Scientific Name

Ropalidia stigma (Smith, 1858)

Taxonomic Placement

Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae: Polistinae: Ropalidiini: Ropalidia

Synonyms/Original combination

Polybia stigma Smith, 1858: 114.
Icaria stigma; du Buysson, 1913: 296.
Ropalidia artifex; Bequaert, 1918: 247.
Ropalidia stigma stigma; van der Vecht, 1941: 110, 126.
Ropalidia stigma rufa van der Vecht, 1941: 130.
Ropalidia stigma nigrolineata van der Vecht, 1962: 18.

Brief diagnosis

Female: Pretegular carina absent. Mesepisternum without scrobal sulcus. Basal angle of second submarginal cell distinctly less than 90°. Hindwing with jugal lobe. Propodeal orifice round. Metasoma basally petiolate. Colour: Body brown with yellow markings.

Images

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

Distribution

India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.
Elsewhere: Bhutan; China (including Hong Kong); Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam.

Distribution within India

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