Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Vietnam 3: Synoptic key to Vietnamese species of the polistine genus Ropalidia, with notes on taxonomy and distribution |
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| Authors: | Lien T. P. NGUYEN Jun-ichi KOJIMA Fuki SAITO James M. CARPENTER |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Insect Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Hanoi, Vietnam,;Natural History Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan and;Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA |
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| Abstract: | Nineteen species of the paper wasp genus Ropalidia are recorded from Vietnam, of which three are new records for Vietnam. A key to all of the species, distribution records and taxonomic remarks are given. New synonymies proposed are: Ropalidia bicolorata parvula van der Vecht, 1962, under R. bicolorata van der Vecht, 1962; R. hongkongensis juncta van der Vecht, 1941, under R. hongkongensis (de Saussure, 1854); Icaria jucunda Cameron, 1898, and R. marginata sundaica van der Vecht, 1941, under R. marginata (Lepeletier, 1836); R. rufocollaris atrata van der Vecht, 1941, under R. rufocollaris (Cameron, 1900); and R. stigma rufa van der Vecht, 1941 and R. stigma nigrolineata van der Vecht, 1962, under R. stigma (Smith, 1858). |
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| Keywords: | climatic conditions paper wasp social wasp synonymy |
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