Parapolybia varia ( Fabricius, 1787 )

Handru, Alan, Nugroho, Hari, Saito-Morooka, Fuki, Ubaidillah, Rosichon & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2020, Eusocial wasp fauna of Sulawesi Island, the central island of Wallacea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Vespinae), Zootaxa 4885 (4), pp. 541-559 : 551

Parapolybia varia ( Fabricius, 1787)

( Figs. 17–18 , 28 )

Vespa varia Fabricius, 1787: 293 .

Specimen examined. Sulawesi I.: South Sulawesi: 1 ♀ ( MZB), 05°02 S 119°44’E, alt. ca. 300 m, Karaenta, 30.vii–11.viii.2005, C. Villemant. Indonesian Archipelago other than Sulawesi I.: Sumatra I.: 1 ♀ ( SEHU), Maninjau [ca. 00˚15’S 100˚11’E], 9.viii.1985, SY & SKY ; Java I.: 10 ♀ ( MZB), Ujung Kulon NP, Gunung Honje, Taman Jaya, Sumur , Pandeglang [ca. 06˚20’S 106˚05’E], 23.iv.2010, HN & E. Cholik; Sumbawa I.: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ ( MZB), 08˚36.766’S 117˚16.346’E, alt. ca. 1.165 m, Gunung Batu Pasak, Batu Dulang, Batu Lanteh, 12.iv.2010, HN; 2 ♀ ( MZB), 08˚36’S 117˚08’E, alt. ca. 1.090 m, Puncak Ngengas, Tepal, Batu Lanteh, 16.iv.2010, HN; Sumba I.: 1 ♀ ( MZB), 09˚43’S 119˚56’E, alt. ca. 690 m, Pari Paha, Gaha Ori Angu, 23.vi.2013, Pungki, L. & GY.

Distribution records: Indonesian Archipelago: Borneo I., Riouw-Archipelago, Sumatra I., Java I., Sumbawa I., Sumba I., Sulawesi I., New Guinea I.; Indian subcontinent; Indochina Peninsular; Philippine Islands; continental East Asia, Japan Archipelago (van der Vecht, 1966; Nugroho et al., 2011).

Figures

FIGURES 17–25. ♀ of Ropalidiini species. 17–18. Parapolybia varia. 19. Ropalidia mathematica. 20–21. R. marginata. 22. R. pilosa. 23. R. impetuosa. 24. R. plebeja. 25. R. celebensis. 17, 19–20, 22–24. Habitus, lateral view. 18. Head, frontal view. 21. Posterior part of mesosoma and T1, dorsal view, an arrow indicates paired basal carina of propodeum. 25. Head, mesosoma and T1, lateral view.

FIGURES 26–29. Maps showing distribution records of Sulawesian eusocial wasps. 26. Vespa (four species). 27. Polistes (four species). 28. Ropalidiine species non-endemic to Sulawesi I. (five species). 29. Ropalidia species endemic to Sulawesi I. (three species).