Ropalidia scitula (Bingham, 1897) Bingham, 1897

Tan, Jiang-Li, Van Achterberg, Kees & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2014, Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species, ZooKeys 391, pp. 1-35 : 24

Ropalidia scitula (Bingham, 1897) rec. n. Figure 2F

Icaria scitula Bingham, 1897: 387. Type locality: India (Sikkam).

Ropalidia scitula : van der Vecht 1941: 110, 142; Das and Gupta 1983: 428; Das and Gupta 1989: 113, 152, 172; Kojima et al. 2007: 389.

Specimens examined.

INDIA: 1 ♂ (RMNH), India, Kulara, Kumaon, 12000 ft, 4.viii.1958, F Schmid. MYANMAR: 1 ♀ (RMNH), Carin Chebá, Karen Hills, Kayin State, 900-1000 m, 5.viii.1988, L Fea. CHINA: 5 ♀ (ZJUH), Ruili, Yunnan, 1.v.1981, no. 812465, JH He.

Distribution.

China (Yunnan); India; Myanmar; Thailand. ( Kojima and Carpenter 1997 and updated to 2006, Kojima et al. 2007).