Vespa matsumurai Sonan 1935

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, Zootaxa 2920, pp. 42-64 : 60

Vespa matsumurai Sonan 1935 (= Vespa ducalis Smith 1852 )

Type material. Sonan (1935 b), having compared with Vespa ducalis var. pulchra , described this nominal taxon from Tokyo, Japan. He gave the same collection data “Ƥ, Tokyo, Oct. 13 1932 ( Y. Nakamura)” for the holotype and the paratype. In TARI, there are the following three female specimens: 1 Ƥ labeled “Nishigahara / Tokyo / 13 X. 1932 / Y. Nakamura”, Type label, “ Vespa / matsumurai / Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, and “ 164 ”; 1 Ƥ labeled “Nishigahara / Tokyo / 13 X. 1932 / Y. Nakamura”, Paratype label, “ Vespa / matsumurai / Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, and “ 165 ”; and 1 Ƥ labeled “ISE / 1928 / J. YAMANOUCHI”, “ Vespa / matsumurai / Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, Paratype label, and “ 166 ”. As Sonan (1935 b) did not mention the specimen from Ise, the specimen does not have any type status.