Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species
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Tan, Jiang-Li
Author
Van Achterberg, Kees
Author
Chen, Xue-Xin
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.391.6606
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.391.6606
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Ropalidia malaisei van der Vecht, 1962
rec. n.
Figure 1G
Ropalidia malaisei
van der Vecht, 1962: 42, 65;
Das and Gupta 1983
: 427;
1989
: 113, 151;
Gusenleitner 1996
: 16;
Kojima 1996a
: 325, 328, 340. Type locality: Myanmar.
Specimens examined.
MYANMAR: 4 ♂ (RMNH), N. East Burma: Sadon, 1200 m, 28.
vi-
5.vii.1934, R. Malaise (paratypes of
Ropalidia malaisei
). CHINA: 1 ♀ (NWUM), Longmen, Shangyong, Yunnan, 26.ix.2010, JL Tan; 20 ♀ (ZJUH, RMNH), Xishuangbanna Forestry Park, Yunan, 31.vii.2003 (no. 20045871, -74, -76, -77-82 (-79 in RMNH), -84-91, -93, -95), Q Jiang.
Remarks
.
The yellow stripes of the mesoscutum are lacking in some individuals.
Distribution.
China (Yunnan), Myanmar. (
Kojima and Carpenter 1997
and updated to 2006).