Paraicaria bicolor Ropalidia bicolor Ropalidia bicolorata bicolorata Ropalidia bicolorata parvula Ropalidia bicolorata shiva Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species Tan, Jiang-Li Van Achterberg, Kees Chen, Xue-Xin ZooKeys 2014 391 1 35 4TBVG http://species-id.net/wiki/Ropalidia_bicolorata van der Vecht, 1962 van der Vecht 1962 Insecta Vespidae Ropalidia CoL Animalia Ropalidia bicolorata Hymenoptera 13 14 Arthropoda species bicolorata   Paraicaria bicolorGribodo, 1892: 249 (preoccupied by Ropalidia bicolor( Smith 1865)). Type locality: Myanmar (Chan Yoma).  Ropalidia bicolorata bicoloratavan der Vecht, 1962: 38.  Ropalidia bicolorata parvulavan der Vecht, 1962: 38, 39. Type locality: N. Borneo (Bettotan near Sandakan). Syn. by Nguyen et al. 2006.  Ropalidia bicolorata shivaDas & Gupta, 1984: 428 (nomen nudum); 1989: 153. Type locality: India (Tripura). Syn. by Kojima et al. 2007.  Specimens examined. 1 ♀ (RMNH), syntype of  Paraicariabicolor, Chan Yoma, with a red handwritten label: Paraicaria bicolordet. Gribodo. MYANMAR: 1 ♀ (RMNH), Burma, S. Shan States, 1500 m, Taunggyi, i.viii.-22.ix.1934, R Malaise. CHINA: 9 ♀ (NWUM), Longmen, Shangyong, Yunnan, 26-27.ix.2010, JL Tan; 2 ♀ (NWUM), Yaoqu, Mengla, Yunnan, 28-30.ix.2010, JL Tan; 1 ♀ (GSFA), Xishuangbanna, Wangtianshu, Yunnan,23.iv.2002, SP Sun; 3 ♀ (ZJUH), Ruili, Yunnan, 29.iv.1981, JH He, no. 811457, 811458, 811458; 1 ♀ (ZJUH), Mengxiu, Ruili, Yunnan, 2-6.v.1981, JH He, no. 813071; 1 ♀ (ZJUH), Menglian, Yunnan, 19.iv.1981, JH He, no. 812639. THAILAND: 1 ♀ (RMNH), Thailand, Doi Inthanon, 8.i.1958, Umesao. MALAYSIA: 1 ♀ (RMNH), N. Borneo: Bettotan, near Sandakan, 26.vii.1927 (paratype of Ropalidia bicolorata parvulavan der Vecht, 1962).  Remarks. Among the specimens from China, there are two colour forms, parvula and the nominate species bicolorata.  Distribution. China (Yunnan); Borneo; India; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam. ( Kojima and Carpenter 1997and updated to 2006, Nguyen et al. 2006, Kojima et al. 2007).