Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)

Sheikh, Altaf Hussain, Kumar, P. Girish, Thomas, Moni & Bhandari, Rita, 2017, Taxonomic studies on Vespid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae) of Dumna Nature Park, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 117 (3), pp. 198-198 : 198-

5. Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)

1836. Epipona marginata Lepeletier , 541. Type, “ Inde ” (? MRSN) .

2007. Ropalidia marginata ; Kojima et al., 380.

Diagnosis: Female: Head wider than mesosoma in front of tegulae; propodeum with paired, longitudinal basal carinae, with weak transverse striation and scattered shallow punctures between basal carinae; striation lateral to carinae weak; propodeal orifice very narrow; forewing with three cubital cells; epicnemium smooth.

Colour Description: Body reddish brown. Following parts with yellow markings: Mandible with large mark, apical margin of clypeus broadly, broad band along inner orbit up to ocular sinus, line on ventral side of scape, narrow line on basal margin of pronotum, two large marks on scutellum and metanotum, two marks on mesopleuron, two elongated marks on apical half of propodeum, fore coxa entirely in front, middle and hind coxa with lines (sometimes absent), T1 and T2 with apical narrow fascia. Wings yellowish hyaline, apical half of radial cell dark brown, stigma yellow.

Size (H+M+T1+T2): 11-12 mm.

Material examined: INDIA: Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur district, Dumna Nature Park , 5♀, 16.x.2015, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh.

Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Australia, Bali, Bangka, Borneo, Java, Kariman Djawa, Lombok, Malay Peninsula, Mariana Islands, Myanmar, New Britain, New Guinea, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Sumba, Sumbawa, Talud Islands, Tukang Besi Islands, Vietnam, Volcano Islands.