An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India Author Gawas, Sandesh M. Author Kumar, Girish Author Pannure, Arati Author Gupta, Ankita Author Carpenter, James M. text Zootaxa 2020 4784 1 1 87 journal article 21800 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1 4d93f591-1785-4eea-9b96-49b782137498 1175-5326 3862319 8D684A40-4102-4592-9084-7589B0B40028 222) Polistes ( Polistes ) nimpha ( Christ, 1791 ) Vespa nimpha Christ, 1791: 232 . Type data: Female, lost. Type locality: “Kronenberg an der Höh”, Germany . Vespa diadema Latreille, 1802: 292 . Polistes opinabilis Kohl, 1898: 90 . Polistes nympha (!); Weyrauch, 1939: 145 . Polistes nimpha var. Moltonii Guiglia, 1944: 166. Polistes nimpha irakensis Gusenleitner, 1976: 119 . Distribution . India : Himachal Pradesh , Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere : Azerbaijan ; central and southern Europe; China ; Germany ; Iran ; Iraq ; Israel ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Mongolia ; Northern Africa; Pakistan ; Portugal (Madeiras); Russia ; Turkey . ( Das & Gupta 1989 , Carpenter 1996, Gupta 2008 , Bleidorn et al. 2016 , Rafi et al. 2017 , Fateryga 2018 ).