Vespa ochrosticta Weber:104 - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.:127 ( listed as synonym of Polybia phthisica (Fabricius, 1793)).
Vespa fasciata Olivier:676 - As Polistes fasciata: - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.:127 ( listed as synonym of Polybia phthisica (Fabricius, 1793)).
Polistes hectica Fabricius, 1804:278, sex not indicated.America meridionali (Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt, leg. Smidt). - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.:127 ( listed as synonym of Polybia phthisica (Fabricius, 1793)).
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Polybia indeterminabilis Saussure, 1854:201, Lectotype ♀, examined (MNHN, Paris), designated by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:316. - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:316 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus phthisicus (Fabricius, 1793)).