Polistes Latreille

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 : 43-45

Genus Polistes Latreille

Polistes (Gyrostoma) gigas (Kirby)

Cyclostoma gigas Kirby in Kirby & Spence 1826: 36. Polistes (Gyrostoma) confusus Smith : Sonan 1927: 121. Polistes gigas Kirby : Sonan 1943: 469 –471.

Polistes (Gyrostoma) gigas Kirby : Starr 1992: 123 –124.

Polistes (Gyrostoma) jokahamae Radoszkowski

Polistes jokahamae Radszkowski 1887: 435 .

Polistes hebraeus (Fabricius) : Sonan 1931: 6.

Polistes olivaceous (!) (De Geer): Sonan 1943: 477 –479. Polistes (Megapolistes) jadwigae Dalla Torre : Starr 1992: 122.

Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron

Polistes rothneyi Cameron 1900: 410 .

Polistes jokahamae Radoszkowski : Sonan 1943: 475 –477. Polistes jokahamae var. yaeyamae Matsumura : Sonan 1943: 477 –479. Polistes (Megapolistes) rothneyi Cameron : Starr 1992: 122.

Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus Lepeletier

Polistes tenebricosus Lepeletier 1836: 529 .

Polistes tenebricosus Lepeletier : Sonan 1943: 471 –472. Polistes (Nygmopolistes) sulcatus Smith : Starr 1992: 122 –123.

Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan

? Polistes mandarinus de Saussure 1853: Sonan 1938: 69.

Polistes mandarinus var. eboshinus Sonan 1943: 483 –484 [lectotype Ƥ (here designated) in TARI]. Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan : Starr 1992: 128.

Polistes (Polistella) formosanus Sonan

Polistes formosanus Sonan 1927: 122 –125 [lectotype Ƥ by designation of Saito et al. (2007) in TARI]. Polistes japonicus var. formosanus Sonan: Sonan 1943 : 479–481.

Polistes (Polistella) japonicus de Saussure: Starr 1992: 124 –126, part.?

Polistes (Polistella) huisunensis Kuo

Polistes huisunensis Kuo in Kuo & Yeh 1987: 80 [holotype 3 in the National Chiayi Institute of Agriculture]. Polistes (Polistella) huisunensis Kuo : Starr 1992: 129 –130.

Polistes (Polistella) japonicus de Saussure

Polistes japonicus de Saussure 1858: 260.

Polistes hengchunensis Kuo in Kuo & Yeh 1987: 80 –81 (holotype 3 in the National Chiayi Institute of Agriculture; synonymized by Starr, 1992).

Polistes shekouensis Kuo in Kuo & Yeh 1987: 81 –82 (holotype 3 in the National Chiayi Institute of Agriculture; synonymized by Starr 1992).

Polistes (Polistella) japonicus de Saussure: Starr 1992: 124 –126, part.

Polistes (Polistella) shirakii Sonan

Polistes shirakii Sonan 1943: 482 –481 [lectotype Ƥ (here designated) in TARI]. Polistes (Polistella) shirakii Sonan : Starr, 1992: 126 –127.

Polistes (Polistella) stigma (Fabricius)

Vespa stigma Fabricius 1793: 275 .

Polistes stigmus (Fabricius) : Sonan 1943: 473 –474. Polistes (Polistella) stigma (Fabricius) : Starr 1992: 127 –128.

Polistes (Polistella) strigosus Bequaert

Polistes strigosus Bequaert 1940: 269 .

Polistes strigosus Bequaert : Sonan 1943: 472 –473. Polistes (Polistella) strigosus Bequaert : Starr 1992: 126.

Polistes (Polistella) takasagonus Sonan

Polistes takasagonus Sonan 1943: 482 –483 [lectotype Ƥ (here designated) in TARI]. Polistes (Polistella) takasagonus Sonan : Starr 1992: 128.

Polistes (Polistes) chinensis (Fabricius)

Vespa chinensis Fabricius 1793: 261 .

Polistes chinensis (Fabricius) : Sonan 1943: 474 –475. Polistes (Polistes) chinensis (Fabricius) : Starr 1992: 131.