Polistes nimpha (Christ, 1791)

Vespa nimpha Christ 1791: 232 . —Types (female, male) lost, type locality: Kronberg, Taunus (Germany).

Vespa diadema Latreille 1802b: 292, nec Christ, 1791.—Type (female) lost, type locality: surroundings of Paris (France).

Polistes opinabilis Kohl 1898: 90 + Taf. III.— Lectotype male (NHMW) designated by Blüthgen (1943: 127), type locality: Frain [= Vranov], Moravia (Czech Republic).

Polistes nimpha var. Moltonii Guiglia 1944: 166 .— Holotype female (MSNM), type locality: Spotorno, Liguria (Italy).

Polistes nimpha irakensis Gusenleitner 1976: 119 — Holotype male (ZSM), type locality “Hashimiya, Irak ”. Female paratype from Abu Ghureibg, Iraq (ZSM).