# Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Else, George R., Bolton, Barry & Broad, Gavin R., 2016, Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - aculeates (Apoidea, Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea), Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 8050-8050 : 8050

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# Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767)
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# Polistes gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vespa gallica Linnaeus, 1767

pictior Radoszkowski, 1872

foederata Kohl, 1898

omissa (Weyrauch, 1938, Polistula )

Distribution

Ireland

Notes

Added by McClenaghan (1979) (as Polistes omissa ), who collected a single male in Co. Down; it is unknown whether a nest had been established but this southern European species is an unlikely colonist.