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).