albifrons (Fabricius)

Vespa albifrons Fabricius 1775: 366 —“Nova Hollandia ” (holotype male, coll. Banks, London); 1781: 462; 1787, Mant. Ins. 1: 289.— Gmelin 1790: 2759.— Christ 1791: 242.—Olivier 1792 [1791]: 684.— Fabricius 1793: 263; 1804, Syst. Piez: 259.

Alastor albifrons; de Saussure 1856: 335 (in subgenus Paralastor; description of type; “ la Nouvelle Hollande ” according to Fabricius; “je le crois plutôt originaire de l’Archipel du Grand Ocean ”).— Dalla Torre 1894: 110 (cat.); 1904: 60 (cat.).

Paralaster albifrons; Perkins 1914a: 566, 584.— Bequaert 1928a: 55 (type is male).— Cardale 1985: 182 (cat.).