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 ducalis ab[erration] soror du Buysson 1905 [probably Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852 ] We failed to locate, in TARI, the following specimens that Sonan (1929) regarded as “ab. soror ”: 1 worker , Sozan, 29.IX.1926 (J. Sonan); 1 queen , Taihoku, 12.VII.1910 (J. Sonan); 1 queen , Taihoku, 23.VII.1927 (K. Shibata); 1 queen , Taihoku, 1.VIII.1927 (K. Shibata); 1 worker , Taihoku, 28.VIII.1927 (J. Sonan); 1 worker , Taihoku, 28.V.1928 (K. Shibata); 1 worker , Taihoku, 10.VII.1925 (J. Sonan). These specimens might belong to V. mandarinia as Starr (1992) pointed out.