Species Ropalidia revolutionalis (Saussure, 1853)
- Icaria revolutionalis Saussure, H. de 1853. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. 2. Monographie des Guêpes Sociales, ou de la Tribu des Vespiens, ouvrage faisant suite à la Monographies des Guêpes Solitaires. Paris : Masson 1-96 pls 2-8, 13. [29 pl. v fig. 7].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀ adult, Australia ('La Nouvelle Hollande ou la Tasmanie', 'Australie' on label). - Ropalidia (Icariola) eurostoma Richards, O.W. 1978. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 61: 1-132 [93].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ adult (not found), Mornington Is., QLD.
Paratype(s) SAMA 2♀ adult, Mornington Is., QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kojima, J. 1999. Taxonomic notes on Australian Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Entomological Science 2(3): 367-377 [373]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Possibly also New Britain.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), 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
Hook, A. & Evans, H.E. 1982. Observations on the nesting behaviour of three species of Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 21: 271-275 [272] (biology)
Itô, Y. 1987. Social behaviour of the Australian paper wasp, Ropalidia revolutionalis (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Ethology 5: 115-124 (behaviour at Brisbane and Townsville)
Kojima, J. 1987. Descriptions of mature larvae of eight Australian Polistinae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26(2): 141-148 [Date published 29/05/1987] [144] (larval description and illustrations)
Kojima, J. 1999. Taxonomic notes on Australian Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Entomological Science 2(3): 367-377 [373] (distribution)
Kojima, J. 2001. Taxonomic notes on types of the social wasp tribe Ropalidiini (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae, Polistinae) housed mainly in the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève. Natural History Bulletin of Ibaraki University 5: 1-22 [Date published 9/Feb/2001] [9] (notes on lectotype and paralectotypes)
Owen, M.D. 1979. Chemical components in the venoms of Ropalidia revolutionalis and Polistes humilis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Toxicon 17: 519-523 (venom analysis—species identification is doubtful, locality outside normal range)
Richards, O.W. 1978. The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 61: 1-132 [91] (redescription, nest)
Robson, S.K.A., Bean, K., Hansen, J., Norling, K., Rowe, R.J. & White, D. 2000. Social and spatial organisation in colonies of a primitively eusocial wasp, Ropalidia revolutionalis (de Saussure) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 39(1): 20-24 [Date published 1/Feb/2000] (social organisation, reproductive behaviour)
History of changes
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