Vespa crinita Felton, 1765:54, pl. VI, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:514, Type perhaps ♀ (lost). - As Polistes crinita: - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp. (distribution). - As Polistes crinitus crinitus: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution).
Vespa tricolor Fabricius, 1775:369, sex not indicated.Jamaica; Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:514, Type, sex unknown (depository unknown). - Guérin-Méneville, 1856Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1856. Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Secunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo VII. Crustaceos, Aragnides é Insectos. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-371.:323 ( listed as synonym of Polistes americanus (Fabricius, 1775)); Guérin-Méneville, 1857Guérin-Méneville, M.F.E. 1857. Animaux Articulés. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 1-868.:773 ( listed as synonym of Polistes americanus (Fabricius, 1775)); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:514 ( listed as synonym of Polistes crinitus crinitus (Felton, 1765)).
Vespa dominica Vallot, 1802:173, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:514, Type perhaps ♀ (probably lost).
Polistes media Palisot de Beauvois, 1818:207
Polistes madoci Kirby, 1884:411, ♀. ♀, St. Thomas, March 1873; Bequaert, 1928Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10: v. 2 (7):138-176.:174, Holotype ♀ (British Museum); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:515, Type ♀ (BMNH). Synonymized with Polistes crinitus americanus (Fabricius, 1775) by Bequaert, 1928Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10: v. 2 (7):138-176.:174. - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:515 ( listed as synonym of Polistes crinitus americanus (Fabricius, 1775)). - As Polistes madocii: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution).