittarius
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 56.
Polistes sagittarius var (or subsp.) indonesicus Bequaert, 1940, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 66: 267.
Polistes sagittarium
[!]; Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11: 67.
Polistes strigosus
baliensis Gusenleitner, 2000, Linzer Biol. Beitr. 37 (2): 939, male, female
(in subgenus Polistella) - “Indonesia, Bali, Nusa Dua Beach” (holotype
male Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz); also from Celik.
Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala, Uttaranchal,
Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura; Nepal; China; Hong
Kong; Myanmar; Thailand; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia: Sumatra, Borneo, Java,
Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi, Flores, Sumbawa, Sumba, Sulawesi; Philippines: Palawan
(Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11. - Kojima and Yamane, 1990, in Sakagami et al., Nat. Hist. Soc. Wasps Bees in Eq. Sumatra. - Saito et al., 2005, J. Hym. Res. 14. - Kojima et al., 2006, Serangga 11 (1-2): 11).
santoshae Das and Gupta
Polistes virendrai
Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17: 415, nomen nudum.
Polistes santoshae
Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11: 72.
Distribution: India: Sikkim, Meghalaya; Nepal.
saussurei
Dalla Torre
Polistes incertus
de Saussure, 1890, in Grandidier,
Hist. Madagascar 20, Hym.: 145, non Cresson, 1865.
Polistes saussurei
Dalla Torre, 1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 134.
Replacement name for incertus
de Saussure, 1890, non Cresson, 1865.
Distribution:
sgarambus Giordani Soika
Polistes sgarambus Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 24.
Distribution:
shirakii Sonan
Polistes shirakii Sonan, 1943,
Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan
33 (242-243): 481.
Polistes shiraki
[!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol., Osaka Univ. 13: 36.
Distribution: Taiwan.
sikorae
de Saussure
Polistes sikorae
de Saussure, 1900, Abh. Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges. 26: 233.
Polistes sikorae
var. obscura de Saussure, 1900,
Abh. Senckenberg.
Naturforsch. Ges. 26: 234, non de Saussure, 1863.
Distribution: Madagascar.
similis Das and Gupta
Polistes similis
Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17: 413, nomen nudum.
Polistes similis Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11: 72.
Distribution:
simulatus halmaheirensis Petersen
Polistes simulatus halmaheirensis Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 58.
Distribution:
simulatus morotaiensis Petersen
Polistes simulatus morotaiensis Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 58.
Distribution:
simulatus obiensis Petersen
Polistes simulatus obiensis Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 57.
Distribution: Indonesia: Moluccas: Obi.
simulatus simulatus Smith
Polistes simulatus Smith, 1860, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Zool. 5 Suppl.: 130.
Distribution:
smithii neavei von Schulthess
Polistes smithii var. neavei von Schulthess, 1921, Entomol. Mitt. 10: 126.
Distribution:
smithii
smithii de Saussure
Polistes smithii
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 60.
Distribution: Senegal; Congo; Tanzania, including
Zanzibar; Zimbabwe; South Africa: Kwazulu-Natal (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool.
Bot. Afr. 31: 146; Richards and Richards, 1951, Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London
102).
snelleni
de Saussure
Polistes snelleni
de Saussure, 1862, Stettin. Entomol. Ztg. 23: 140, female - “Japon” (lectotype
Leiden).
Polistes puncticollis
Morawitz, 1892, Horae Entomol. Soc. Ross. 26: 150.
Polistes snelleni
form nigrihumerus Uchida, 1936,
Biogeographica, Tokyo 1 (2): 69.
Distribution: Russia: Siberia; China; Korea; Japan
(Kim, 1980, Distr. Atlas Insect. Korea, Ser. 3, Hym. Dipt.).
stigma
alagari Petersen
Polistes stigma
alagari Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 246.
Distribution: Philippines: Tawitawi, Palawan.
stigma
bernardii Le Guillou
Polistes
bernardii Le Guillou,
1841, Rev. Mag. Zool. 5: 325.
Polistes
bernardii richardsi
Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 23.
Polistes
bernardii duplicinctus
Richards, 1978., Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 28.
Polistes
bernardii insulae
Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 30.
Distribution: New Guinea; Australia: Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland; Society Is.: Tahiti (Cheesman, 1928, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 1; Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61; Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18).
stigma dubius de Saussure
Polistes dubius de Saussure, 1867,
Reise Novara, Zool. 2 (1), Hym.: 20, pl. I fig. 15, female, male - “
Distribution:
stigma galatheae Petersen
Polistes stigma galatheae Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 239.
Distribution:
stigma goestai Petersen
Polistes stigma goestai Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 255.
Distribution:
stigma jani Petersen
Polistes stigma jani Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 256.
Distribution: Admiralty Is.: Manus.
stigma
maculipennis de Saussure
Polistes maculipennis de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 61.
Polistes multipictus Smith, 1860, Proc. Linn. Soc. London, Zool. 5 Suppl.: 130, non Haliday, 1836.
Polistes stigma var. thoracica du Buysson, 1913 (1911), Abh. Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges. 34: 228,
non Fox, 1898.
Polistes comis Cheesman, 1951, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 4: 991.
Distribution:
stigma madsi Petersen
Polistes stigma madsi Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 254.
Distribution:
stigma manillensis de Saussure
Polistes manillensis
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 70.
Polistes manillesis
[!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol., Osaka Univ. 13: 31.
Distribution: Philippines: Luzon, Leyte (Kojima, 1984,
Kontyû 52; Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18).
stigma
nebulosus Yamane and
Kusigemati
Polistes stigma
nebulosus Yamane and Kusigemati, 1985, Occas. Pap. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Center S. Pacif. 5:
77.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Guadalcanal; Fiji.
stigma novarae de Saussure
Polistes novarae de Saussure, 1867, Reise Novara,
Zool. 2 (1), Hym.: 19, pl. 1 figs. 13-14, male, female - “Nicobaricus
Insulis, in Sinu Bengalensi = Telluschong” (Wien); also from two other
localities; and Australia.
Distribution:
stigma papuanus Schulz
Polistes marginalis papuanus Schulz, 1905, Berlin Entomol. Zeitschr. 49: 231.
Distribution:
stigma pouli Petersen
Polistes stigma pouli Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 252.
Distribution:
stigma sauiensis Petersen
Polistes stigma sauiensis Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 240.
Distribution:
stigma stigma (Fabricius)
Vespa stigma Fabricius, 1793, Entomol. Syst. 2: 275.
Distribution: Thailand; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok; Taiwan (Dover, 1929, Bull. Raffles Mus. 2; Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18; Kojima and Yamane, 1990, in Sakagami et al., Nat. Hist. Soc. Wasps Bees in Eq. Sumatra; Starr, 1992, Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. 3).
stigma svendi Petersen
Polistes stigma svendi Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 257.
Distribution: Hermit Is.: Luf.
stigma tamula (Fabricius)
Vespa tamula Fabricius, 1798, Suppl. Entomol. Syst.: 263.
Distribution:
stigma townsvillensis Giordani Soika
Polistes townsvillensis Giordani Soika, 1975, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 107: 22.
Polistes townsvillensis austrinus Richards, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser., 61: 37.
Distribution:
stigma tualensis Petersen
Polistes stigma tualensis Petersen, 1987, Entomol. Scand. 18: 243.
Distribution:
strigosus atratus Das and Gupta
Polistes strigosus atratus Das and Gupta, 1984,
Orient. Insect. 17: 415, nomen nudum.
