''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of

eusocial Eusociality (from Greek εὖ ''eu'' "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generat ...

paper wasps in the

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...

Ropalidiini Ropalidiini is a tribe of social wasps inhabiting the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. Genera and selected species *'' Belonogaster'' **'' Belonogaster juncea'' ( Fabricius, 1781) **''Belonogaster petiolata' ...

distributed throughout the

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

and

Australasia Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecologica ...

n biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent and swarm-founding species. '' Ropalidia romandi'' is one of the swarm founding species, meaning that new nests are founded by a large group of workers with a smaller number of inseminated females (egg-laying foundresses), while '' Ropalidia revolutionalis'' is independent-founding, meaning that each nest is founded by a single foundress.

Species

''Ropalidia'' contains the following species: * '' Ropalidia aethiopica'' * '' Ropalidia albobalteata'' * '' Ropalidia amabala'' * '' Ropalidia anarchica'' * '' Ropalidia andamanensis'' * '' Ropalidia antennata'' * '' Ropalidia aristocratica'' * '' Ropalidia artifex'' * ''

Ropalidia atra ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * '' Ropalidia australis'' * '' Ropalidia bambusae'' * '' Ropalidia bensoni'' * ''

Ropalidia bicincta ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independe ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia bicolor ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia bicolorata ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia bidens ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independe ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia binghami ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia bipartita ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusociality, eusocial paper wasps in the tribe (biology), tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique becaus ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia bispinosa ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia brazzai ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia brevita ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * ''

Ropalidia brunnea ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * '' Ropalidia canaria'' * '' Ropalidia capensis'' * '' Ropalidia carinata'' * '' Ropalidia catharinae'' * '' Ropalidia cauponae'' * '' Ropalidia celebensis'' * '' Ropalidia cincinnata'' * '' Ropalidia cincta'' * '' Ropalidia clavata'' * '' Ropalidia clypeata'' * '' Ropalidia cocoscola'' * '' Ropalidia colorata'' * '' Ropalidia conservator'' * '' Ropalidia conspicua'' * '' Ropalidia constitutionalis'' * '' Ropalidia copiaria'' * '' Ropalidia crassa'' * '' Ropalidia crassipunctata'' * ''

Ropalidia cristata ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independe ...

'' * '' Ropalidia curvilineata'' * '' Ropalidia cyathiformis'' * '' Ropalidia darwini'' * '' Ropalidia deceptor'' * '' Ropalidia decorata'' * '' Ropalidia deminutiva'' * '' Ropalidia democratica'' * '' Ropalidia dichroma'' * '' Ropalidia dispila'' * '' Ropalidia distigma'' * '' Ropalidia dubia'' * '' Ropalidia ducalis'' * '' Ropalidia duchaussoyi'' * '' Ropalidia eboraca'' * '' Ropalidia elegantula'' * '' Ropalidia erythrospila'' * '' Ropalidia eurostoma'' * '' Ropalidia excavata'' * '' Ropalidia extrema'' * '' Ropalidia fasciata'' * '' Ropalidia favulorum'' * '' Ropalidia festina'' * '' Ropalidia flavobrunnea'' * '' Ropalidia flavopicta'' * '' Ropalidia flavoviridis'' * '' Ropalidia fluviatilis'' * '' Ropalidia formosa'' * '' Ropalidia fraterna'' * '' Ropalidia fulvopruinosa'' * '' Ropalidia galimatia'' * '' Ropalidia gemmea'' * '' Ropalidia gracilenta'' * '' Ropalidia gracilis'' * '' Ropalidia grandidieri'' * '' Ropalidia granulata'' * '' Ropalidia gregaria'' * '' Ropalidia guttatipennis'' * '' Ropalidia hirsuta'' * '' Ropalidia hongkongensis'' * '' Ropalidia horni'' * '' Ropalidia impetuosa'' * '' Ropalidia incurva'' * '' Ropalidia inquieta'' * '' Ropalidia interjecta'' * ''

Ropalidia interrupta ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independe ...

'' * '' Ropalidia irrequieta'' * '' Ropalidia irritata'' * '' Ropalidia jacobsoni'' * '' Ropalidia jaculator'' * '' Ropalidia javanica'' * '' Ropalidia kojimai'' * '' Ropalidia kurandae'' * '' Ropalidia latebalteata'' * '' Ropalidia latetergum'' * '' Ropalidia laticincta'' * '' Ropalidia lefebvrei'' * '' Ropalidia leopoldi'' * '' Ropalidia lepida'' * '' Ropalidia linearecta'' * ''

Ropalidia longipetiolata ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independe ...

'' * '' Ropalidia loriana'' * '' Ropalidia lugubris'' * '' Ropalidia luzonensis'' * '' Ropalidia mackayensis'' * '' Ropalidia maculata'' * '' Ropalidia maculiventris'' * '' Ropalidia magnanima'' * '' Ropalidia malaisei'' * '' Ropalidia malayana'' * ''

Ropalidia marginata ''Ropalidia marginata'' is an Old World species of paper wasp. It is primitively eusocial, not showing the same bias in brood care seen in other social insects with greater asymmetry in relatedness. The species employs a variety of colony foundi ...

'' * '' Ropalidia mathematica'' * '' Ropalidia melania'' * '' Ropalidia merina'' * '' Ropalidia mimikae'' * '' Ropalidia minor'' * '' Ropalidia modesta'' * ''

Ropalidia montana ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independe ...

'' * '' Ropalidia mutabilis'' * '' Ropalidia myosolica'' * '' Ropalidia mysterica'' * '' Ropalidia nigerrima'' * '' Ropalidia nigra'' * '' Ropalidia nigrescens'' * '' Ropalidia nigrior'' * '' Ropalidia nigrita'' * '' Ropalidia nigrofemorata'' * '' Ropalidia nilssoni'' * '' Ropalidia nitidula'' * '' Ropalidia nobilis'' * '' Ropalidia novaeguinaea'' * '' Ropalidia novissima'' * '' Ropalidia nursei'' * '' Ropalidia obscura'' * '' Ropalidia obscurior'' * '' Ropalidia ochracea'' * '' Ropalidia opifex'' * '' Ropalidia opulenta'' * '' Ropalidia ornaticeps'' * '' Ropalidia palawana'' * '' Ropalidia papuana'' * '' Ropalidia pendula'' * '' Ropalidia perplexa'' * '' Ropalidia petulans'' * '' Ropalidia phalansterica'' * '' Ropalidia philippinensis'' * '' Ropalidia pilosa'' * '' Ropalidia plebeja'' * ''

Ropalidia plebeiana ''Ropalidia plebeiana'' is a eusocial temperate paper wasp. It is unique, as it is the only temperate wasp in the typically tropical Ropalidia genus. ''R. plebeiana'' is widely distributed in eastern Australia, and recently have been found maki ...

'' * '' Ropalidia politica'' * '' Ropalidia prasina'' * '' Ropalidia principalis'' * '' Ropalidia proletaria'' * '' Ropalidia pseudomalayana'' * ''

Ropalidia pulchella ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

Ropalidia spilostoma ''Ropalidia'' is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus ''Ropalidia ''is unique because it contains both independent ...

'' * '' Ropalidia stigma'' * '' Ropalidia subclavata'' * '' Ropalidia sumatrae'' * '' Ropalidia taiwana'' * '' