Ropalidia parartifex Tan & van Achterberg, 2014

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 parartifex Tan & van Achterberg, 2014

( Figs 3–4 )

Ropalidia parartifex Tan & van Achterberg, 2014 , Zookeys 391: 23, female –“Longmen, Shangyong, Yunnan ” [ China] (Zoological Collection of School of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an).

This species was recorded from one province in the northwest and is newly recorded from Vietnam.

Material examined: Son La: 1 female , Phu Yen, Gia Phu, Vo Nguyen Giap forest , 350 m. 17.VI.2015, DT Nguyen .

Distribution: Thailand; China (Yunnan); Vietnam (new record).

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