Polistes dominula, (Christ)

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2022, Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Zootaxa 5214 (4), pp. 451-495 : 459-460

dominula (Christ)

Vespa dominula Christ, 1791: 229 , pl. 21 Fig. 1, female, male - [ Germany] “Kronenberg an der Höh” (type depository unknown). - Kohl, 1898: 88 (syn. of biglumis “Fabricius” or P. gallica (Linnaeus)) . - Das & Gupta, 1984: 404 (dominuta [!]).

Polistes italica Herrich-Schäffer, 1840: 196 [nomen nudum]; 1841: 39.

Polistes pectoralis “Meg. ” Herrich-Schäffer, 1841: 39, Fig. 179.6, male - “ Italien ” (type lost). - Schenck, 1853, Jahrb. Ver. Naturk. Nassau 9 (1): 43. - Kohl, 1898: 88 (syn. of biglumis “Fabricius” or P. gallica ).

Polistes gallica var. Lefebvrei Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 447 , pl. 72 Fig. 6, female, male - “ Égypte ” (? Genova). - de Saussure, 1853: 49 (Lefebvrii [!]; syn. of P. gallica (Linnaeus)) . - Kohl, 1898: 88 (syn. of biglumis “Fabricius” or P. gallica (Linnaeus)) . - Dalla Torre, 1894: 130 (cat.).

Polistes maculatus Rudow, 1888: 171 - [ Turkey] “ Smyrna ” (type depository unknown). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 130 (? syn. of P. gallica (Linnaeus)) . - Yoshikawa, 1962: 28 (syn. of P. gallicus (Linnaeus)) .

Polistes gallica var. pectoralis ; Dalla Torre, 1894: 130 (cat.).

Polistes gallica ; Kohl, 1898: 88 (status unclear), 89. - Yoshikawa, 1962: 28 ( gallicus ; list). - Guiglia, 1972: 48 (key), 50 ( gallicus ; in subgenus Polistes ; ethology), Figs II, VII, XV-XVIII, XXII, pl. I. - Richards, 1973: 97 ( gallicus ; in subgenus Polistes ). - Hathaway, 1981: 169–173, Fig. 1 ( gallicus ; introduced U. S. A.: Massachusetts). - Das & Gupta, 1984 [1983]: 404 ( gallicus ; in subgenus Polistes ; Pakistan); 1989: 42 ( gallicus ; key), Fig. 15a, map 3. - González, 1989 (introduced Chile). Misidentification.

Polistes Merceti Dusmet, 1903: 146 (key), 149, male - [ Spain] “Los Molinos en Madrid ” (? Madrid).

Polistes gallicus var. rufescens du Buysson, 1912: 79 - “ Chine ” (? Paris).

Polistes gallicus gallicus ; Blüthgen, 1961: 51 (key), 52, 53 (in subgenus Polistes ). Misidentification.

Polistes gallicus lefebvrei ; Yoshikawa, 1962: 28 (list).

Polistes gallicus pectoralis ; Yoshikawa, 1962: 28 (list).

Polistes gallicus rufescens ; Yoshikawa, 1962: 28 (list).

Polistes dominulus ; Day, 1979: 63 (= gallicus auctt.). - Cardale, 1985: 209 (in subgenus Polistes ; introduced W. A.; cat.). - Carpenter, 1996a: 54, Fig. 2.4(d) (in subgenus Polistes ); 1996b: 19 (in subgenus Polistes ; list). - Kojima, 1998: 34, 213, Figs 176–182 (larva). - Cervo et al., 2000, Ins. Soc. 47: 155-157 (spread in North America). - Sackmann et al., 2003: 72 (introduced Argentina). - Borkent & Cannings, 2004: 149 (introduced Canada: British Columbia). - Pickett et al., 2006: Figs 3–7 (phylogenetic relationships; relatedness). - Eardley et al., 2009: 226 (introduced South Africa). - Santos et al., 2015: Figs 1–8, 9 ( dominula ; phylogenetic relationships). - Ministry for Primary Industries (2016): 26 (introduced New Zealand). - Schmid-Egger et al., 2017: 64 (key), 94, Figs 10–12 ( dominula ). - Gray et al., 2019: 292 (introduced St. Helena). - Gereys et al., 2019: 245 ( dominula ; introduced Benin). - Howse et al., 2020: 784 ( dominula ; modeling of spread); 2022: 1–17 ( dominula ; prey in New Zealand).

Distribution: introduced into the Perth area, established by 1977; native to the Palaearctic Region and adventive in U.S.A.; Canada; Chile; Argentina; South Africa; New Zealand; St. Helena; Benin.