ZooKeys (Mar 2014)

Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species

  • Jiangli Tan,
  • Kees van Achterberg,
  • Kees van Achterberg,
  • Xue-xin Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.391.6606
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 391, no. 0
pp. 1 – 35

Abstract

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Twenty two species of the paper wasp genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831, are listed from China. Among them, R. malaisei van der Vecht, 1962, R. cyathiformis (Fabricius, 1804), R. santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989, R. scitula (Bingham, 1897), R. obscura Gusenleitner, 1996 and R. ornaticeps (Cameron, 1900) are new records from China. A new species, R. parartifex Tan & van Achterberg, is described. Their diagnostic characteristics are summarized in an illustrated key and 36 colourplates.