Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989

Sheikh, Altaf Hussain, Kumar, P. Girish, Thomas, Moni & Bhandari, Rita, 2017, Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 198-198 : 198-

4. Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989

1989. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) brevita Das & Gupta , 121. Holotype Male, Delhi: University ridge ( NZC).

2007. Ropalidia brevita ; Kojima et al., 380.

Diagnosis: Female: T1 proportionally wider with its maximum width in dorsal view nearly half as wide as that of T2; propodeum with paired, longitudinal basal carinae, with weak transverse striation and scattered shallow punctures between basal carinae; striations lateral to carinae weak; propodeal orifice very narrow.

Colour Description: Body red with following yellow portions: antennal scape below, band on clypeus at apex, mandible (except at tip), inner orbit below ocular sinus (sometimes faint), pronotum anteriorly, two marks on metanotum (sometimes fused), two enlarged marks on apical half of propodeum, faint mark on sides of mesosternum, fore and middle coxae in front, line on lateral side of hind coxa, tarsal segments of all legs (highly variable), narrow apical band on T1 and broad apical band on T2. In some portions black patches are mixed with reddish body. The extents of yellow and black markings are variable.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 12 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 4♀, 5.xi.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan.