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 velutina Lepeletier Vespa velutina Lepeletier 1836 : 507 : Starr 1992 : 106 –107. Vespa flavitarsus Sonan 1929 : 142 –143 [ holotype Ƥ in TARI; treated as a subspecies of Vespa velutina by van der Vecht (1959: 230) ; synonymized under Vespa velutina Lepeletier by Starr (1992: 106) in ambiguous manner.]