Subgenus Polistes (Gyrostoma) Kirby, 1828
- Gyrostoma Kirby, W. in Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1828. An Introduction to Entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects. London : Longmans Vol. 2 523 pp. [36] [repl. nom. for Cyclostoma Kirby, 1826].
- Megapolistes van der Vecht, J. 1968. The Rhynchium species of the Philippine Islands (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 42: 255-259 [97] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Polistes Latreille, 1802].
Type species:
Vespa olivacea DeGeer, 1773 by original designation. - Cyclostoma Kirby, W. in Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1826. An Introduction to Entomology: or elements of the natural history of insects. London : Longmans Vol. 3 732 pp. [633] [junior homonym of Cyclostoma Lamarck, 1799].
Type species:
Cyclostoma gigas Kirby, 1826 by monotypy. - Nygmopolistes Richards, O.W. 1973. The subgenera of Polistes Latreille (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 17: 85-104 [98] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Polistes Latreille, 1802].
Type species:
Polistes sulcatus Smith, 1852 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carpenter, J.M. 1996. Distributional checklist of species of the genus Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Polistini). American Museum Novitates 3188: 1-39 [4] (also for extended synonymy)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Pacific islands.
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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