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).