Ropalidia celebensis van der Vecht, 1941

Handru, Alan, Nugroho, Hari, Saito-Morooka, Fuki, Ubaidillah, Rosichon & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2020, Eusocial wasp fauna of Sulawesi Island, the central island of Wallacea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Vespinae), Zootaxa 4885 (4), pp. 541-559 : 551

Ropalidia celebensis van der Vecht, 1941

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Ropalidia celebensis van der Vecht, 1941: 111 .

Specimen examined. Sulawesi I.: South Sulawesi: 1 ♀ ( IUNH), 02˚58‘S 120˚05‘E, alt. ca. 800 m, Puncak Palopo, Tojambu, Battang, Warateluwana, Luwu, 29.x.2000, JK .

Remarks. The present species has been known only from South Sulawesi (van der Vecht, 1941; Kojima et al., 2002).

Distribution records: South Sulawesi (van der Vecht, 1941; Kojima et al., 2002).

Figures

FIGURES 17–25. ♀ of Ropalidiini species. 17–18. Parapolybia varia. 19. Ropalidia mathematica. 20–21. R. marginata. 22. R. pilosa. 23. R. impetuosa. 24. R. plebeja. 25. R. celebensis. 17, 19–20, 22–24. Habitus, lateral view. 18. Head, frontal view. 21. Posterior part of mesosoma and T1, dorsal view, an arrow indicates paired basal carina of propodeum. 25. Head, mesosoma and T1, lateral view.

FIGURES 26–29. Maps showing distribution records of Sulawesian eusocial wasps. 26. Vespa (four species). 27. Polistes (four species). 28. Ropalidiine species non-endemic to Sulawesi I. (five species). 29. Ropalidia species endemic to Sulawesi I. (three species).