Polistes mandarinus

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 : 48

Polistes mandarinus var. eboshinus Sonan 1943 [ Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan 1943 ]

Sonan (1943: 483) described Polistes mandarinus var. eboshinus based on 62 Ƥ and 5 3 from Arisan, Bakulas, Baron in Shinchiku Province, Bukai in Taichu Province, Doba (foot of Taiheizan), Eboshi (foot of Taiheizan), Funkiko, Karenkou, Matanguru in Taitou, Musha, Oiwake (Musha), Rarasan, Rikiriki in Takao Province, Saukan in Taiheizan, and Taiheizan, but he neither gave any collection data of each specimen nor designated the holotype. Starr (1992) referred to type materials housed in TARI, mentioning “ types examined: holotype Ƥ, 7 paratype Ƥ, 2 paratype 3”. As Starr (1992) did not give any data that specify the specimen that he referred to as “ holotype ”, his statement does not constitute valid lectotype designation [Article 74.5 of the Code ( ICZN 1999)].

In TARI, we located 54 Ƥ and 6 3 that are, judging from the collection data and attached Sonan's identification labels, from the type series. However, the number of the male specimens (six) is larger than that given in Sonan (five). Eight Ƥ and 2 3 that possess Type / Paratype /Allotype labels could be the specimens that Starr (1992) referred to as type materials. The type series certainly included two distinct species; the species to which the specimens marked with asterisks belong might be “sp. A” in Starr (1992) and could be an undescribed species.

Type material. LECTOTYPE of Polistes mandarinus var. eboshinus Sonan, 1943 (here designated): Ƥ labeled “Taiheizan / 26 VIII 1923 / Col. J. Sonan”, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. var. Ƥ / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ” and “ POLISTES / EBOSHINUS / Sonan / Det. Starr, 1991”. PARALECTOTYPES: In drawer 93–23: 1 3, “Funkiko / 16 XI 1926 / Col. J. Sonan”, Allotype label, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. var. 3 / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, “132”; 1 Ƥ, “ Formosa / Musha, 1919. / V 18–VI 15. / T. Okuni, / J. Sonan, / K. Miy., M. Yosh.”, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. Ƥ / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, Paratype label, “130”; 1 Ƥ, “ Formosa / Musha, 1919. / V 18–VI 15. / T. Okuni, / J. Sonan, / K. Miy., M. Yosh.”, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. Ƥ / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, Paratype label, “130”; 1 Ƥ, “Namakaban / 19.IX.1924 / T. Shiraki / J. Sonan”, Paratype label, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. Ƥ / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, “131”; 1Ƥ, “Saukan / Taiheizan / 16–18 VII 1938 / J. Sonan”, Paratype label, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. Ƥ / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, “129”; 1 3, “Taiheizan / VII 20. 1935 col. J. Sonan”, Paratype label, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. var. 3 / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, “133”; 3 Ƥ [in addition to the following labels, one with Type label and “124”, and the other two with Paratype label, and “125” or “128”], “Takeyama / 16 V 1926 / Co. J. Sonan”, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. Ƥ / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”; 2 Ƥ [these 2 Ƥ specimens apparently belong to a species different from that of the lectotype; their specific affiliation await future taxonomic studies], “Eboshi / Taiheizan / 12–14 VII 1938 / J. Sonan”, Paratype label, “ Polistes mandarinus / Sauss. Ƥ / eboshinus Sonan / DET. J. SONAN ”, “126” [or “127'], “ Polistes (Polistella) / spec. / Det. S. Yamane”. In drawer 94–08 (all the paralectotypes in this drawer except one indicated by “[without ID label]” have a label “ Polistes Ƥ [or “3” accordingly] / mandarinus Sauss. / var. eboshinus Sonan / Det. J. Sonan”): 1 Ƥ, “ Formosa / Arisan, 1918. / X 2–23. / J. Sonan / M. Yoshino”; 1 3, “Arisan / 191[?]. X.10 / Col. I. Nitobe”; 1 Ƥ, “ 14 / IV 1910 / Bakulas / Col. I. Nitobe”; 2 Ƥ “ Formosa / Karenko, - 19. / VII 20 –VIII 4, / T. Okuni, / J. Sonan, / K. Miy., M. Yosh.”; 1 Ƥ, “Baron / FORMOSA / 10 IV 1941 / Col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Bukai / FORMOSA / 28 VIII 1940 / Col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Dobo / 19 VII 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ “Rikiriki / 20.III.1924 / N. Takeda”; 1 Ƥ, “Funkiko / 16 XI 1926 / J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Matanguru / Kanzangoe / 28.VI.1936 / Col. R. Takahashi”; 3 Ƥ, “ Formosa, / Musha, 1919. / V 18–VI 15, / T. Okuni, / J. Sonan, / K. Miy., M. Yosh.”; 1 Ƥ, “Rakurku / 18.IX.1924 / T. Shiraki / J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Rato / 18. VII 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Saukan / Taiheizan / 16–18 VII 1938 / J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ [without ID label], “Taiheizan / FORMOSA / 30 VII 1935 ”; 1 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / 20 VII 1938 / J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / 21 VIII 1935 / T. Hiwatari”; 1 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / 26.VIII 1927 / Col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / 27 IV 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / III-30-1936 / Col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / VII. 21. 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 1 3, “Taiheizan / VII 21 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 2 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / 5.VI. 1937 / Col. Ikeda Narumi [collector's name given in Chinese characters]”; 2 3, “Taiheizan / 20.V.1935 col. J. Sonan”; 6 Ƥ, “Taiheizan / VII. 20. 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ* [headless, pinned with a small nest], “ 14/IV 1910 / Bakulas / Col. I. Nitobe”; 2 Ƥ*, “Dobo / 19 VII 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 5 Ƥ*, “Eboshi / Taiheizan / 12–14 VII 1938 / Col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ*, “ Formosa / Karenko, -19. / VII 20–VIII 4. / T. Okuni, / J. Sonan, / K. Miy., M. Yoshi”; 2 Ƥ*, “Rato / 18 VII 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ*, “Taiheizan / 20 VII 1935 col. J. Sonan”; 1 Ƥ*, “ Formosa / Musha. 1919 / V 18–VI 15 / T. Okuni, / J. Sonan, / K. Miy., M. Yoshi”.