Polistes strigosus atratus Das and Gupta, 1989,
Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11: 81.
Distribution: India: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,
Sikkim, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Manipur, Tripura; Nepal.
strigosus mimus Bequaert
Polistes strigosus var. (or subsp.) mimus Bequaert, 1940, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 66: 272.
Polistes strigosus minus [!];
Kojima and Yamane, 1984, Rep. Fac. Sci.,
Distribution:
strigosus strigosus Bequaert
Polistes strigosus Bequaert, 1940, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 66: 269.
Polistes stigosus [!]; Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17: 415.
Distribution:
takasagonus Sonan
Polistes
takasagonus Sonan, 1943, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan
33 (242-243): 482.
Distribution: Taiwan.
tristis Meade-Waldo
Polistes tristis
Meade-Waldo, 1911, Ann. Nat. Hist. (8) 7: 101.
Distribution: Kenya.
tullgreni
Schulz
Polistes inornatus Tullgren, 1904, Arkiv Zool. 1:
456, pl. 25 figs. 15a, b, non Ritsema, 1874.
Polistes tullgreni
Schulz, 1906, Spolia Hym.: 229.
Replacement name for inornatus Tullgren, 1904, non Ritsema, 1874.
Distribution: Cameroon; Congo (Bequaert, 1938, Rev.
Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 151).
utakwae
Meade-Waldo
Polistes utakwae
Meade-Waldo, 1916 (1915), Br. Ornithol. Union
Exped. Dutch
Distribution:
variabilis (Fabricius)
Vespa variabilis Fabricius, 1781, Spec. Insect. 1: 466.
Distribution:
watutus Kojima
Polistes watutus Kojima, 1988, in Kojima and Kojima, J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 27: 72.
Distribution:
williamsi Petersen
Polistes williamsi Petersen, 1990, Entomol. Scand. 21: 58.
Distribution:
xantholeucus van der Vecht
Polistes xantholeucus van der Vecht, 1984, Nat. Hist. Rennell Is., Br. Solomon Is. 8: 171.
Distribution: Solomon Is.: Rennell, San Cristobal.
SUBGENUS POLISTES
LATREILLE
Polistes
Latreille, 1802, Hist.
Nat. Crust. Insect. 3: 363, genus (6 species).
Type species:
“Polistes gallica, Fab.” [=Vespa gallica Linnaeus, 1767], by subsequent designation of Latreille,
1810, Consid. Gén. Crust. Arachn. Ins.: 438.
Polystes [!]; Palisot de Beauvois, 1818, Insect.
Recueill. Afrique Amérique: pl. 8; du Buysson, 1892, Ann. Soc. Entomol. France
61: 59; H. von Ihering, 1896, Zool. Anz. 19: 452.
Eupolistes
Dalla Torre, 1904, Genera
Insect. 19: 68, name for “Premiere division” of Polistes Latreille in de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp.
Type species: Vespa gallica Linnaeus, 1767, by subsequent designation of Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17 (13): 86.
Pseudopolistes Weyrauch, 1937, Zool. Jahrb. (Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere) 70: 266, 274, genus (3 species). Unavailable; no type species designated.
Sulcopolistes Blüthgen, 1938 (1937), Konowia 16: 273, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.
Type species: Polistes semenowi Morawitz, 1889, by original designation.
Polistula Weyrauch, 1938, Arbeit. Physiol. Angewand. Entomol. 5 (3): 273, genus (5 species). Unavailable; no type species designated.
Polistula Weyrauch, 1939, Arch. Naturgesch. (N. F.) 8 (2): 148, genus.
Type species: Polistes kohli Dalla Torre, 1904 [= Polistes biglumis Linnaeus, 1758], by original designation. Validation by type selection of Polistula Weyrauch, 1938.
Pseudopolistes Weyrauch, 1939, Arch. Naturgesch. (N. F.) 8 (2): 195. Validation by type selection of Pseudopolistes Weyrauch, 1937.
Type species: Polistes sulcifer Zimmermann, 1930, by original designation.
Leptopolistes Blüthgen, 1943, Arch. Naturgesch. (N. F.) 12 (1): 99, 121, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.
Type species: Polistes associus Kohl, 1898, by original designation.
africanus
Palisot de Beauvois
Polistes africana
Palisot de Beauvois, 1818, Insect. Recueill. Afrique Amérique, livr. 12:
207.
Polystes aficana
[!]; Palisot de Beauvois, 1818, Insect. Recueill. Afrique Amérique: pl. 8.
Polistes plebejus
Gerstaecker, 1871, Arch. Naturgesch. 37: 351.
Polistes inornatus
Ritsema, 1874, Tijdschr. Entomol. 17: 177, 203, pl. 11 fig. 8.
Polistes spilophorus
Schletterer, 1891, Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 35: 29.
Polistes
spiloptera [!]; Kohl,
1894, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus., Wien 9: 343.
Polistes
spliophorus [!];
Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol., Osaka Univ. 13: 31.
Distribution: Senegal; Liberia; Nigeria; Cameroon; São
Tomé; Congo; Kenya; Somalia; Tanzania, including Zanzibar; Comoros; South
Africa: Kwazulu-Natal, Western Cape Prov. (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr.
31: 142; Guiglia, 1940, Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. Fac. Agrar. Portici 31;
Giordani Soika, 1961, South Afr. Anim. Life 8).
albicinctus
de Saussure
Polistes albicinctus
de Saussure, 1890, in Grandidier,
Hist. Madagascar 20, Hym.: 148.
Polistes albocinctus
[!]; de Saussure, 1900, Abh. Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges. 36: 234.
Distribution: Madagascar (Giordani Soika, 1991, Lavori
Soc. Ven. Sci. Nat. 16).
associus Kohl
Polistes associa
Kohl, 1898, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus., Wien 13: 89.
Distribution: central and southern Europe; Turkey;
Israel; Azerbaijan; India: Jammu and Kashmir; China (Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc.
Europe Occident. Septentrion.; Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. Monogr. 11;
Gusenleitner, 1995, Linzer Biol. Beitr. 27).
atrimandibularis
Zimmermann
Polistes atrimandibularis
Zimmermann, 1930, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 15: 611.
Polistes atrimandibularis
albidus Blüthgen, 1957, Rev. Fac. Sci. Univ. Istanbul, Ser. B, 22 (3): 164.
Distribution: central and southern Europe; Turkey;
Iran; Armenia; Egypt (Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc.
badius Gerstaecker
Polistes badia
Gerstaecker, 1871, Arch. Naturgesch. 37: 351.
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Gambia; Togo;
Gabon; Congo; Tanzania, including Zanzibar, Wanga; Kenya; Somalia; Ethiopia;
Sudan; Yemen (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 143; Guiglia, 1939, Mem.
Soc. Entomol. Ital. 18; Guiglia, 1940, Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. Fac. Agrar.
Portici 31; Giordani Soika, 1952, Riv. Biol. Colon. 11; Giordani Soika, 1957,
Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Exp. South-West Arabia 1937-8, 1 (31)).
biglumis
(Linnaeus)
Vespa
biglumis Linnaeus, 1758,
Syst. Nat.: 573.
Vespa
rupestris Linnaeus, 1758,
Syst. Nat.: 573.
Vespa
bimaculata Geoffroy,
1785, in Fourcroy, Entomol. Paris 2: 433.
