Scientific Name

Ropalidia rufoplagiata (Cameron, 1905)

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Ropalidiini: Ropalidia

Synonyms/Original combination

Icaria rufoplagiata Cameron, 1905: 71.
Ropalidia gravelyi Dover and Rao (1922): 244.
Ropalidia rufoplagiata; van der Vecht, 1941: 111, 165.
Ropalidia rufoplagiata var. gravelyi; van der Vecht (1941): 168.
Ropalidia rufoplagiata nursei van der Vecht, 1941: 167.
Ropalidia rufoplagiata rufoplagiata; van der Vecht, 1962: 32.
Ropalidia nursei; Richards, 1978: 57.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Ventral corner of pronotum obliquely cutoff. Pretegular carina absent. Mesepisternum without scrobal sulcus. Basal angle of second submarginal cell lager than 90°. Hindwing with jugal lobe. Propodeal orifice round. Metasoma basally petiolate. T1 abruptly swollen dorsally near posterior margin of basal slit. Colour: Body brown with yellow markings.

Images

Adult- dorsal view
Adult- lateral view
Adult- frontal view

Distribution

India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Timor; Vietnam.

Distribution within India

References

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