Scientific Name

Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Ropalidiini: Ropalidia

Synonyms/Original combination

Ropalidia (Antreneida) brevita Das and Gupta, 1989: 110, 121, 163.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Pronotum with dorsal carina. Hind wing with jugal lobe. Propodeum with paired longitudinal basal carinae. Propodeal orifice narrow. Metasoma petiolate. Colour - Body red with following yellow portions: A pair of faint marks on metanotum, a pair of longitudinal marks on propodeum, narrow apical band on T1 and T2 with yellow apical band swollen anteriorly on lateral sides.

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Distribution

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

Distribution within India

References

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