Polistes Geoffroyi
Lepeletier and Serville, 1825, Encyc. Méthod. 10: 173.
Polistes dubia
Kohl, 1898, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus., Wien 13: 90, non de Saussure, 1867.
Polistes Kohli
Dalla Torre, 1904, Genera Insect. 19: 70. Replacement name for Polistes dubia Kohl, 1898, non de Saussure, 1867.
V.
bimacula [!] “Fourcroy”;
Dalla Torre, 1904, Genera Insect. 19: 72.
Polistes bimaculatus var. Arduinoi Guiglia, 1948, Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 27, Fasc. Suppl.:
14 (key), 22.
“Polistes
pamirensis Soika” Zirngiebl, 1955,
Mitt. München. Entomol. Ges. 44/45: 381.
Polistes pamirensis var. soikai Zirngiebl, 1955, Mitt. München. Entomol. Ges. 44/45: 383.
Polistes pamirensis var. interruptus Zirngiebl, 1955, Mitt. München. Entomol. Ges. 44/45:
383.
Polistes bimaculatus var. nigrinotum Zirngiebl, 1955, Mitt. München. Entomol. Ges. 44/45:
385.
Polistes biglumis alpium Blüthgen, 1957, Rev.
Fac. Sci. Univ. Istanbul, Ser. B, 22 (3): 163.
Polistes geoffiroyi [!]; Das and Gupta, 1984,
Orient. Insect. 17: 404.
Distribution: Europe; northern Africa; Turkey;
Iran; Mongolia (Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc. Europe Occident. Septentrion.;
Giordani Soika, 1976, Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22; Guiglia, 1979, Boll. Mus.
Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 30; Day, 1979, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 12).
bischoffi
Weyrauch
Polistes
Bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937,
Zool. Jahrb. (Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere) 70: 274.
Distribution: central and southern Europe; Malta;
Turkey (Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc. Europe Occident. Septentrion).
chinensis
antennalis Pérez
Polistes
biglumis var. antennalis Pérez, 1905, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 2: 81.
Polistes
insepultus Giordani
Soika, 1976, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 68: 288.
Distribution: Mongolia; Korea; Japan (Giordani Soika,
1976, Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22; Kim, 1980, Distr. Atlas Insect. Korea,
Ser. 3, Hym. Dipt.; Lee, 1982, Econ. Insect. Fauna China, Fasc. 30).
chinensis
chinensis (Fabricius)
Vespa
chinensis Fabricius,
1793, Entomol. Syst. 2: 261.
Polistes caspicus
Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol., Osaka City Univ. 13: 21, nomen nudum.
Distribution: Russia: Siberia; China; Hong Kong;
Taiwan; Japan: Okinawa; introduced New Zealand (Liu, 1937, Peking Nat. Hist.
Bull. 11 (3); Clapperton et al., 1989, New Zealand J. Zool. 16; Starr, 1992,
Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci. 3).
dominula (Christ)
Vespa
dominula Christ, 1791,
Naturgesch. Insect.: 229.
Polistes italica
Herrich-Schäffer, 1840, Nomencl. Entomol. 2: 196, nomen nudum.
Polistes pectoralis “Meg.” Herrich-Schäffer, 1841, Fauna Insect. German. 179:
39, 179.6.
Polistes gallica
var. Lefebvrei Guérin, 1844,
Icon. Règne Anim. 3: 447.
Polistes
Bucharensis Erichson,
1849, Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersburg (6) 6: 307.
Polistes
Lefebvrii [!]; de
Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam.
Vesp. 2: 49.
Polistes maculatus Rudow, 1889, Soc. Entomol. 3: 171.
Polistes Merceti
Dusmet, 1903, Mem. Soc. Espan. 2 (3): 146 (key), 149.
Polistes gallicus
var. rufescens du Buysson, 1912,
Ann. Hist. Nat. Délégation Perse II. Entomol. 1: 79.
Polistes
gallica var. ornata Weyrauch, 1938, Arbeit. Physiol.
Angewand. Entomol. Berlin-Dahlem 5: 278, non Lepeletier, 1836.
Polistes gallica
var. pacifica Weyrauch, 1939,
Arch. Naturgesch. (N. F.) 8: 155, non Fabricius, 1804.
Polistes gallicus
pseudopacificus Giordani Soika, 1970, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung., Zool. 62: 326. Replacement name for pacificus Weyrauch, 1939, non Fabricius,
1804.
Polistes
gallicus muchei
Gusenleitner, 1976, Nachrichtenbl. Bayer. Entomol. 25 (6): 118.
Vespa dominuta
[!]; Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17: 404.
Distribution: central and southern Europe;
Turkey; northern Africa; Israel; Syria; Afghanistan; Russia; Iran; Uzbekistan;
Turkmenistan; Pakistan; India: Jammu and Kashmir; Mongolia; China; introduced
Australia: Western Australia; Chile; Argentina; U.S.A.: transcontinental (Liu,
1937, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 11 (3): 313; Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc. Europe
Occident. Septentrion.; Day, 1979, Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 12; Hathaway, 1981,
Psyche 88; Das and Gupta, 1984, Orient. Insect. 17; Cardale, 1985, in Walton, Zool. Cat. Australia 2;
Yildrim and Özbek, 1993, Türk. Entomol. Derg. 17).
gallicus (Linnaeus)
Vespa gallica Linnaeus,
1767, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, 1 (2): 949.
Polistes pictior Radoszkowski, 1872, Horae Entomol. Soc. Ross. 8 (4): v, nomen nudum.
Polistes foederata
Kohl, 1898, Ann. Naturh. Hofmus., Wien 13: 90.
Polistes gallicus
var. mongolicus du Buysson, 1911,
Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 76: 218.
Polistes foederata
var. obscuricornis Mader, 1936,
Entomol. Zeitschr. 50 (23): 263.
Polistula omissa
Weyrauch, 1938, Arbeit. Physiol. Angewand. Entomol. Berlin-Dahlem 5: 277.
Polistes omissus
var. ordubadensis Zirngiebl,
1955, Mitt. München Entomol. Ges. 44/45: 381.
Polistes gallicus
var. monogolicus [!]; Yoshikawa,
1962, J. Biol. Osaka City Univ. 13: 28.
Polistes omissus
kaszabi Giordani Soika, 1970, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung., Zool. 62: 327.
Polistes foederatus
albellus Giordani Soika, 1976, Acta
Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 272.
Distribution: southern Europe; Ukraine; Russia;
Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkmenistan; Mongolia; China; Iran; Afghanistan; Turkey;
Israel; northern Africa; Ethiopia (Zimmermann, 1930, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin
15; Liu, 1937, Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 11 (3): 313; Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc.
Europe Occident. Septentrion.; Gusenleitner, 1985, Nachrichtenbl. Bayer.
Entomol. 34 (4); Gusenleitner, 1991, Linzer Biol. Beitr. 23 (2)).
indicus Stolfa
Polistes indicus
Stolfa, 1934, Bol. Soc. Veneziana Stor. Nat. 1: 47.
Distribution: Afghanistan; Iraq; Iran; Pakistan;
United Arab Emirates; Oman (Richards, 1985, Fauna Saudi Arabia 6; Gusenleitner,
2004, Linz. Biol. Beitr. 36 (1)).
iranus Guiglia
Polistes iranus
Guiglia, 1976, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 81: 198, nomen nudum.
Polistes iranus
Guiglia, 1977 (1976), Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 28: 99.
