A Catalogue of the Vespidae of the Malagasy Subregion (Insecta, Hymenoptera) Author J. M Author Madl, M. text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2009 2009-12-18 41 2 1871 1935 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5280237 0253-116X 5280237 Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1890) Icaria vitripennis n.sp. : de SAUSSURE 1890: 113 (key), 114 (key), 130 (descr. , Madagascar ). Icaria vitripennis de SAUSSURE 1891 : de DALLA TORRE 1894: 121 (cat.). Icaria vitripennis de SAUSSURE 1890 : de SAUSSURE 1900: 216 (key), 217 (key), 219 (key), 229 (tax., descr. , Madagascar ). Icaria vitripennis de SAUSSURE 1891 : von DALLA TORRE 1904: 75 (cat.). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1890 ) : BEQUAERT 1918: 345 (cat.). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1892 ) : VESEY- FITZGERALD 1950b: 86 ( Madagascar ). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1892 ) : RICHARDS 1978: 59 (tax., Madagascar ). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1892 ) : KOJIMA 1988: 300 (descr. larva, figs 47, 48, Madagascar ). Ropalidia aff. vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1891) : GIORDANI SOIKA 1991a: 82 ( Madagascar ), 85 (key), 87 (tax.). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1892 ) : MADL 1995: 1101 ( Madagascar , cat.). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1890 ) : KOJIMA & CARPENTER 1997: 59 (cat.). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1890 ) : WENZEL 1998: 26 (cat., nest). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1890 ) : KOJIMA 1998b: 218 (cat.). Ropalidia vitripennis (de SAUSSURE 1890 ) : KOJIMA 1999: 54 (tax., fig. 23), 63 (figs 195-197), 64 (tax.), 66 (tax.). D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar : Prov. Antsiranana : Bas Sambirano, Nosy Be – Prov. Toamasina : Nosy Boraha (Sainte Marie) – Prov. Toliara : Fort-Dauphin. Endemic.