| Abstract | The primary types of social wasp subfamilies Vespinae, Polistinae and Stenogastrinae housed in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum in Leiden and the Zoölogisch Museum in Amsterdam are listed. Their complete label data are given unless they are available elsewhere. Lectotypes of Polistes snelleni de Saussure, 1862, P. malayanus Cameron, 1906, P. melanopterus Cameron, 1911, P. javanicus Cameron, 1905, Icaria capensis de Saussure, 1862, 7. plebeja de Saussure, 1862, Stenogater micans de Saussure, 1852, and Ischnogaster foveatus du Buysson, 1907, are designated. |