Distribution: Iran.
loveridgei
Bequaert
Polistes loveridgei
Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 135.
Distribution: Tanzania; Ethiopia (Giordani Soika,
1952, Riv. Biol. Colon. 11).
macrocephalus
Bequaert
Polistes
macrocephalus Bequaert,
1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 39: 261.
Distribution: Congo.
marginalis
baidoensis Giordani Soika
Polistes
marginalis var. baidoensis Giordani Soika, 1944, Atti
Inst. Ven. Sci. Lett. Arti, Part II Cl. Sci. Mat. Nat. 103: 177, female, male -
Iscia Baidoa, Somalia (lectotype female Venezia).
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia.
marginalis
lindensis Giordani Soika
Polistes
marginalis lindensis
Giordani Soika, 1981, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 113: 174.
Distribution: Tanzania.
marginalis
marginalis (Fabricius)
Vespa
marginalis Fabricius,
1775, Syst. Entomol.: 367.
Polistes marginalis
arabicus Giordani Soika, 1957, Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Exp. South-West Arabia
1937-8, 1 (31): 482, female, male - Dhala, W. Aden, 4800-5500 piedi (holotype
female London).
Distribution: Saudi Arabia; Yemen; Somalia; Ethiopia;
Tanzania; Burkina Faso; South Africa: Northern Transvaal, Orange Free State,
Kwazulu-Natal, Western and Eastern Cape Prov.; Lesotho (Bequaert, 1938, Rev.
Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 142; Giordani Soika, 1952, Riv. Biol.
Colon. 11; Giordani Soika, 1961, South Afr. Anim. Life 8; Das and Gupta, 1984,
Orient. Insect. 17; Richards, 1985, Fauna
marginalis meruensis Giordani Soika
Polistes marginalis meruensis Giordani Soika, 1981, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 113: 173.
Distribution:
mysteriosus Bequaert
Polistes mysteriosus Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 143.
Distribution:
nimpha (Christ)
Vespa nimpha Christ, 1791, Naturgesch. Insect.: 232.
Vespa diadema Latreille, 1802, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 1: 292, non Christ, 1791.
Polistes opinabilis Kohl, 1898,
Ann. Naturh. Hofmus., Wien
13: 90.
Polistes nympha
[!]; Weyrauch, 1939, Arch. Naturgesch.
(N. F.) 8: 145.
Polistes nimpha var. Moltonii Guiglia, 1944, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 83: 166.
Polistes nimpha
var. molotnii [!]; Yoshikawa,
1962, J. Biol. Osaka City Univ. 13: 33.
Polistes nimpha irakensis Gusenleitner, 1976, Nachrichtenbl. Bayer. Entomol. 25 (6): 119.
Distribution: central and southern Europe; Madeiras; northern Africa; Israel; Turkey; Iraq; Azerbaijan; Iran; Pakistan; India: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh; Mongolia; China (Zimmermann, 1930, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 15; Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc. Europe Occident. Septentrion.; Das and Gupta, 1989, Orient. Insect. 11.; Yildrim and Özbek, 1993, Türk. Entomol. Derg. 17).
ornatus Lepeletier
Polistes ornata Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 531.
Distribution:
riparius Yamane and Yamane
Polistes riparius Yamane and Yamane, 1987, Kontyû 55: 215.
Distribution:
semenowi Morawitz
Polistes semenowi Morawitz, 1889, Horae Entomol. Soc. Ross. 23: 552.
Polistes semenowii
[!]; Dalla Torre, 1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 134.
Pseudopolistes semenovi [!]; Weyrauch, 1937, Zool. Jahrb. (Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere) 70: 265.
Distribution: southern
sulcifer Zimmermann
Polistes sulcifer Zimmermann, 1930, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 15: 610.
Polistes sulcifera [!]; Guiglia and Capra, 1933 (1932), Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 11: 166.
Pseudpolistes sulcifer var. similator Zirngiebl, 1955, Mitt. München. Entomol. Ges. 44/45: 384.
Distribution: southern and central Europe; Madeiras; northern Africa; Egypt; Israel; Turkey; Iran (Guiglia, 1972, Guêpes Soc. Europe Occident. Septentrion).
tenellus lahejensis Giordani Soika
Polistes tenellus lahejensis Giordani Soika, 1981, Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 113: 175.
Distribution:
tenellus minutissimus Giordani Soika
Polistes tenellus minutissimus Giordani
Soika, 1981, Boll. Soc. Entomol.
Ital. 113: 174.
Distribution: Ethiopia.
tenellus tenellus du Buysson
Polistes tenellus du Buysson, 1905, Bull. Soc.
Entomol. France 1905: 256.
Distribution: Liberia; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial
Guinea; Congo Republic; Congo (Bequaert, 1938, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 31: 150).
SUBGENUS APHANILOPTERUS
MEUNIER
Aphanilopterus Meunier, 1888, Nat. Sicil. 7: 302, genus.
Type species: Aphanilopterus vagabundus Meunier, 1888 [= Vespa lanio Fabricius, 1775], by monotypy.
Polistoides
Dalla Torre, 1904, Genera
Insect. 19: 68, name for
division II of genus Polistes
Latreille in de Saussure, 1854, Ét.
Fam. Vesp. 2: 100. Non Polistoides
Loew, 1873 (Diptera).
Type species: Polistes subsericeus de Saussure, 1854, by monotypy.
Onerarius Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17:
91, 94, 101, subgenus of Polistes
Latreille.
Type species: Vespa carnifex Fabricius, 1775, by original designation.
Fuscopolistes Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17:
91, 95, 100, subgenus of Polistes
Latreille.
Type species: Vespa fuscata Fabricius, 1793, by original designation.
Polistarchus Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17:
94, 95, 101, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.
Type species: Vespa canadensis Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.
Palisotius Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17: 95, 96, 100, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.
Type species: Polistes major Palisot de Beauvois, 1818, by original designation.
Epicnemius Richards, 1973, Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17: 96, 102, subgenus of Polistes Latreille.
Type species: Polistes bicolor Lepeletier, 1836, by original designation.
actaeon Haliday
Polistes actaeon Haliday, 1836, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 323.
Polistes acteon
[!]; de Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam.
Vesp. 2: 98.
Polistes limai
von Ihering, 1903, Ann. Soc. Entomol.
Distribution:
adelphus Richards
Polistes adelphus Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.: 501.
Distribution: Colombia; Ecuador.
angulinus Richards
Polistes erythrogaster var. angulinus Richards, 1951, in Richards and Richards, Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 102: 92.
Distribution:
annularis (Linnaeus)
Vespa annularis Linnaeus, 1763, Amoenitat. Acad. 6: 413.
Vespa cincta Drury, 1773, Illus. Nat. Hist. 2: index to vol. 1.
Vespa
virginiensis [!]; Dalla
Torre, 1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 122.
Vespa
annulata [!]; Dalla
Torre, 1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 123.
Polistes annuralis [!]; Yamane, 1969, J. Fac. Sci., Hokkaido Univ., Ser. VI, Zool. 17: 79.
Distribution:
apachus
de Saussure
Polistes
apachus de Saussure,
1857, Ann. Soc. Entomol.
Polistes texanus Cresson, 1872, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 246.
Distribution: U.S.A.: Kansas to Colorado, south to Texas, occasionally Iowa,
California, Florida; Mexico: Baja California, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí,
Coahuila, Sonora, Durango (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.; Krombein, 1979, in Krombein et al., Cat. Hym. Am. N. of
apicalis de Saussure
Polistes apicalis de Saussure, 1858, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 10: 260.
Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz, Chiapas; Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Costa
Rica; French Guiana (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.; West-Eberhard et al.,
1995, in Hanson and Gauld, Hym.
arizonensis Snelling
Polistes exclamans arizonensis Snelling, 1954, J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 27: 152.
Distribution:
aterrimus
de Saussure
Polistes aterrimus
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 73.
Distribution: Costa Rica; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru;
Venezuela; Bolivia (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.; West-Eberhard et al., 1995,
in Hanson and Gauld, Hym.
atrox Richards
Polistes atrox Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.: 542.
Distribution:
aurifer
de Saussure
Polistes
aurifer de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 78.
Polistes
anaheimensis Provancher,
1888, Addit. Corr. Faune Entomol. Can., Hym.: 423.
Polistes
fuscatus var. utahensis Hayward, 1933, Proc. Utah
Acad. Sci. 10: 142.
Polistes
fuscatus var. centralis Hayward, 1933, Proc. Utah
Acad. Sci. 10: 143.
Polistes fuscatus var. (or subsp.) connectens Bequaert, 1940, J.
Polistes fuscatus var. (or subsp.) montanus Bequaert, 1940, J.
Distribution:
bahamensis Bequaert and Salt
Polistes bahamensis Bequaert and Salt, 1931, Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 24: 793.
Polistes bahamensis var. bilineolatus Bequaert and Salt, 1931, Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 24: 796.
Polistes bahamensis var. picturatus Bequaert and Salt, 1931, Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 24: 797.
Polistes exclamans var. (or subsp.) louisianus Bequaert,
1940, J.
Distribution:
bellicosus Cresson
Polistes bellicosus Cresson, 1872, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 247.
Distribution:
bequaertellus Snelling
Polistes bequaertellus Snelling, 1983, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 59: 269.
Distribution:
bequaertianus Willink
Polistes bequaertiana Willink, 1954, Acta Zool. Lilloana 14: 255.
Distribution:
bicolor Lepeletier
Polistes bicolor Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 521.
Polistes deuteroleucus Ducke,
1906, Rev. Entomol.,
Polistes bicolor var unicolor Ducke, 1908, Deutsch. Entomol. Zeitschr. 6: 700, non Lepeletier, 1836.
Polistes sosia Bequaert, 1937, Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. 3: 190.
Polistes duckei Bequaert, 1937, Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. 3: 192. Replacement name for bicolor var. unicolor Ducke, 1908, non Lepeletier, 1836.
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela; Suriname;
French Guiana; Brazil: Amapá, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais
(Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.; West-Eberhard et al., 1995, in Hanson and Gauld, Hym.
biguttatus Haliday
Polistes biguttatus Haliday, 1836, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 323.
? Polistes bipustulatus [!]; Smith, 1875, Entomol. Mon. Mag. 12: 156.
Polistes bipustulstus [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.,
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro to Rio
Grande do Sul (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
billardieri biglumoides Ducke
Polistes biglumoides Ducke, 1904, Bol. Mus.
Goeldi, Pará 4: 369.
Distribution: Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Brazil:
Amapá, Pernambuco, to São Paulo, Matto Grosso; Bolivia (Richards, 1978, Soc.
Wasps Am.).
billardieri billardieri Fabricius
Polistes billardieri Fabricius, 1804, Syst.
Piez.: 274.
Polistes ruficornis var. demeraraensis Bequaert, 1937, Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. 3: 181.
Distribution: Colombia; Guyana; Suriname; Brazil: Roraima, Amazonas, Mato Grosso (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
billardieri ruficornis
de Saussure
Polistes ruficornis
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 85.
Distribution: Brazil: Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul; Paraguay; Uruguay; Argentina: Misiones to Salta; Bolivia (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
binotatus de Saussure
Polistes binotatus
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam.
Vesp. 2: 87.
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
boharti Snelling
Polistes boharti
Snelling, 1983, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 59: 272.
Distribution: Mexico: Sinaloa, Nayarit, Guerrero,
Colima, Oaxaca, Veracruz.
brevifissus Richards
Polistes brevifissus
Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 481.
Distribution: Brazil: Amapá, Roraima, Pará, Mato
Grosso, Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul; Argentina: Buenos Aires.
buyssoni Brèthes
Polistes cavapyta var. thoracica du Buysson, 1906, Entomol.
Medd.
Polistes cavapyta var. buyssoni Brèthes, 1909, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires (3) 17: 456. Replacement name for cavapyta var. thoracica du Buysson, 1906, non Fox, 1898.
Distribution:
canadensis borientalis Richards
Polistes canadensis borientalis Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 494.
Distribution: Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte,
Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia.
canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus)
Vespa canadensis Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat.: 574.
“Vespa
crabro marribous Linn.” Christ, 1791, Naturgesch. Insect.: 217.
? Polistes urceolata “Klug”
Erichson, 1848, in Schomburgk, Reisen
Br.-Guiana III: 590.
? Polistes urceolicus [!]; Dalla Torre, 1904, Genera Insect. 19: 71.
Polistes unicolor Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 520.
Polistes
panamensis Holmgren,
1868, K. Svenska Fregat. Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden, Zool. 1, Insect., Hym.:
439.
Polistes
canadensiss [!];
Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol. Osaka
City Univ. 13: 26.
Polistes
canadiensis [!]; Maes,
1988, Rev. Nicarag. Entomol.
Distribution: U.S.A.: Arizona; Mexico: Sonora, Tamaulipas, Nayarit to Oaxaca; Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil: Amazonas to Pará, Bahia and Mato Grosso south to São Paulo; Bolivia; Paraguay; Argentina: Corrientes, Misiones, Tucumán (Bequaert, 1944, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 94; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
candidoi von Ihering
Polistes candidoi
von Ihering, 1903, Ann. Soc
Entomol. France 72: 144.
Distribution: Bolivia.
carnifex boliviensis Bequaert
Polistes carnifex var. boliviensis Bequaert,
1936, Rev. Entomol.,
Distribution:
carnifex carnifex (Fabricius)
Vespa carnifex Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 365.
? Polistes
variegata Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 523.
Polistes onerata Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 524.
Polistes valida Say, 1837, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 389 - “
Polistes transverso-strigata Spinola, 1851, preprint of Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino (2) 13: 62.
Polistes
transversosignatus [!];
de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam.
Vesp. 2: 90.
Polistes
transversesignata [!];
Schulz, 1906, Spolia Hym.: 226.
Polistes transversignatus [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.
Distribution: U.S.A.: Arizona, Texas; Mexico; Belize; Guatemala; Honduras;
Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil: Pernambuco to
Amazonas, south to Rio Grande do Sul; Guyana; Suriname; Paraguay; Argentina:
Misiones; introduced U.S.A.: Hawaii (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.; Krombein,
1979, in Krombein et al., Cat. Hym.
Am. N. of
carnifex rufipennis Latreille
Polistes rufipennis Latreille, 1817, in Humboldt and Bonpland, Voyage, Zool. 2, Insect. 2: 97.
Polistes chlorostoma Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 521.
Polistes
transverso-strigata var. ochreata “KL.” Spinola, 1851, Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino (2) 13:
63.
Distribution: Honduras; Colombia; Trinidad; Tobago; Suriname; French Guiana (Bequaert, 1944, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 94; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
Vespa
Vespa nigripennis DeGeer, 1773, Mem. Hist. Insect. 3: 582, pl. 29 fig. 10.
