'The species database contains all the follwing fields:
genus$
name$
valid name$ this is the field, which includes the valid names. All 'name' fields which do not agree with the 'valid name' field, are synonyms, or, if a name is in the 'subspecies' field, then it is a subspecies. All the information in the subsequent files refers to the name in the 'name' field.
subspecies$
original combination$
author$
year$
citation$
page$
figure$
sex of type$
type status$
other type specimen$
type depository$
comments$
type country$
type locality$
ref_author$ This and the next field refer to the source of  this information, to be cited on the report form.
ref_year$
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genus$name$valid name$subspecies$original combination$author$year$citation$page$figure$sex of type$type status$other type specimen$type depository$comments$type country$type locality$ref_author$ref_year$
Polistes$bucharensis$dominulus$$Polistes bucharensis$Erichson$1849$Mem. Acad. Sci. St. Petersburg (6) 6$307$$$$$unknown$$Uzbekistan$Bokhara$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$dominulus$dominulus$$Vespa dominula$Christ$1791$Naturgesch. Ins.$229$pl. 21 fig. 1$$$$type lost$introduced from Europe$Germany$Kronenberg$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$exilis$fuscatus$$Polistes exilis$Saussure$1853$�t. Fam. Vesp. 2$85$pl. XII fig. 5$male$$$Paris$$$L'Am‚rique du Nord$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$fortunatus$fuscatus$$Polistes fortunatus$Kirby$1884$Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 13$410$$female$$$London$$$Cape Verde Is.$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$fuscatus$fuscatus$$Vespa fuscata$Fabricius$1793$Ent. Syst. 2$260$$$$$Kobenhavn$$$America meridionalis Insulis$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$italica$dominulus$$Polistes italica$Herrich-Sch„ffer$1840$Nomencl. Ent. 2$196$$$$$$nomen nudum$$$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$laurentianus$fuscatus$$Polistes fuscatus var. (or subsp) laurentianus$Bequaert$1942$Can. Ent. 74$159$$$$$Ottawa$$Canada$Quebec$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$lefebvrei$dominulus$$Polistes gallica var. lefebvrei$Gu‚rin$1845$Icon. RŠgne Anim. 3$447$pl. 72 fig. 6$$$$Genova?$$Egypt$�gypte$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$maculatus$dominulus$$Polistes maculatus$Rudow$1889$Soc. Ent. 3$171$$$$$unknown$$Turkey$Smyrna$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$merceti$dominulus$$Polistes merceti$Dusmet$1903$Mem. Soc. Espan. 2 (3)$149$$male$$$Madrid?$$Spain$Los Molinos en Madrid$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$muchei$dominulus$$Polistes gallicus muchei$Gusenleitner$1976$Nachrichtenbl. Bayer. Ent. 25 (6)$118$$male$holotype$paratype female$Linz$$Russia$Nord-Kaukasus, Kislovodsk$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$nestor$fuscatus$$Vespa nestor$Fabricius$1798$Suppl. Ent. Syst.$262$$$$$Kobenhavn$$$America boreali$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$ornata$dominulus$$Polistes gallicus var. ornata$Weyrauch$1938$Arbeit. Physiol. Angewand. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem 5 (3)$278$$$$$type lost?$junior primary homonym of Polistes ornata Lepeletier, 1836$Algeria; Palestine; Iran; Uzbekistan$$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$pacifica$dominulus$$Polistes gallicus var. pacifica$Weyrauch$1939$Arch. Naturgesch. (N. F.) 8$155$$female$$$type lost?$junior primary homonym of Polistes pacifica Fabricius, 1804$China$Pushing$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$pallidipes$fuscatus$$Polistes pallidipes$Dalla Torre$1894$Cat. Hym. 9$133$$$$$$unjustified emendation$$$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$pallipes$fuscatus$$Polistes pallipes$Lepeletier$1836$Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. 1$530$$female$$$Torino?$$$Am‚rique septentrionale$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$pectoralis$dominulus$$Polistes pectoralis$Herrich-Sch„ffer$1841$Fauna Ins. German. 179$39$179.6$$$$$$$$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$pseudopacificus$dominulus$$Polistes gallicus pseudopacificus$Giordani Soika$1970$Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung., Zool. 62$326$$$$$$Replacement name for pacificus Weyrauch, 1939$$$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$rufescens$dominulus$$Polistes gallicus var. rufescens$Buysson$1912$Ann. Hist. Nat. D‚l‚gation Perse II. Ent. 1$79$$$$$Paris$$China$Chine$Carpenter$1996$
Polistes$variatus$fuscatus$$Polistes variatus$Cresson$1872$Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 4$247$$female$lectotype$male paralectotype$Philadelphia$$U. S. A.$Texas$Carpenter$1996$
Dolichovespula$americana$maculata$$Vespa maculata americana$Christ$1791$Naturgesch. Ins.$239$$$$$type lost$$U. S. A.$mitternachtlichen Amerika$Krombein$1979$
Dolichovespula$arenaria$arenaria$$Vespa arenaria$Fabricius$1775$Syst. Ent.$365$$$$$London$$$America arenosis$Krombein$1979$
Dolichovespula$borealis$arenaria$$Vespa borealis$Kirby$1837$Fauna Bor.-Am. 4, Ins.$264$$$$$unknown$$Canada$Lat. 65ø$Krombein$1979$
Dolichovespula$diabolica$arenaria$$Vespa diabolica$Saussure$1854$�t. Fam. Vesp. 2$138$$female$$$Torino$$U. S. A.$Philadelphie$Krombein$1979$
Dolichovespula$fernaldi$arenaria$$Vespa fernaldi$Lewis$1897$Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 24$173$$female$$$Philadelphia?$$U. S. A.$Colorado$Krombein$1979$
Dolichovespula$maculata$maculata$$Vespa maculata$Linnaeus$1763$Amoenit. Acad. 6$412$$female$lectotype$$Stockholm$$U. S. A.$Pensylvania$Krombein$1979$
Vespa$altaica$crabro$$Vespa crabro var. altaica$P‚rez$1910$Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 64$5$$female$$$Paris$$$Alta‹$Archer$1992$
Vespa$anglica$crabro$$Vespa crabro var. anglica$Gribodo$1892$Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital. 23$242$$female$$$Genova$junior primary homonym of Vespa anglica Smith, 1843$England$Inghilterra$Archer$1992$
Vespa$birulai$crabro$$Vespa crabro var. birulai$Bequaert$1931$Konowia 10 (2)$105$$$$$$replacement name for Vespa crabro chinensis Birula$$$Archer$1992$
Vespa$borealis$crabro$$Vespa crabro var. borealis$Radoszkowski$1863$Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 2$128$pl. XVI fig. 15$$$$unknown$junior primary homonym of Vespa borealis Kirby, 1837, Vespa borealis Zetterstedt, 1840, and of Vespa borealis Smith, 1843$Russia$Pargolova i Osinovoa Roshchi$Archer$1992$
Vespa$caspica$crabro$$Vespa crabro var. caspica$P‚rez$1910$Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 64$6$$female$$$Paris$$Georgia$Talysch et Lenkoran, r‚gion Caspienne$Archer$1992$
Vespa$chinensis$crabro$$Vespa crabro chinensis$Birula$1925$Arch. Naturgesch. (Abt. A) 90 (12)$101$$$$$St. Petersburg$junior primary homonym of Vespa chinensis Fabricius, 1793$China$auf dem Wege zwischen Peking und She-che Tien-zsin, Tal Lu-li-cho, 65 Werst s�dlich von Peking$Archer$1992$
Vespa$crabroniformis$crabro$$Vespa crabroniformis$Smith$1852$Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. (N. S.) 2 (2)$40$$$$$London$$China$Northern China$Archer$1992$
Vespa$crabro$crabro$$Vespa crabro$Linnaeus$1758$Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1$572$$female$holotype$$Linnaean Society, London$introduced from Europe$$Europae$Archer$1992$
Vespa$flavofasciata$crabro$$Vespa flavofasciata$Cameron$1903$Entomologist 36$280$$female$$$London$$Japan$N�gata (Shinanogawa)$Archer$1992$
Vespa$germana$crabro$$Vespa crabro germana$Christ$1791$Naturgesch Ins.$215$pl. 18 fig. 3$$$$type lost$$Germany$Kronenberg$Archer$1992$
