27) Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)

(Figs 53 & 54)

Uespa ferruginea Fabricius, 1793: 280 (junior primary homonym of Uespa ferruginea Gmelin, 1790). Type locality: India (ZMUC).

Material examined. INDIA: Goa: Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary & Mollem National Park, 10-14. iii.2017, 4 ♀, coll. Sandesh M. Gawas.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa (new record), Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Global: Australia; China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Marianas; Myanmar; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Vietnam. (Girish Kumar & Sharma 2015, Girish Kumar et al. 2017a).