humilis synoecus de Saussure

Polistes Synoecus de Saussure, 1853: 65, pl. VI Fig. 6, female, male - “La Nouvelle-Hollande ” (lectotype male Paris). - Froggatt, 1892: 233 (cat.). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 134 (cat.); 1904: 71 (cat.). - Yoshikawa, 1962: 38 (list). - Richards, 1978: 46 (designation of lectotype).

Polistes variabilis reginae Meade-Waldo, 1911: 101, 104 (key), female - “Cooktown, N. Queensland ” (London). - Yoshikawa, 1962: 40 (list). - Richards, 1978: 46 (syn. of P. humilis synoecus (de Saussure)) .

Polistes variabilis synoecus; Meade-Waldo, 1911: 104 (key).

Polistes humilis variabilis; McKeown, 1942: 1–304. - Anon., 1950: 469–470 (nest; W. A.). - Glauert, 1950: 139 (biology; W. A.). - Douglas & Serventy, 1951: 169–174 (biology; W. A.). - Loaring, 1951: 20 (nest; W. A.). - Zeck, 1956: 90–91 (biology). - Morecombe, 1968: 57 (photograph). Misidentification.

Polistes humilis xanthorrhoicus Giordani Soika, 1975: 21, female - “ North Queensland ” (London). - Richards, 1978: 46 (xanthorhoicus [!]; syn. of P. humilis synoecus (de Saussure)) . - Borsato & Ratti, 1999: 101 (list).

Polistes humilis clarior Giordani Soika, 1975: 22, female - “ North Queensland ” (London). - Richards, 1978: 46 (syn. of P. humilis synoecus (de Saussure)) . - Borsato & Ratti, 1999: 101 (list).

Polistes reginae; Giordani Soika, 1975: 24 (compared to P. richardsi n. sp.).

Polistes humilis synoecus; Richards, 1978: 10 (key), 46 (in subgenus Polistella; redescription; nest; Tahiti; Moorea). - Cardale, 1985: 212 (in subgenus Polistella; cat.). - Itô, 1986a: 191–202, Figs 1–3 (ethology; Qld.). - Kojima, 1987a: 142, Figs 14–22 (larva). - Hutchison, 1989: 138 (nesting). - Field & Darby, 1991: 195 (screened for biocontrol agent Sphecophaga vesparum). - Borsato, 1994 [1993]: 250 (Qld.). - Carpenter, 1996a: 53 (in subgenus Polistella); 1996b: 12 (in subgenus Polistella; list). - Hunt et al., 1998: 466–472 (honey composition). - Cameron et al., 2008: 800– 808 (mitogenome). - Brown, 2009: 30 (in subgenus Polistella; North Coast). - Gusenleitner, 2011: 1291 (Tahiti). - Ward & Johnson, 2013: 566–572 (pollination of invasive milkweeds).

? Polistes variabilis; Solley, 1990: 650–654 (allergic reaction). - Billen, 2006: 78, Fig. 2D (morphology).

Polistes humilis; Whittle et al., 2013: 113–130 (surveying, Barrow Island).

Distribution: NE coastal, SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, SW coastal; Qld., N. S. W., W. A., N. T.; introduced into the Perth area in about 1950, also introduced into Moorea; Tahiti.