Ropalidia birmanica van der Vecht, 1962

Tan, Jiang-Li, Van Achterberg, Kees & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2014, Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species, ZooKeys 391, pp. 1-35 : 15-16

Ropalidia birmanica van der Vecht, 1962

Ropalidia taiwana birmanica van der Vecht, 1962: 23. Type locality: Myanmar.

Ropalidia birmanica : Kojima et al. 2007: 382.

Specimens examined.

MYANMAR (specimens collected by R. Malaise are paratypes of Ropalidia taiwana birmanica ): 1 ♂ + 1 ♀ (RMNH), S. Shan States, road 40 km. E. of Tannggyi, 25.ix.-13.x.1934, R Malaise; 2 ♀ (RMNH), Burma, S. Shan States, 1500 m, Tannggyi, 1. viii– 22.ix.1934, R Malaise; 2 ♀ (RMNH), N. East Burma, Sadon, 1200 m, 28. vi– 5.vii.1934, R Malaise; 1 ♀ (RMNH), Sukii, 75 km, E. of Mouimein, Tenasserim, 600 m, 27-31.x.1934, R Malaise; 2 ♀ (RMNH), Nam Tamai valley, Upper Burma, 3000 ft, 27°42'N, 97°54'E, 26.viii.1938, R Kaulback, B.M. 1938-741. CHINA: 1 ♀ (ZJUH), West Mt. Tianmu, Lin’an, Zhejiang, vi.1994, no. 940007, JH He; 1 ♀ (ZJUH), Mt. Jiulong, Huishui, Guizhou, 11.vi.2010, JL Tan.

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Fujian, Zhejiang), Myanmar. ( Kojima and Carpenter 1997 and updated to 2006, Kojima et al. 2007).