Scientific Name

Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Ropalidiini: Eumenini: Ropalidia

Synonyms/Original combination

Vespa ferruginea Fabricius, 1793: 280.
Polistes ferruginea; Fabricius, 1804: 277.
Polistes sumatrae Fabricius, 1804: 273.
Epipona marginata Lepeletier, 1836: 541.
Icaria ferruginea; de Saussure, 1853: 38.
Icaria marginata; de Saussure, 1854: 237.
Icaria jucunda Cameron, 1898: 46.
Icaria pruinosa Cameron, 1906b: 228.
Ropalidia marginata; Dover and Rao, 1922: 244.
Ropalidia marginata sundaica van der Vecht, 1941: 122.
Ropalidia marginata jucunda; van der Vecht, 1941: 104.
Ropalidia marginata marginata; van der Vecht, 1941: 109, 117.
Ropalidia marginata indica van der Vecht, 1941:121.
Ropalidia canaria Cheesman, 1952: 3, 19.
Ropalidia travancorica Lambert & Narendran, 2005b: 273-275.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Pretegular carina absent. Mesepisternum without scrobal sulcus. Hindwing with jugal lobe. Propodeum with paired longitudinal basal carinae. Propodeum with weak transverse striations and scattered shallow punctures between basal carinae. Propodeal orifice narrow. Metasoma basally petiolate. Colour: Body brownish red with yellow markings. T2 with narrow apical band, with its width less than 1/5th length of tergum.

Images

Adult- dorsal view
Adult- frontal view

Distribution

India: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Australia; China: Hong Kong; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Mariana Islands; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Palau; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Vietnam.

Distribution within India

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