On the species-group taxa of Taiwanese social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) described and / or treated by J. Sonan
Author
Kojima, Jun-Ichi
Author
Saito, Fuki
Author
Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong
text
Zootaxa
2011
2920
42
64
journal article
46640
10.5281/zenodo.201805
f9385d5f-2207-403f-b7e9-4bd5440581be
1175-5326
201805
Ropalidia taiwana
var.
koshunensis
Sonan 1935
[
Ropalidia taiwana
Sonan 1935
]
Sonan (1935a)
listed the female from “Kuraru (Koshun)” as the
holotype
, and 11 Ƥ and 4 3
paratypes
. In TARI, there are, as listed below, the
holotype
Ƥ and 9 Ƥ and 6
3 specimens
marked as “Allotype” or “
Paratype
”.
Sonan (1935a: 202)
, as the allotype and
paratypes
collected in Kuraru on “
Oct. 13 1926
” and “
Oct. 14 1926
”, listed 6 Ƥ and 4 3 and 3 Ƥ, respectivey. The recognized discrepancy between the number of specimens given in the original description and that actually exist in TARI could have been because of incorrect labeling or a misprint. Also,
Sonan (1935a: 202)
listed a specimen with collection data “Koshun,
March 25 1930
” as female, but it is actually male.
Type
material.
HOLOTYPE
Ƥ: “Kuraru /
13.X.1926
/ Col. J. Sonan”, “
Ropalidia
/
taiwana
Sonan
/
var.
formosensis
/ Sonan / DET. J.
SONAN
”,
Type
label, “97”.
PARATYPES
: 6 Ƥ, 5 3 same collection data label as
holotype
; 2 Ƥ, same collection label as hoplotype but “
14.X.1926
”; 1 Ƥ “Koshun
1918 / IV.25–V.25
/ J. Sonan / K. Miyake / M. Yoshino”; 1 3 “KOUSHUN /
25.III.1930
/Col. T. Shiraki”.: