Ropalidia ornaticeps
Ropalidia ornaticeps[1] is an Asian species of paper wasp in the tribe Ropalidiini; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[2] The recorded distribution for this species includes India through to Indochina,[3] including Vietnam; the type specimens are females, taken from the Khasia Hills and deposited in Oxford and London.[4]
R. ornaticeps nest on frond of Calamus sp.
| Ropalidia ornaticeps | |
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| R. ornaticeps in Cat Tien National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Ropalidiini |
| Genus: | Ropalidia |
| Species: | R. ornaticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Ropalidia ornaticeps (Cameron, 1900) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ropalidia ornatipes (Cameron, 1908) | |
References
- Cameron M (1900) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 496.
- Roskov Y, Kunze T, Orrell T, Abucay L, Paglinawan L, Culham A, Bailly N, Kirk P, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Decock W, De Wever A, Didžiulis V (ed) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- GBIF: Ropalidia ornaticeps (Cameron, 1900)
- Pham PH (2014) A checklist of Ropalidiini wasps (hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae) in Indochina. Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade 66 (3), 1061-1074.
External links
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