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 mandarinia Smith Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852a : 38 ; Starr 1992 : 105 –106. Vespa magnifica var. nobilis Sonan 1929 : 140 –141 [ holotype Ƥ in TARI; treated as a subspecies of Vespa mandarinia by van der Vecht (1959:220) ; synonymized under Vespa mandarinia Smith by Starr (1992: 105) in ambiguous manner.] ? Vespa ducalis ab. soror du Buysson: Sonan 1929 : 140 .