Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species Author Tan, Jiang-Li Author Van Achterberg, Kees Author Chen, Xue-Xin text ZooKeys 2014 391 1 35 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.391.6606 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.391.6606 1313-2970-391-1 00BA115D65D44A0C933CC29F56236DEA Ropalidia variegata (Smith, 1852) Figure 2J Epipona variegata Smith, 1852: 48. Type locality: India (Poona). Icaria variegata ; de Saussure 1854: 237. Ropalidia variegata ; Bequaert 1918 : 247; van der Vecht 1941 : 104; Kojima et al. 2007 : 387. Ropalidia variegata variegata ; van der Vecht 1941 : 112. Icaria pendula Smith, 1857: 98. Type locality: India (Barelly). Syn. by van der Vecht (1941) . Ropalidia pendula ; Richards 1978 : 58. Specimens examined. INDIA: 1 ♀, Type, 60-15, E.I.C., with a handwritten label "variegata Type, Sm.", Capt. F. Downes, BM Type 18.846, van der Vecht (1941) recorded it is Holotype, locality: Poona, India; 1 ♂, India, with a label: " Ropalidia pendula Smith" (BMNH); 1 ♀ (RMNH), India, Pinjore, (identified as Ropalidia variegata by Dover, 1921). PAKISTAN: 1 ♀ (RMNH), Karachi, 25.i.1934, R Malaise. Remarks. No specimens from China were available, but the species is included in the key because it has been listed for China. Liu (1936-37) listed Ropalidia variegata (Smith) from China in his catalogue and Ropalidia variegata variegata (Smith) was reported from China by Lee (1982 , 1985 ). However, considering that Lee (1982 , 1985 )'s description of the male antenna with its hooked terminal segment, we suspect misidentification of Ropalidia variegata . Distribution. China; India; Malay Peninsula; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Sulawesi. ( Kojima and Carpenter 1997 and updated to 2006).