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Ropalidia is a large genus of eusocial

Eusociality

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paper wasps in the tribe

Tribe (biology)

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distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasia

Australasia

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n biogeographical regions. It contains the following species:

Ropalidia aethiopica (Buysson, 1906)
Ropalidia albobalteata (Cameron 1906)
Ropalidia anarchia (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia andamanensis Das & Gupta, 1989
Ropalidia antennata (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia aristocratica (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia artifex (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia atra (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia australis (Saussure, 1854)
Ropalidia bambusae Richards, 1978
Ropalidia bensoni Richards, 1978
Ropalidia bicincta (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia bicolor (Smith, 1865)
Ropalidia bicolorata Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia bidens Vecht, 1996
Ropalidia binghami Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia bipartita Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia bispinosa (Meade-Waldo)
Ropalidia brazzai (Buysson 1906)
Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989
Ropalidia brunnea (Smith 1859)
Ropalidia canaria Cheesm., 1952
Ropalidia capensis (Saussure, 1862)
Ropalidia carinata (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia catharinae (Cameron, 1913)
Ropalidia celebensis Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia cincta (Lepeletier, 1836)
Ropalidia clavata (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia clypeata Kojima 1996
Ropalidia colorata Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia conservator (Smith, 1860)
Ropalidia conspicua Smith, 1863
Ropalidia constitutionalis (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia copiaria (Saussure, 1862)
Ropalidia crassa Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia crassipunctata Giordani Soika, 1981
Ropalidia cristata Kojima, 1989
Ropalidia curvilineata (Cameron 1908)
Ropalidia cyathiformis (Fabricius, 1804)
Ropalidia darwini Richards, 1978
Ropalidia deceptor (Smith, 1863)
Ropalidia decorata (Smith 1858)
Ropalidia deminutiva Cheesm., 1952
Ropalidia democratica (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia dichroma Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia dispila (Cameron 1913)
Ropalidia distigma (Gerst., 1857)
Ropalidia dubia (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia ducalis (Saussure, 1900)
Ropalidia duchaussoyi (Gribodo, 1896)
Ropalidia eboraca Richards, 1978
Ropalidia elegantula Richards, 1978
Ropalidia erythrospila (Cameron, 1908)
Ropalidia eurostoma Richards 1978
Ropalidia excavata Giordani Soika, 1977
Ropalidia extrema Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius 1804)
Ropalidia festina (Smith, 1864)
Ropalidia flavobrunnea Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia flavopicta (Smith, 1857)
Ropalidia fluviatilis (Meade-Waldo, 1912)
Ropalidia formosa (Saussure, 1854)
Ropalidia fraterna (Saussure, 1900)
Ropalidia fulvopruinosa (Cameron, 1906)
Ropalidia galimatia (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia gemmea Cheesm., 1952
Ropalidia gracilenta Richards, 1978
Ropalidia gracilis (Smith, 1859)
Ropalidia grandidieri (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia granulata Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia gregaria (Saussure, 1854)
Ropalidia guttatipennis (Saussure, 1853)
Ropalidia hirsuta Richards 1978
Ropalidia hongkongensis (Saussure, 1854)
Ropalidia horni Sonan, 1938
Ropalidia impetuosa (Smith, 1861)
Ropalidia incurva Cheesm., 1952
Ropalidia inquieta Cheesm., 1952

Ropalidia interjecta (Saussure, 1900)

Ropalidia interrupta Vecht, 1941

Ropalidia irrequieta (Kohl, 1906)

Ropalidia irritata (Smith, 1864)

Ropalidia jacobsoni (Buysson, 1908)

Ropalidia jaculator (Smith 1871)

Ropalidia javanica Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia kurandae Richards, 1978

Ropalidia latebalteata (Cameron, 1902)

Ropalidia latetergum Richards, 1978

Ropalidia laticincta Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia lefebvrei Guill., 1841

Ropalidia leopoldi Bequard, 1932

Ropalidia lepida Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia longipetiolata (Cameron, 1911)

Ropalidia loriana (Buysson, 1910)

Ropalidia lugubris (Smith, 1858)

Ropalidia luzonensis Kojima, 1996

Ropalidia mackayensis Richards, 1978

Ropalidia maculata (Rad., 1881)

Ropalidia maculiventris Guerin, 1831

Ropalidia magnanima Vecht, 1941

Ropalidia malaisei Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia malayana (Cameron 1903)

Ropalidia marginata
Ropalidia marginata
Ropalidia marginata is an Old World species of paper wasp found in Pakistan, peninsular India, Sri Lanka, South-east Asia and Australia. It was originally described by Fabricius in 1793 under the name Vespa ferruginea, but that name was preoccupied, so the oldest available name for the species is...

