Ropalidia ornaticeps

Ropalidia ornaticeps
R. ornaticeps in Cat Tien National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Ropalidia ornatipes (Cameron, 1908)

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.

References

  1. ^ Cameron M (1900) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 496.
  2. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ GBIF: Ropalidia ornaticeps (Cameron, 1900)
  4. ^ Pham PH (2014) A checklist of Ropalidiini wasps (hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae) in Indochina. Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade 66 (3), 1061-1074.