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Polybia fastidiosuscula nigriceps Zavattari, 1906:16, ♀. 14 ♀♀, Guayaquil, Vince e Balzar, Holotype ♀, examined (MIZSU, Turin), designated by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:68. - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:68 ( listed as synonym of Polybia occidentalis nigratella du Buysson, 1905).
Polybia occidentalis nausicaa Richards, 1951:140, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:68, Holotype ♀, examined (BMNH). Synonymized with Polybia occidentalis nigratella du Buysson, 1905 by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:68. - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1517 ( listed as synonym of Polybia occidentalis nigratella du Buysson, 1905).