Ropalidia binghami van der Vecht, 1941

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 binghami van der Vecht, 1941

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Icaria sumatrae (Weber) ; Bingham, 1897. Fauna Br. India, Hym. 1: 387 (key), 389 [misidentification; not Vespa sumatrae Weber]. Ropalidia binghami van der Vecht, 1941 , Treubia 18: 109 (key), 113, male—“ Luang Prabang, Hat Thoun” [ Laos] (London). Ropalidia binghami binghami ; van der Vecht, 1962, Zool. Verh., Leiden 57: 8 (in subgenus Anthreneida ; distr.). Ropalidia sumatrae sumatrae ; Lee, 1982, Hornets from Agric. Regions China: 83 (key), 88, pl. 3 fig. 5 (in subgenus Anthre- neida) [misidentification].

There are two subspecies in Ropalidia binghami , the nominate subspecies occurred in Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and China, and R.b. wegneri van der Vecht, 1962 occurred only in Borneo. The specimens from Vietnam is fit with description of the nominotypical subspecies, R. b. binghami .

It was van der Vecht’s error as he gave the locality as Siam: 1 male, Luang Prabang, Hat Thoun [ Laos]. Tan et al. (2014) mentioned that the type locality of the species was Thailand (Siam) . This species was recorded from southern provinces in Tay Nguyen highland, and is newly recorded from Vietnam.

Material examined: Kon Tum: 6 females, Sa Thay , Chu Mom Ray NP, 19°47’24.5’’N, 104°59’46.5’’E, 729 m, 25.IV.2016, LTP Nguyen, DD Nguyen & NT Tran . Dak Lak: Krong Bong, Krong Kmar , Chu Yang Sin NP [1 females 12°27’05.3’’N, 108°20’24.3’’E, 744 m, 5.V.2016, LTP Nguyen, DD Nguyen & NT Tran ; 1 female, 12°24’56.8’’N, 108°21’02’’E, 772 m, 9.V.2018, LTP Nguyen, LX Truong & TV Luong] ; 1 female, Eaphe, Krong Pak, 8.V.2019, HTQ Bui, HT Nguyen & PT Tran.

Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand; China (Guangdong); 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