Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species.
Twenty two species of the paper wasp genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831, are listed from China. Among them, R. malaisei van der Vecht, 1962, R. cyathiformis (Fabricius, 1804), R. santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989, R. scitula (Bingham, 1897), R. obscura Gusenleitner, 1996 and R. ornaticeps (Cameron, 1900) are new records from China. A new species, R. parartifex Tan & van Achterberg, is described. Their diagnostic characteristics are summarized in an illustrated key and 36 colourplates.
Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Northwest University), Ministry of Education; School of life Sciences, Northwest University, 229 North Taibai Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China.
Jiang-Li
JL
Tan
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Dept. of Terrestrial Zoology, Postbox 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
Kees
K
Van Achterberg
Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Yuhangtang Road 866, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Xue-Xin
XX
Chen
Polistinae; Ropalidia; Vespidae; new records; new taxa