Ropalidia jacobsoni (du Buysson, 1908 )

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-

6. Ropalidia jacobsoni (du Buysson, 1908)

1908. Icaria jacobsoni du Buysson , 123. Type: Female, Java: Djakarta (= Batavia) ( NMNH).

2007. Ropalidia jacobsoni ; Kojima et al., 386.

Diagnosis: Female: Median furrow of propodeum distinct; T 1 in lateral view with dorsal margin more strongly convex in posterior half, highest slightly posterior to level of posterior margin of sternum.

Colour Description: Body reddish brown with yellow and black markings. Yellow markings as follows: mandible except at tip and at base brown, clypeus except characteristic black mark, mark on inter antennal space, inner orbit up to ocular sinus broadly, ventral side of antenna, narrow line along pronotal carina, basal and lateral margin of scutellum broadly, two large marks on metanotum, small mark on the upper part of mesopleuron just below subtegular area, two broad marks on propodeum separated by broad black line along median groove, inner side of tegula, fore and mid coxae in front, line on hind coxa laterally, line below fore femur, small mark on middle femur laterally, narrow line on all tibiae above, fore and mid basi-tarsi above, T2 with large mark on each side at base and broad apical band on T2 and S2, become narrow towards middle on S2. Black markings as follows: mark on clypeus at base, supraclypeal area, large circular spot above each antennal socket, mark around each ocellus, occiput, basal area of anterior face of pronotum, margins of mesoscutum narrowly but apical margin towards scutellum broadly, narrow vertical line on scutellum up to one-third from base, propleuron, dorsal metapleuron, ventral metapleuron apically towards mesopleuron broadly, mesosternum, broad median line separating the yellow marks and basal and apical margin of propodeum narrowly. Wings transparent hyaline with apical half of radial cell brown, stigma yellow.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 6.5 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 1♀, 10.x.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh (new record), Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Bangka, Java, Lombok, Myanmar, Sulawesi, Sumatra.