Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)

Gawas, Sandesh M., Kumar, P. Girish, Gupta, Ankita & Sureshan, P. M., 2019, Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species, Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 269-294 : 281-282

27) Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)

( Figs 53 & 54 )

Uespa ferruginea Fabricius, 1793: 280 (junior primary homonym of Uespa ferruginea Gmelin, 1790). Type locality: India (ZMUC).

Material examined. INDIA: Goa: Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary & Mollem National Park , 10-14. iii.2017, 4 ♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa (new record), Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Global: Australia; China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Marianas; Myanmar; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. ( Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a).

Figures

FIGURES 49–54. Habitus. ♀, 49–50, Ropalidia brevita; ♀, 51–52, Ropalidia cyathiformis; ♀, 53–54, Ropalidia marginata.