balder Kirby

Polistes balder Kirby, 1888: 552, female, nest - “ Christmas Island ” (London). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 123 (cat.); 1904: 69 (cat.). - Yoshikawa, 1962: 21 (list). - van der Vecht, 1968a: 97 (in subgenus Megapolistes). - Richards, 1978: 1 (bader [!]) 7 (key), 12 (in subgenus Megapolistes; redescription; “Cocos Keeling I.”). - Cardale, 1985: 209 (in subgenus Megapolistes; cat.). - Carpenter, 1996b: 4 (in subgenus Gyrostoma; list). - James et al., 2019: 75, 89 (list).

Distribution: Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) I.