Icaria variegata (Smith 1852) [ Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius 1804)]

Sonan (1927: 122), without giving any locality record, listed “ Epipona variegata Smith ”, “ Icaria picta Sauss. ” and “ Icaria ferruginea Matsumura (nec Fabricius)” as synonyms of Icaria variegata, and mentioned that this species could be distinguished from I. ferruginea by having paired yellow lateral spots on the second metasomal segment. Sonan (1935a: 199) listed, as synonyms, “ Epipona variegata Smith, 1852 [1852c]”, “ Icaria variegata Smith ” of de Saussure (1853), Smith (1857), Dalla Torre (1894, 1904), and Bingham (1897), “ Ropalidia variegata ” of Bequaert (1918) and Yano (1932), “ Icaria picta de Saussure” of de Saussure (1854) and Kuroiwa (1926), “ Icaria pendula Smith, 1857 ”, and “ Icaria ferruginea ” of Matsumura (1908, 1910), Kuroiwa (1908) and Matsumura & Uchida (1926). Sonan (1935a) mentioned that this species was common in Formosa (= Taiwan) and Okinawa, and recorded the following localities in Taiwan: Batoran (Karenko), Choshu, Heito, Kagi, Koshun, Kotosho (Botel-Tobago), Nanto, Raisha, Rokki, Sankaikeki, Shinchiku, Taihoku, Tainan, Taito and Urai.