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 220) Polistes ( Polistes ) dominula ( Christ, 1791 ) Vespa dominula Christ, 1791: 229 . Type data: Female, male, lost. Type locality: “ Kronenberg an der Höh ”, Germany . Polistes italic Herrich-Schäffer, 1840:196 . Polistes pectoralis “Meg. ” Herrich-Schäffer, 1841:39. Polistes gallica var. lefebvrei Guérin, 1844: 447 . Polistes maculatus Rudow, 1889: 171 . Polistes merceti Dusmet, 1903: 146 , 149. Polistes gallicus var. rufescens Buysson, 1912: 79 . Distribution. India : Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere : Afghanistan ; central and southern Europe; China ; Cyprus ; Germany ; Iran ; Israel ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Mongolia ; Northern Africa; Pakistan ; Russia ; Syria ; Tajikistan ; Turkey ; Turkmenistan ; intoduced into North America, South America, Australia ; New Zealand . (Carpenter 1996, Bleidorn et al. 2016 , Rafi et al. 2017 , Fateryga 2018 ).