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
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journal article
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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
).