Ropalidia

Ropalidia amabala on nest

Ropalidia distigma

Ropalidia c.f. ornaticeps

Ropalidia variegata female

Ropalidia is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps (Polistinae) in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus Ropalidia is unique because it contains both independent and swarm-founding species.^[1] Ropalidia romandi is one of the swarm founding species, meaning that new nests are founded by a large group of workers with a smaller number of inseminated females (egg-laying foundresses),^[2] while Ropalidia revolutionalis is independent-founding, meaning that each nest is founded by a single foundress.^[3]

Description

Ropalidia can be distinguished from other genera in the tribe by: antenna 12-segmented in females and 13-segmented in males, the pronotum having a dorsal carina but lacking a pretegular carina, the first metasomal segment being petiolate but (in dorsal view) not parallel-sided, and the mesepisternum lacking a scrobal sulcus.^[4]

Species

Ropalidia contains the following species:

Identification

• Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species
• Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Vietnam 3: Synoptic key to Vietnamese species of the polistine genus Ropalidia, with notes on taxonomy and distribution
• Taxonomic notes on the paper wasps of the genus Ropalidia in the Indian subcontinent (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

References

Ropalidia è un genere di vespe eusociali della famiglia dei Vespidae.

Distribuzione geografica

Questo genere abita tutta l'Africa tropicale, l'Indonesia e l'Australia.

Descrizione

Sono vespe piuttosto piccole (7–12 mm) e di vari colori.

Riferimenti

• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1976. Opinion 1051. Rhopalidia Lepeletier, 1836 (Insecta: Hymenoptera): Suppressed under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomencl 32:240–241.
• Kojima, J. & C. van Achterberg. 1997. List of the primary types of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) deposit in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, and the Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam. Zoologische Meededelingen 71 (14): 157-169.
• Kojima, J. 1997. Abandoment of the subgeneric concept in the Old World polistine genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Nat. Hist. Bull. Ibaraki Univ 1:93–105.
• Kojima, J. 1999. Taxonomic Notes on Australian Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Entomological Science. 2(3): 367-377.
• Kojima, J. 1999. Key to Species and Notes on Distribution of the Polistine Genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Australia. Entomological Science. 2(3): 379-390.
• Nguyen Lien T. P., Jun-ichi Kojima, Fuki Saito, James M. Carpenter. 2006. Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Vietnam 3: Synoptic key to Vietnamese species of the polistine genus Ropalidia, with notes on taxonomy and distribution. Entomological Science. 9(1): 93-107.

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Ropalidia (лат.) — род общественных ос семейства Vespidae.

Распространение

Афротропика, Индо-малайская область, Австралия.

Описание

Мелкие осы (длиной около 7—12 мм) разнообразной окраски.^[1]

Систематика

Около 200 видов. Относится к трибе Ropalidiini^[2].

• Ropalidia obscura
• Ropalidia vietnama
• Другие виды

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