Vespa mandarinia Smith

Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852a: 38; Starr 1992: 105 –106.

Vespa magnifica var. nobilis Sonan 1929: 140 –141 [holotype Ƥ in TARI; treated as a subspecies of Vespa mandarinia by van der Vecht (1959:220); synonymized under Vespa mandarinia Smith by Starr (1992: 105) in ambiguous manner.]

? Vespa ducalis ab. soror du Buysson: Sonan 1929: 140.