(Lepeletier, 1836)

Ropalidia mathematica (Smith, 1861)

Ropalidia melania Richards, 1978

Ropalidia mimikae (Meade-Waldo, 1912)

Ropalidia minor Saussure, 1900

Ropalidia modesta (Smith, 1858)

Ropalidia montana Carl 1934

Ropalidia mutabilis Richards, 1978

Ropalidia myosolica (Dalla Torre)

Ropalidia nigerrima Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia nigra (Smith 1859)

Ropalidia nigrescens Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia nigrior Richards, 1978

Ropalidia nigrita Das & Gupta, 1989

Ropalidia nigrofemorata (Cameron, 1910)

Ropalidia nilssoni Giordani Soika, 1991

Ropalidia nitidula (Saussure, 1890)

Ropalidia nobilis (Gerst., 1857)

Ropalidia novaeguinaea (Schulthess, 1913)

Ropalidia novissima Giordani Soika, 1944

Ropalidia nursei Vecht, 1941

Ropalidia obscura Gusenleitner, 1966

Ropalidia obscurior Giordani Soika, 1991

Ropalidia ochracea Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia opifex Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia opulenta (Smith, 1857)

Ropalidia ornaticeps (Cameron, 1900)

Ropalidia palawana Kojima, 1985

Ropalidia papuana (Cameron)

Ropalidia pendula (Smith, 1857)

Ropalidia petulans Cheesm., 1952

Ropalidia phalansterica (Saussure, 1853)

Ropalidia philippinensis (Saussure, 1854)

Ropalidia pilosa (Smith, 1859)

Ropalidia plebeja (Saussure 1862)

Ropalidia plebiana Richards, 1978

Ropalidia politica (Saussure, 1854)

Ropalidia prasina (Saussure, 1900)

Ropalidia principalis Kojima, 2001

Ropalidia proletaria Richards 1978

Ropalidia pseudomalayana Kojima, 1996

Ropalidia pulchella (Saussure, 1900)

Ropalidia ranavali (Saussure, 1890)

Ropalidia reactionalis (Saussure, 1854)

Ropalidia regina (Saussure, 1900)

Ropalidia revolutionalis (Saussure, 1854)

Ropalidia romandi (Guill., 1841)
Ropalidia rufocollaris (Cameron, 1900)
Ropalidia rufoplagiata (Cameron 1905)
Ropalidia sakalava (Saussure, 1900)
Ropalidia santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989
Ropalidia saussurei Kojima, 1998
Ropalidia schulthessi (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia scitula (Bingham, 1897)
Ropalidia scottiana (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia sculpturata Gusenleitner, 2001

Ropalidia semihyalineata (Meade-Waldo, 1912)

Ropalidia sericea Cameron, 1905

Ropalidia sexmaculata (Cameron)

Ropalidia shestakowi Schulthess, 1931

Ropalidia socialis (Saussure, 1862)

Ropalidia socialistica (Saussure, 1854)

Ropalidia spatulata Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia spilostoma (Cameron, 1906)

Ropalidia stigma (Smith, 1858)
Ropalidia subclavata (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801)
Ropalidia taiwana Sonan 1935
Ropalidia thailandia Gusenleitner 1994
Ropalidia timida Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia tomentosa (Gerst., 1857)
Ropalidia trichophthalma Richards, 1978
Ropalidia trimaculata Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia turneri Richards, 1978
Ropalidia unicolor (Smith, 1859)
Ropalidia unidentata Giordani Soika, 1981
Ropalidia variabilis (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia variegata (Smith, 1852)
Ropalidia velutina (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia venustula (Saussure, 1900)
Ropalidia vietnama Gusenleitner, 1996
Ropalidia vitripennis (Saussure, 1890)
Ropalidia wollastoni (Meade-Waldo, 1912)
Ropalidia zonata (Cameron)

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