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Vespa affinis Linnaeus

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Kojima, Jun-Ichi, Saito, Fuki & Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, 2011, On the species-group taxa of Taiwanese social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) described and / or treated by J. Sonan, pp. 42-64 in Zootaxa 2920 on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201805

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Vespa
Species
affinis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1764) Museum S: ae R: ae M: tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae. L. Salvii, Holmiae, vi + 720 pp.
  • Sonan, J. (1927) Taiwan-san hachirui su-shu no gakumei oyobi kansatsu [only in Japanese, without English title. Translation to English: On scientific names and observations on biology of some hymenopteran insects in Taiwan; Starr (1992) gave the English translation of the title of this article as " Taxonomic notes and observations on Hymenoptera of Taiwan "]. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 17, 121 - 138, pls. 1 & 2. (In Japanese).
  • Bequaert, J. (1936) The common Oriental hornets, Vespa tropica and Vespa affinis. Treubia, 15, 329 - 351.
  • Bequaert, J. (1939) The Oriental Vespa analis Fabricius and its color forms, with a note on the synonymy of Vespa esakii Sonan and Vespa formosana Sonan. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 65, 37 - 42.
  • Sonan, J. (1929) On Ve sp a from Formosa (1). Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa, 19, 136 - 149, pl. 6. (In Japanese).
  • Starr, C. K. (1992) The social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Taiwan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, (3), 93 - 138.