On the species-group taxa of Taiwanese social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) described and / or treated by J. Sonan Author Kojima, Jun-Ichi Author Saito, Fuki Author Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong text Zootaxa 2011 2920 42 64 journal article 46640 10.5281/zenodo.201805 f9385d5f-2207-403f-b7e9-4bd5440581be 1175-5326 201805 Vespa affinis (Linnaeus) Apis affinis Linnaeus 1764 : 417 Vespa formosana Sonan 1927 : 125 –128 [ lectotype Ƥ (here designated) in TARI; synonymized under Vespa affinis (Linnaeus) by Bequaert (1936: 345) and the synonymy was confirmed by Bequaert (1939: 42) ]; Sonan, 1929 : 145 –146. Vespa affinis (Linnaeus) : Starr 1992 : 102 –103.