Ropalidia plebeiana, Richards, 1978

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2022, Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Zootaxa 5214 (4), pp. 451-495 : 467-468

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5214.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:80EE5BF7-A183-4089-950E-25DBD65EFCFC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7401398

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/036C87E0-B13F-FF9D-D3CF-555061C9C533

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ropalidia plebeiana
status

 

plebeiana Richards

Icaria plebeja de Saussure, 1863: 235 , female - “ Nouvelle-Hollande ” (lectotype Genève) [junior primary homonym of Icaria plebeja de Saussure, 1862 ]. - Froggatt, 1892: 232 (cat.). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 120 (cat.; cites de Saussure, 1862, but distribution is in Australia); 1904: 73 (cat.; as 1894). - Richards, 1978: 75 (“Probably” syn. of plebeiana Richards ). - Kojima, 1999b: 371 (notes on syntypes); 2001a: 10 (designation of lectotype; synonymy confirmed).

Polistes tasmaniensis View in CoL ; Froggatt, 1925: xxix (nesting aggregation) [misidentification]. - Gallard, 1930: 10 (nesting aggregation) [misidentification]. - Richards, 1978: 7 (“I feel confident that this observation refers to Ropalidia plebiana View in CoL [!]”).

Rhopalidia [!] sp.; McKeown, 1942: 195 (nest).

Ropalidia plebeiana Richards, 1978: 54 (nest), 58 ( plebiana View in CoL [!]; in subgenus Icariola ; list; syn.: R. plebeja ( de Saussure, 1863) non 1862, 62 (key), 65, (larva in key), 75, Figs 7–8, 17, female, male, intersex - “ New South Wales, Nelligen” (holotype female Canberra); also from other localities in NSW, and Vic., A. C. T., Qld. - Hook & Evans, 1982: 271 (ethology). - Itô, 1985: 21 (ethology). - Cardale, 1985: 216 ( plebiana View in CoL [!]; in subgenus Icariola ; cat.). - Itô & Higashi, 1987: 519 (ethology). - Kojima, 1987a: 143, Figs 23–33 (larva). - Itô et al., 1988: 279 (ethology). - Yamane et al., 1990: 679 (ethology). - Yamane et al., 1991: 105 (ethology). - Yamane, 1991: 144 (ethology). - Field & Darby, 1991: 195 (screened for biocontrol agent Sphecophaga vesparum View in CoL ). - Spradbery, 1991b: 349, 352, 354 (colony population). - Wenzel, 1991: 487 (nest). - Kojima, 1993b: 213 (ethology). - Itô, 1993: 76 (ethology). - Borsato, 1994 [1993]: 250 (in subgenus Icariola ; Qld.). - Kojima & Spradbery, 1994: 113 (nest; A. C. T.). - Makino et al., 1994: 411 (ethology). - Yamane, 1996:10–15 (nest). - Kojima & Carpenter, 1997a: 47 (cat.). - Wenzel, 1998: 26 (nest examined). - Kojima, 1998: 96, 218 (larva); 1999b: 367, 370, Figs 18–20, 22, 25 (syn.: R. hirsuta Richards View in CoL ); 1999c: 382 (key), 384 (distr.), Figs 3, 16, 29, 37–38, 40; 2000b: 389, Figs 19–22 (phylogenetic relationships). - Itô et al., 2002: 3 (ethology). - Fukuda et al., 2003: 217–222 (ethology). - Saito & Kojima, 2005b: 263–275 (N. S. W., Qld.; ethology). - Billen, 2006: 78 (morphology). - Brown, 2009: 30 (North Coast). - Oberprieler & Spradbery, 2009: 202–207 (nesting cycle). - Ubaidillah et al., 2009: 45 (ichneumonid parasitoid: Arthula pebeja ).

Ropalidia hirsuta Richards, 1978: 62 View in CoL (key), 81, female (in subgenus Icariola ) - “ Northern Territory, Port Darwin” (London). - Cardale, 1985: 215 (in subgenus Icariola ; cat.). - Kojima & Carpenter, 1997a: 29 (cat.). - Kojima, 1999b: 367, 370, Fig. 18 (syn. of plebeiana Richards ).

Distribution: SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin; Qld., N. S. W., A. C. T., Vic.,? N. T.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Vespidae

Genus

Ropalidia

Loc

Ropalidia plebeiana

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R. 2022
2022
Loc

Ropalidia plebeiana

Brown, G. R. 2009: 30
Oberprieler, S. K. & Spradbery, J. P. 2009: 202
Ubaidillah, R. & Yamaguchi, G. & Kojima, J. 2009: 45
Billen, J. 2006: 78
Saito, F. & Kojima, J. 2005: 263
Ito, Y. & Yamane, S. & Tsuchida, K. 2002: 3
Wenzel, J. W. 1998: 26
Kojima, J. 1998: 96
Kojima, J. & Carpenter, J. M. 1997: 47
Yamane, S. 1996: 10
Kojima, J. & Spradbery, J. P. 1994: 113
Makino, S. & Yamane, S. & Ito, Y. & Spradbery, J. P. 1994: 411
Kojima, J. 1993: 213
Ito, Y. 1993: 76
Yamane, S. & Ito, Y. & Spradbery, J. P. 1991: 105
Field, R. P. & Darby, S. M. 1991: 195
Spradbery, J. P. 1991: 349
Wenzel, J. W. 1991: 487
Yamane, S. & Ito, Y. & Spradbery, J. P. 1990: 679
Ito, Y. & Yamane, S. & Spradbery, J. P. 1988: 279
Ito, Y. & Higashi, S. 1987: 519
Kojima, J. 1987: 143
Ito, Y. 1985: 21
Cardale, J. C. 1985: 216
Hook, A. W. & Evans, H. E. 1982: 271
Richards, O. W. 1978: 54
1978
Loc

Ropalidia hirsuta

Kojima, J. 1999: 367
Kojima, J. & Carpenter, J. M. 1997: 29
Cardale, J. C. 1985: 215
Richards, O. W. 1978: 62
1978
Loc

Rhopalidia

McKeown, K. C. 1942: 195
1942
Loc

Polistes tasmaniensis

Richards, O. W. 1978: 7
Gallard, L. 1930: 10
1930
Loc

Icaria plebeja

Kojima, J. 1999: 371
Richards, O. W. 1978: 75
Dalla Torre, K. W. 1894: 120
Froggatt, W. W. 1892: 232
Saussure, H. de 1863: 235
1863
GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF