stigma townsvillensis Giordani Soika

Polistes townsvillensis Giordani Soika, 1975: 22, female, male - “ N. Queensland: Townsville” (holotype female Melbourne); also from Amaden; and N. T.; W. A. [two paratypes transferred to Polistes bernardii duplicinctus by Richards, 1978] - Borsato & Ratti, 1999: 102 (list).

Polistes townsvillensis townsvillensis; Richards, 1978: 9 (key), 36 (in subgenus Polistella; Qld., N. T., W. A.). - Cardale, 1985: 212 (in subgenus Polistella; cat.).

Polistes townsvillensis austrinus Richards, 1978: 9 (key), 37, female, male (in subgenus Polistella) - “ Queensland Q1, Bundaberg” (holotype female Canberra). - Cardale, 1985: 213 (in subgenus Polistella; cat.). - Petersen, 1987: 234 (? syn. of stigma townsvillensis Giordani Soika). - Field & Darby, 1991: 195 (screened for biocontrol agent Sphecophaga vesparum).

Polistes stigma townsvillensis; Petersen, 1987: 227. - Carpenter, 1996a: 53 (stigmus; in subgenus Polistella); 1996b: 17 (in subgenus Polistella; list). - Jourdan & Mille, 2006: 209 (New Caledonia). - Brown, 2009: 30 (in subgenus Polistella; North Coast, Northern Gulf). - Gusenleitner & Madl, 2011: 138 (New Caledonia; cat.).

Distribution: NE coastal, N Gulf, N coastal, SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin; Qld., W. A., N. T., N. S. W., Vic.; introduced into New Caledonia.