Species Ropalidia elegantula Richards, 1978
- Ropalidia (Icariola) elegantula Richards, O.W. 1978. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 61: 1-132 [70].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, Bamaga, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Social, nests of 'paper'.
General References
Carpenter, J.M. & Brown, G.R. 2022. Catalogue of the Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5214(4): 451–495
Kojima, J. 1999. Taxonomic notes on Australian Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Entomological Science 2(3): 367-377 [369] (distribution)
Richards, O.W. 1978. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 61: 1-132 [70] (nest)
History of changes
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED |