Vespula flaviceps (Smith)

Vespa flaviceps Smith in Horne & Smith 1870: 174, 191.

Vespa karenkona Sonan 1929: 148 [holotype Ƥ in TARI; treated as a subspecies of Vespula flaviceps (Smith) by Yamane et al. (1980: 16); synonymized under Vespula flaviceps (Smith) by Starr (1992: 109) in ambiguous manner].

Vespa 4-maculata Sonan 1929: 148 –149 [holotype Ƥ in TARI; synonymized under Vespula flaviceps karenkona (Sonan) by Yamane et al. (1980: 16)].

Vespula flaviceps (Smith): Starr 1992: 109 –110.