Vespa velutina Lepeletier

Vespa velutina Lepeletier 1836: 507: Starr 1992: 106 –107.

Vespa flavitarsus Sonan 1929: 142 –143 [holotype Ƥ in TARI; treated as a subspecies of Vespa velutina by van der Vecht (1959: 230); synonymized under Vespa velutina Lepeletier by Starr (1992: 106) in ambiguous manner.]