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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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
).