Polistes (Polistes) nimpha

Polistes (Polistes) nimpha (Christ, 1791) Literature records Derwesh (1965), mentioning ‘Zoologische Sumlong d. Bayer. Staates’; Gusenleitner (1976); Al-Ali (1977). Material examined IRAQ: Kurdistan, Duhok, SW of Ashewa, 1100 m, 37.013611°N 43.284444°E, 1–4 June 2024, 1 ♀ (MSVI); Kurdistan, Duhok, 5 km E of Ashewa, Mt. Gara, 1750–1950 m, 37.0158°N 43.3305°E, 30 May-12 June 2024, 1 ♂ (MSVI). Distribution Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal (including Madeira), Switzerland, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Morocco, Israel, Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China (Schmid-Egger et al. 2017).