Ropalidia santoshae Ropalidia santoshae 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 4TC2K http://species-id.net/wiki/Ropalidia_santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989 Das & Gupta 1989 Insecta Vespidae Ropalidia CoL Animalia Ropalidia santoshae Hymenoptera 23 24 Arthropoda species santoshae   Ropalidia santoshaeDas & Gupta, 1983: 422. Nomen nudum.  Ropalidia santoshaeDas & Gupta, 1989: 111, 123, 156; Kojima et al. 2007: 382. Type locality: India.  Specimens examined. INDIA: 1 ♀ (RMNH), Sikkim, Kambur, 3280 ft, 15.viii.1959, F. Schmid; 1 ♀ (RMNH), Assam, Div. Kamens, Bokhar, 2200-2500 ft, 28.v.1961, F Schmid (both paratypes labelled " Ropalidia santoshaeDas L. l., det. J v d Vecht, 1981). CHINA: 1 ♀ (NWUM), Motuo, Tibet, 29°19'37.5"N, 95°19'44.6"E, 15.viii.2011, HL Yang & JB Wang; 10 ♀ (NWUM), with same locality data, but 10.vii.2013, T Li.  Remarks. The specimens from China agree well with the examined paratypes from India.  Distribution. China (Tibet); India. ( Kojima and Carpenter 1997and updated to 2006, Kojima et al. 2007).