Published October 11, 2023 | Version v1
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Polistes nimpha

  • 1. Via dei Tarquini 22, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
  • 2. Fischerstrasse 1, 10317 Berlin, Germany
  • 3. Probsteistrasse 89, 8051 Zürich, Switzerland

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Selis, Marco, Schmid-Egger, Christian & Neumeyer, Rainer, 2023, Neotype designation for Vespa nimpha Christ, 1791 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae), pp. 397-400 in Zootaxa 5353 (4) on page 398, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/8430818

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Vespidae
Genus
Polistes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Christ
Species
nimpha
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Polistes nimpha (Christ, 1791) sec. Selis, Schmid-Egger & Neumeyer, 2023

References

  • Christ, J. L. (1791) Naturgeschichte, Klassification und Nomenclatur der Insekten, vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht; als der funften Klasse funfte Ordnung des Linneischen Natursystems von den Insekten: Hymenoptera. Hermann, Frankfurt am Main, 535 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 87724
  • Latreille, P. A. (1802 b) Observations sur quelques Guepes. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1, 287 - 294.
  • Kohl, F. F. (1898) Zur Kenntnis der europaischen Polistes - Arten. Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 13, 87 - 91.
  • Bluthgen, P. (1943) Die europaischen Polistinen (Hym. Vespidae Vespinae). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 12 (1), 94 - 129.
  • Guiglia, D. (1944) Le Scolie et le Vespe italiane del Museo di Milano. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 83 (3 - 4), 154 - 169.
  • Gusenleitner, J. (1976) Bemerkenswertes uber Faltenwespen VI. Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen, 25 (6), 112 - 119.