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  • Syrphus
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Topic: Polistes dominulus/ula

Hello Chris.

I have just noticed that NBNG currently uses P. dominulus as the preferred name, while EOL

http://eol.org/pages/1032903/names/synonyms

and Else et al.

http://bdj.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=8050

use Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791).

M.

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2 Reply by ChrisR

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Re: Polistes dominulus/ula

Thanks for pointing that out Murdo - all fixed here

Polistes dominula (Christ, 1791)
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Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)