Vespa vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758: 572. Type data: Lectotype female, LSL. Type locality: “in Europa”.
Vespa sexcincta Panzer, 1799: 1.
Vespa vulgaris var. pseudogermanica Stolfa, 1932: 26.
Vespa mixta “Schenck ” Edwards, 1980: 363.
Vespula rufosignata Eck, 1998: 299.
Vespula vulgaris vetus Eck, 1999: 309, 329.
Vespula yunlongensis Dong and Wang, 2003: 212.
Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir. Elsewhere: Albania; Argentina [introduced]; Australia [introduced]; Austria; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia & Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Chile [introduced]; China; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Iran; Ireland [introduced]; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxemburg, Macedonia; Mexico; Moldova; Mongolia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Pakistan; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Tahiti [introduced]; Turkey; U.K.; Ukraine. ( Archer 1989, Das & Gupta 1989, Carpenter & Kojima 1997, Dvořák & Castro 2007, Bleidorn et al. 2016, Dorji et al. 2017 a, Rafi et al. 2017, Girish Kumar & Carpenter 2018, Fateryga 2018).