Vespa$gribodoi$crabro$$Vespa crabro var. gribodoi$Bequaert$1931$Konowia 10 (2)$105$$$$$$replacement name for Vespa crabro var. anglica Gribodo$$$Archer$1992$
Vespa$major$crabro$$Vespa crabro major$Retzius$1783$C. Degeer Gen. Spec. Ins.$63$$$$$$$Sweden$$Archer$1992$
Vespa$meridionalis$crabro$$Vespa crabro meridionalis$Birula$1925$Arch. Naturgesch. (Abt. A) 90 (12)$100$$female$$$St. Petersburg$$$Transkaukasien, Lagodechi, Gouv. Tiflis, Lenkoran Kutais, Transkaspien, Krassnovodsk$Archer$1992$
Vespa$oberthuri$crabro$$Vespa oberthuri$Buysson$1902$Bull. Soc. Ent. France$140$$female$$$Paris$$China$Se-tchouen, Siao-Lou$Archer$1992$
Vespa$pratensis$crabro$$Vespa pratensis$Geoffroy$1785$in Fourcroy, Ent. Paris 2$437$$$$$unknown$$France$$Archer$1992$
Vespa$tartarea$crabro$$Vespa crabro var. tartarea$Buysson$1905$Ann. Soc. Ent. France 73 (3)$506$$female$$$coll. Martinez Escalera$$Japan$Yokohama$Archer$1992$
Vespa$vexator$crabro$$Vespa vexator$Harris$1776$Exposit. Eng. Ins.$127$pl. XXXVII figs. 2-3$female$$$type lost$$England$$Archer$1992$
Vespa$vulgata$crabro$$Vespa crabro vulgata$Birula$1925$Arch. Naturgesch. (Abt. A) 90 (12)$100$$$$$St. Petersburg$$$West-Europa$Archer$1992$
Vespula$alascensis$vulgaris$$Vespa alascensis$Packard$1870$Trans. Chicago Acad. Sci. 2$27$pl. II fig. 10$female$$$unknown$$U. S. A.$Alaska$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$communis$vulgaris$$Vespa communis$Saussure$1857$Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 18$117$$female$$$$junior primary homonym of Vespa communis von Schrank, 1785$$America septentr.$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$flavida$maculifrons$$communis var. flavida$Sladen$1918$Ottawa Nat. 32$71$$female$$$Ottawa$$Canada$Common in eastern Canada$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$germanica$germanica$$Vespa germanica$Fabricius$1793$Ent. Syst. 2$256$$$$$$unjustified emendation of Vespa maculata Scopoli$$$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$macularis$germanica$$Vespa macularis$Olivier$1792$Encycl. M‚th. Ins. 6$695$$$$$unknown$introduced from Europe$Germany$Kiliae$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$maculata$germanica$$Vespa maculata$Scopoli$1763$Ent. Carniol.$312$$$$$type lost?$junior primary homonym of Vespa maculata Linnaeus, 1763$$Carnioliae$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$maculifrons$maculifrons$$Vespa maculifrons$Harris$1853$in Hitchcock, Rep. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., ed. 2$589$$$$$$nomen nudum$$$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$maculifrons$maculifrons$$Vespa maculifrons$Buysson$1905$Ann. Soc. Ent. France 73$608$$$$$$available under Art. 11(e)$U. S. A.$Delaware, Wilmington$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$mixta$vulgaris$$Vespa mixta$Edwards$1980$Soc. Wasps$363$$$$$$nomen nudum$$$$$
Vespula$pseudogermanica$vulgaris$$Vespa vulgaris var. pseudogermanica$Stolfa$1932$Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital. 11 (1)$26$$female$$$unknown$$Italy$Lago superiore di Weissenfels (Tarvisio) Senosecchia$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$sexcincta$vulgaris$$Vespa sexcincta$Panzer$1799$Fauna Ins. German. 63$1$fig. 1$male$$$type lost$$Austria$Viennae$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$vidua$vidua$$Vespa vidua$Saussure$1854$�t. Fam. Vesp. 2$136$$female$$$Paris$$U. S. A.$La Caroline$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$vulgaris$vulgaris$$Vespa vulgaris$Linnaeus$1758$Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1$572$$female$lectotype$$Linnaean Society, London$Holarctic species$$Europa$Krombein$1979$
Vespula$westwoodii$vulgaris$$Vespa westwoodii$Shipp$1893$Psyche 6$450$$female$holotype$$Oxford$$$N. Amer. Bor.$Krombein$1979$