Polistes rubiginosa Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 524.
Polistes ruginosus [!]; Gowdey, 1926, Entomol. Bull., Dept. Agric.
Polistes rubigenosus [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.
Distribution:
cavapyta de Saussure
Polistes cavapyta de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 87.
Distribution:
cavapytiformis Richards
Polistes cavapytiformis Richards,
1978, Soc. Wasps Am.:
481.
Distribution: Brazil: Paraná to Rio Grande do
Sul.
cinerascens
de Saussure
Polistes cinerascens
de Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 99.
Polistes orbitalis
Kirby, 1888, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 2: 143.
Distribution: Ecuador; Brazil: Bahia to Mato Grosso and Santa Catarina; Bolivia; Paraguay; Uruguay; Argentina: Misiones and Jujuy to Buenos Aires (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
claripennis Ducke
Polistes claripennis Ducke, 1904, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, Pará 4: 370.
Polistes synoecoides Ducke, 1907, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, Pará 5: 196.
Distribution:
comanchus
comanchus de Saussure
Polistes comanchus
de Saussure, 1857, Ann. Soc. Entomol. France (3) 5: 314.
Polistes commanchus
[!]; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 485.
Distribution: U.S.A.: Texas, New Mexico; Mexico:
Coahuila, Durango (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.;
Krombein, 1979, in Krombein et al.,
Cat. Hym. Am. N. of
comanchus navajoe Cresson
Polistes navajoe Cresson, 1868, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 383.
Polistes novajoe
[!]; Dalla Torre, 1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 132.
Polistes novajae
[!]; Dalla Torre, 1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 177.
Distribution: U.S.A.: Texas to Arizona, California;
Mexico: Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.:
485; Krombein, 1979, in Krombein et
al., Cat. Hym. Am. N. of Mexico).
consobrinus
de Saussure
Polistes consobrinus de Saussure, 1858, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) 10: 259.
Distribution: Brazil: Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul; Paraguay; Uruguay; Argentina: Buenos Aires, Correnties, Entre Rios, Santa Fé (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.).
crinitus americanus (Fabricius)
Vespa
Polistes madoci Kirby, 1884, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 13: 411.
Polistes madocii [!]; Yoshikawa,
1962, J. Biol.,
Distribution:
crinitus crinitus (Felton)
Vespa crinita Felton, 1765 (1764), Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London 54: 54.
Vespa tricolor Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 369, non Pallas, 1771.
Polistes
media Palisot de
Beauvois, 1818, Insect. Recueill. Afrique Amérique, livr. 12: 207.
Distribution: Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Montserrat
(Schulz, 1906, Spolia Hym.; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
crinitus
multicolor (Olivier)
Vespa
multicolor Olivier, 1792,
Encyc. Méthod. 6: 691.
?
Vespa dominicensis Vallot, 1802, Concord. Syst.: 168.
Polistes crinitus var. insulicola Bequaert and Salt, 1931, Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 24: 793.
Distribution: Guadeloupe; St. Croix; St. Barthélemy; St. Kitts; Anguilla; Nevis; Montserrat; Antigua; Dominica (de Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
cubensis Lepeletier
Polistes cubensis Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 526.
Distribution:
davillae Richards
Polistes davillae
Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 540.
Distribution: Brazil: Amazonas, Mato Grosso.
deceptor
Schulz
Polistes deceptor
Schulz, 1905, Hym.-Studien: 119.
Polistes rhodostoma
Ducke, 1905, Rev. Entomol., Caen 24: 23.
Distribution:
dominicus (Vallot)
Vespa dominica Vallot, 1802, Concord. Syst.: 168.
Polistes
cincta Lepeletier, 1836,
Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 522, non Drury, 1773.
Polistes
cinctus barbadensis
Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 479.
Distribution: St. Kitts; Montserrat; Martinique; Barbados; Santa Lucia; St. Vincent; Mustique Is.; Carriacou Is.; Trinidad (Snelling, 1983, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 59).
dorsalis
californicus Bohart
Polistes
hunteri californicus Bohart,
1949, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 25: 101.
Distribution: U.S.A.: California, Arizona; Mexico:
Baja California, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.).
dorsalis
clarionensis Bohart
Polistes hunteri clarionensis Bohart, 1949, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 25: 102.
Distribution:
dorsalis dorsalis (Fabricius)
Vespa dorsalis Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 367.
Polistes fuscatus (var. or subsp.) hunteri Bequaert,
1940, J.
Distribution:
dorsalis maritimus Bequaert
Polistes fuscatus var (or subsp.) maritimus Bequaert,
1940, J.
Distribution:
dorsalis neotropicus Bequaert
Polistes fuscatus var (or subsp.) neotropicus Bequaert,
1940, J.
Distribution: U.S.A.: Colorado, New Mexico, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Oaxaca; Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica (Bohart, 1949, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 25; van der Vecht, 1970, Proc. K. Ned. Akad. Wet (ser. C) 73; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.).
eburneus Bequaert
Polistes canadensis var. (or subsp.) eburneus Bequaert, 1943, Bol. Entomol. Venezolana 2: 118.
Distribution:
erythrocephalus Latreille
Polistes erythrocephala Latreille, 1813, in Humboldt and Bonpland, Voyage, Zool. 2, Insect. 2: 96.
Distribution: Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia; Brazil: Pará to Acre, south to Paraná (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
exclamans Viereck
Polistes exclamans Viereck, 1906, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 32: 201.
Polistes
exclamans durangoensis Snelling,
1955, Am. Mus. Novitates 1701: 7.
Polistes instabilis coahuilae Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 510.
Distribution:
ferreri
de Saussure
Polistes
ferreri de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 77.
Distribution: Brazil: Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso; Bolivia; Uruguay; Argentina: Buenos Aires, Tucumán (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
flavus
Cresson
Polistes flavus Cresson, 1868, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 1: 383.
Distribution:
franciscanus Richards
Polistes franciscanus Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 521.
Distribution:
fuscatus
(Fabricius)
? Vespa
tibialis Olivier, 1792, Encyc. Méthod. Insect. 6: 690, non Gmelin, 1790.
Vespa fuscata Fabricius, 1793, Entomol. Syst. 2: 260.
Vespa nestor Fabricius, 1798, Suppl. Entomol. Syst.: 262.
Polistes
pallipes Lepeletier,
1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 530.
Polistes
exilis de Saussure, 1853,
Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 85.
Polistes variatus Cresson, 1872, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 247.
Polistes fortunatus Kirby, 1884, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 13: 410.
Polistes pallidipes Dalla Torre, 1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 133, unnecessary emendation.
Polistes fuscatus vtriatus [!];
Polistes fuscatus var. (or subsp.) laurentianus Bequaert, 1942, Can. Entomol. 74: 159.
Polistes varistus [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.
Distribution: Canada; U.S.A.: Maine south to Florida, west to Nebraska, south to
Texas; introduced Bermuda; Jamaica; Barbados; Cape Verde Is.; Ascension Is.
(Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps. Am.; MacLean et al., 1978,
geminatus geminatus Fox
Polistes geminatus Fox, 1898, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1898: 448.
Polistes gaminatus [!]; Yoshikawa,
1962, J. Biol.
Distribution: French Guiana; Brazil: Pará, Minas
Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso, São Paulo (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
geminatus guyanensis Cameron
Polistes guyanensis Cameron, 1912, Timehri 2:
221.
