Ropalidia variegata ( Smith, 1852 )

Bui, Hoa Thi Quynh, Tran, Ngat Thi, Bozdoğan, Hakan & Nguyen, Lien Thi Phuong, 2020, Additional knowledge respecting taxonomy of the social wasp genus Ropalidia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from Vietnam, with new records of three species and an updated key to species, Zootaxa 4722 (1), pp. 34-40 : 34-40

Ropalidia variegata ( Smith, 1852)

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Epipona variegata Smith, 1852 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 9: 48, female—“Poona” [ India] (London).

Icaria variegata ; de Saussure, 1854, Ét. Fam. Vesp. 2: 237, pl. 4, fig. 3a (nest) [error: “La China ”].

Icaria pendula Smith, 1857 , Cat. Hym. Br. Mus. 5: 98, female—“ India (Bareily)” (London).

Ropalidia variegata ; Bequaert, 1918, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 39: 247.

Ropalidia variegata variegata ; van der Vecht, 1941, Treubia 18: 112 (key), 154 (distr.).

This species was recorded from two provinces in the northwest and is newly recorded from Vietnam.

Material examined: Dien Bien: 2 females, Muong Nhe NR, 22°18’21.1’’N, 102°23’47.0’’E, 23.VII.2009, LTP Nguyen , PH Pham & J Kojima; Son La : 1 female, Co Ma, Thuan Chau, 1200 m, 5.VI.2008, LTP Nguyen & PH Pham .

Distribution: Pakistan; India: Kashmir, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala; Nepal; Myanmar; Malaysia; Indonesia: Sulawesi; Vietnam (new record); China.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Figs. 1–2. Ropalidia binghami, female. 1. Head, frontal view. 2. Habitus. Figs. 3–4. Ropalidia parartifex, female. 1. Head, frontal view. 2. Habitus. Figs. 5–6. Ropalidia sumatrae, female. 1. Head, frontal view. 2. Habitus. Figs. 7–8. Ropalidia variegata, female. 1. Head, frontal view. 2. Habitus. Scale: 1mm