Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989

Kumar, P. Girish & Rajmohana, K., 2018, Taxonomic studies on Wasps of Kottooli and Thalassery-Dharmadam Mangroves of Kerala (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 337-349 : 339

2. Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989

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1989. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) brevita Das & Gupta , 121. Holotype ♂, Delhi: University ridge ( NZC).

2007. Ropalidia brevita ; Kojima et al.: 380.

Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Kottooli wetland, 5 ♀, 7.v.2016, Coll. P. Girish Kumar , ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/ WGRC /I.R-INV.8934-8938 ; Kerala, Kannur district, Thalassery mangroves, Parappuram , 1 ♀ & 1 ♂, 16.v.2016, Coll. Sruthi , ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.6798 & 6799; Kerala, Thalassery mangroves, Parappuram , 1 ♀ ,

16.v.2016, Coll. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.7256; Kerala, Thalassery mangroves, Kuyyali , 1 ♂ , 15.viii.2016, Coll. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.7257; Kerala, Thalassery mangroves, Koduvally , 1 ♀ , 13.viii.2016, Coll. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.7258; Kerala, Thalassery mangroves, Nadal , 1 ♀ , 31.vii.2016, Coll. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.- INV.7259; Kerala, Thalassery mangroves, Nadal , 1 ♂ ,

3.vii.2016, Coll. Sruthi, ZSI/ WGRC /I. R.-INV.7260 .

Diagnosis: T1 proportionally wider with its maximum width in dorsal view nearly half as wide as that of T2; propodeum with paired, longitudinal basal carinae, with weak transverse striations and scattered shallow punctures between basal carinae; striations lateral to carinae weak; propodeal orifice narrow.

Distribution: India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Pakistan (Sheikh et. al., 2017).