Distribution: Guyana.
goeldii Ducke
Polistes goeldii Ducke, 1904, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, Pará 4: 368.
Distribution: El Salvador; Costa Rica; Colombia;
Trinidad; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil: Pará, Amazonas, Mato Grosso (Richards, 1978,
Soc. Wasps Am.; West-Eberhard et al., 1995, in
Hanson and Gauld, Hym.
huacapistana Richards
Polistes huacapistana Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 496.
Distribution:
incertus
Cresson
Polistes incertus Cresson, 1865, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Philadelphia 4: 166.
Distribution:
infuscatus anduzei Bequaert
Polistes canadensis var. (or subsp.) anduzei Bequaert, 1943, Bol. Entomol. Venezolana 2: 114.
Distribution:
infuscatus ecuadorius Richards
Polistes infuscatus ecuadorius Richards,
1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 484.
Distribution: Ecuador; Colombia.
infuscatus infuscatus Lepeletier
Polistes infuscata Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 520.
Polistes canadensis amazonicus Schulz, 1905, Hym.-Studien: 113.
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; French
Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil: Pará (Schulz, 1905, Hym.-Studien; Bequaert,
1944, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 94; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.; West-Eberhard
et al., 1995, in Hanson and Gauld,
Hym.
infuscatus mariae Richards
Polistes infuscatus mariae Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 484.
Distribution:
infuscatus metensis Richards
Polistes infuscatus metensis Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 484.
Distribution:
instabilis
de Saussure
Polistes instabilis de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 91, pl. X fig. 2, pl. XI fig. 1.
Polistes instbailis [!]; Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.,
Distribution:
kaibabensis
Polistes canadensis var. kaibabensis
Distribution:
lanio
lanio (Fabricius)
Vespa lanio Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 365.
Aphanilopterus vagabundus Meunier, 1888, Nat. Sicil. 7: 302.
Polistes canadensis trinitatis Giordani Soika, 1965, Boll. Entomol. Soc. Ital. 95: 27, non Bequaert, 1937.
Polistes
lanio soikai Richards,
1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 490, non Zirngiebl, 1955. Replacement name for canadensis trinitatis Giordani Soika,
1965, non Bequaert, 1937.
Polistes “efoveatus
Richards” Almeida and Castro, 1991, Acta Biol. Par., Curitiba 20: 50, nomen
nudum.
Distribution: Colombia; Peru; Trinidad; Guyana; Brazil: Amapá to Acre, Pará to Rio Grande do Sul; Bolivia; Paraguay; Argentina: Corrientes, Misiones (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
lanio
satanulus Bequaert
Polistes canadensis var. (or subsp.) satanulus Bequaert, 1940, Entomol. News 51: 82.
Distribution:
lanio weberi Bequaert
Polistes canadensis var. (or subsp.) weberi
Bequaert, 1940, J.
Distribution:
lineonotus Bohart
Polistes exclamans lineonotus Bohart, 1949, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 25: 98.
Distribution:
major bonaccensis Bequaert
Polistes major var. bonaccensis Bequaert, 1937, Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. 3: 174.
Distribution:
major castaneicolor Bequaert
Polistes major var. castaneicolor Bequaert, 1936, Entomol. News 47: 12.
Distribution:
major colombianus Bequaert
Polistes major var. (or subsp.) colombianus Bequaert, 1940, Entomol. News 51: 80.
Distribution:
major
major Palisot de Beauvois
Polistes
major Palisot de
Beauvois, 1818, Insect. Recueill. Afrique Amérique, livr. 12: 206.
Polistes
maior [!]; Schulz, 1906,
Spolia Hym.: 227.
Polistes major var. (or subsp.) bakeri Bequaert,
1940, J.
Distribution: U.S.A.: southern Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida; Cuba;
Bahamas; Navassa Is.; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Mexico; Guatemala, El
Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Venezuela; Trinidad; Brazil: Pará,
Amazonas, Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Mato Grosso; ? introduced
major weyrauchi Bequaert
Polistes major var. (or subsp.) weyrauchi Bequaert, 1940, Entomol. News 51: 79.
Distribution:
maranonensis Willink
Polistes versicolor var. flavescens Weyrauch, 1943, Bol. Mus. Hist. Nat. “Javier Prado” 7: 71, nomen nudum.
Polistes maranonensis Willink, 1964, Acta Zool. Lilloana 20: 16.
Distribution:
melanosoma de Saussure
Polistes melanosoma de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 76.
Distribution:
melanotus Richards
Polistes melanotus Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 487.
Distribution:
metricus Say
Polistes metrica Say, 1831, Am. Entomol.: 15.
Distribution:
mexicanus Bequaert
Polistes canadensis var. (or subsp.) mexicanus Bequaert,
1940, J.
Polistes canadensis var. (or subsp.) wheeleri
Bequaert, 1940, J.
Distribution: Mexico: Sonora, Veracruz, Puebla, D. F., Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca (Snelling, 1974, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 76; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
minor
Palisot de Beauvois
Polistes
minor Palisot de
Beauvois, 1818, Insect. Recueill. Afrique Amérique, livr. 12: 207.
Polistes
hertwigi Schulz, 1903,
Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Kl.
Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 33: 486.
Distribution:
moraballi Richards
Polistes erythrogaster var. moraballi Richards, 1951, in Richards and Richards, Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 102: 92.
Distribution:
myersi curassavicus Richards
Polistes myersi curassavicus Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 507.
Distribution: Netherlands Antilles: Curaçao; Aruba;
myersi myersi Bequaert
Polistes versicolor var. myersi Bequaert,
1934, Rev. Entomol.,
Distribution:
niger Brèthes
Polistes niger
Brèthes, 1903, An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires (3) 9: 20.
Distribution: Brazil: São Paulo, Minas Gerais,
Mato Grosso (Bequaert, 1937, Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. 3; Richards, 1978, Soc.
Wasps Am.: 551).
ninabamba
Richards
Polistes ninabamba Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 500.
Distribution:
notatipes Richards
Polistes notatipes Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am: 488.
Distribution: Brazil: São Paulo, Rio Grande do
Sul.
obscurus de Saussure
Polistes obscurus
de Saussure, 1863, Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève 17: 236.
Polistes obscurus
var. simulans Bertoni, 1918, An.
Cient. Parag. (2) 3: 228.
Distribution: Brazil; Paraguay; Argentina: Misiones
(Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
occipitalis
Ducke
Polistes occipitalis
Ducke, 1904, Bol. Mus. Goeldi, Pará 4: 371.
Distribution: Panama; Colombia; Peru; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil: Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo; Bolivia (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
oculatus Smith
Polistes oculatus Smith, 1857, Cat. Hym. Br. Mus. 5, Vesp.: 111.
Distribution: Mexico: Guadalajara, Morelos, Oaxaca, Veracruz; Guatemala;
Honduras; Costa Rica (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.; West-Eberhard et al.,
1995, in Hanson and Gauld, Hym.
pacificus Fabricius
Polistes
Polistes
liliaciosus de Saussure,
1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 97.
Polistes
liliaceusculus de
Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 98.
Polistes
pacificus flavopictus Ducke,
1918, Rev. Mus. Paulista 10: 360.
Polistes
modestus Smith, 1862,
Trans. Entomol. Soc. London (3) 1: 38.
Polistes
pacificus var. trinitatis Bequaert, 1937, Arch. Inst.
