Ropalidia santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989

Tan, Jiang-Li, Van Achterberg, Kees & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2014, Pictorial key to species of the genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from China, with description of one new species, ZooKeys 391, pp. 1-35 : 24

Ropalidia santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989 rec. n. Figure 2E

Ropalidia santoshae Das & Gupta, 1983: 422. Nomen nudum.

Ropalidia santoshae Das & Gupta, 1989: 111, 123, 156; Kojima et al. 2007: 382. Type locality: India.

Specimens examined.

INDIA: 1 ♀ (RMNH), Sikkim, Kambur, 3280 ft, 15.viii.1959, F. Schmid; 1 ♀ (RMNH), Assam, Div. Kamens, Bokhar, 2200-2500 ft, 28.v.1961, F Schmid (both paratypes labelled " Ropalidia santoshae Das L. l., det. J v d Vecht, 1981). CHINA: 1 ♀ (NWUM), Motuo, Tibet, 29°19'37.5"N, 95°19'44.6"E, 15.viii.2011, HL Yang & JB Wang; 10 ♀ (NWUM), with same locality data, but 10.vii.2013, T Li.

Remarks.

The specimens from China agree well with the examined paratypes from India.

Distribution.

China (Tibet); India. ( Kojima and Carpenter 1997 and updated to 2006, Kojima et al. 2007).