Biol. Veg. 3: 197.
Polistes
pacificus var. flavopicus [!]; Richards, 1978, Soc.
Wasps Am.: 549.
Distribution: U.S.A.: southern Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Colima, Guerrero, Morelos, Yucatán; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela; Trinidad; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Brazil: Amapá to Amazonas, Bahia to São Paulo; Paraguay; Bolivia (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.; Snelling, 1983, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 59).
palmarum Bequaert
Polistes major var. palmarum Bequaert, 1936, Entomol. News 47: 11.
Polistes major slevini Bohart, 1949, Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 25: 103.
Distribution:
paraguayensis Bertoni
Polistes paraguayensis Bertoni, 1921, Rev. Soc. Cient.
Distribution:
penai Richards
Polistes penai Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 494.
Distribution:
perplexus Cresson
Polistes
perplexus Cresson, 1872,
Trans. Am. Entomol.
Soc. 4: 245.
Polistes generosus Cresson, 1872, Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 4: 246.
Distribution:
peruvianus Bequaert
Polistes versicolor var. peruvianus Bequaert,
1934, Rev. Entomol.,
Distribution:
poeyi haitiensis Bequaert and Salt
Polistes poeyi var. haitiensis Bequaert and Salt, 1931, Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 24: 792.
Polistes poeyi var. haitensis [!];
Yoshikawa, 1962, J. Biol.
Distribution:
poeyi poeyi Lepeletier
Polistes poeyi Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 532.
Distribution:
pseudoculatus Snelling
Polistes instabilis pseudoculatus Snelling, 1955, Am. Mus. Novitates 1701: 8.
Distribution:
ridleyi
Kirby
Polistes ridleyi Kirby, 1890, J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 20: 541.
Distribution:
rossi
Bohart
Polistes
rossi Bohart, 1949,
Pan-Pacif. Entomol. 25: 99.
Distribution: Mexico: Baja California.
rufidens
de Saussure
Polistes
rufidens de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 77.
Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela (Richards, 1978,
Soc. Wasps Am.).
rufiventris
Ducke
Polistes
rufiventris Ducke, 1904,
Bol. Mus. Goeldi, Pará 4: 371.
Polistes
erythrogaster Ducke,
1905, Rev. Entomol., Caen 24: 23.
Distribution: Colombia; Guyana; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil:
Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
satan Bequaert
Polistes canadensis var. (or subsp.) satan Bequaert,
1940, J.
? Polistes melanarius Zikán, 1951, Dusenia 2: 230.
Distribution:
simillimus Zikán
Polistes simillimus Zikán, 1951, Dusenia 2: 232.
Distribution:
stabilinus Richards
Polistes stabilinus Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.: 510.
Distribution: Mexico: Sonora, Jalisco, Veracruz,
Tabasco, Yucatán; Belize; Honduras.
subsericeus de Saussure
Polistes
subsericeus de Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 100.
Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela; Guyana; Suriname; Brazil: Amapá, Amazonas, Pará to Mato Grosso, São Paulo; Paraguay; Bolivia (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
testaceicolor Bequaert
Vespa analis Fabricius, 1798, Suppl. Entomol.
Syst.: 261, non Fabricius, 1775.
Polistes testaceicolor Bequaert, 1937, Arch. Inst. Biol.
Veg. 3: 179. Replacement name for analis Fabricius, 1798, non Fabricius,
1775.
Distribution: Costa Rica; Colombia; Venezuela;
Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Brazil: Amapá to Acre, Mato
Grosso; Bolivia (Bequaert, 1949, Bol. Mus. Venez. 7; Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps
Am.).
thoracicus Fox
Polistes thoracicus Fox, 1898, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Distribution:
torresae Silveira
Polistes occultus Silveira, 1994, Stud. Neotrop.
Fauna Env. 29 (4): 189, non Kojima, 1988.
Polistes torresae Silveira, 1996, in Carpenter, Am. Mus. Novitat. 3188: 1,
33. Replacement name for occultus Silveira, 1994, non Kojima,
1988.
Distribution: Brazil: Pará, Rondônia.
veracrucis
Richards
Polistes veracrucis Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps
Am.: 508.
Distribution: Mexico: Nuevo León, Veracruz, Hidalgo.
versicolor flavoguttatus Bequaert
Polistes versicolor var. flavoguttatus
Bequaert, 1934, Rev. Entomol.,
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Richards, 1978, Soc. Wasps Am.).
versicolor kaieteurensis Bequaert
Polistes versicolor var. kaieteurensis Bequaert,
1934, Rev. Entomol.,
Distribution:
versicolor versicolor (Olivier)
Vespa versicolor Olivier, 1792, Encyc. Méthod. 6: 692.
Vespa myops Fabricius, 1798, Suppl. Entomol. Syst.: 261.
Polistes
opalinus de Saussure,
1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2:
89.
Polistes versicolor var. vulgaris Bequaert, 1934,
Rev. Entomol., Rio de Janeiro 4: 150.
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia;
Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela; Trinidad; Grenada; Guyana; Suriname; French Guiana;
Brazil: Amapá to Acre, Pará to Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso; Bolivia;
Paraguay; Argentina: Jujuy to Misiones, south to Buenos Aires (Richards, 1978,
Soc. Wasps Am.).
weyrauchorum
Willink
Polistes weyrauchorum Willink, 1964, Acta Zool. Lilloana: 12.
Distribution:
xanthogaster willei Bequaert
Polistes versicolor var. (or subsp.) willei Bequaert, 1940, Entomol. News 51: 81.
Distribution:
xanthogaster xanthogaster Bequaert
Polistes versicolor var. (or subsp.) xanthogaster Bequaert, 1940, Entomol. News 51: 81.
Distribution:
FOSSIL SPECIES
attavinus (Heer)
Vespa attavina Heer, 1850, Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammt. Naturwiss. 11: 101, pl. VII fig. 8.
Vespa
atavina [!]; Dalla Torre,
1894, Cat. Hym. 9: 137.
? Polistes “primativa Heer” Piton, 1940, Thesis Fac. Sci., Univ. Clermont: 227, nomen nudum.
Miocene of
industrius Theobald
Polistes industrius Theobald, 1937, Bull. Soc. Sci. Nancy 2: 399, pl. VIII fig. 10, pl. XXVIII fig. 9.
Oligocene of
kirbyanus Cockerell
Polistes kirbyanus Cockerell, 1914, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 66: 638.
Miocene of
signatus Statz
Polistes signata Statz, 1936, Decheniana 93: 282, pl. XI fig. 33.
Oligocene of
vergnei Piton
Polistes vergnei Piton, 1940, Thesis Fac. Sci., Univ. Clermont: 226, fig. 93.
Paleocene of
UNRECOGNIZED TAXA
concinnus (Fabricius)
Vespa concinna Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Entomol.: 367.
Distribution:
fuscus Fabricius
Polistes fusca Fabricius, 1804, Syst. Piez.: 274.
Distribution:
luctuosus (Smith)
Polybia
luctuosa Smith, 1858, J.
Proc. Linn. Soc. Zool. 2: 114.
Distribution: Borneo (van der Vecht, 1966, Zool. Verh., Leiden 82).
rubidus Lepeletier
Polistes rubida Lepeletier, 1836, Hist. Nat. Insect. Hym. 1: 523.
Distribution:
spinolae
de Saussure
Polistes spinolae de Saussure, 1853, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 80.
Distribution: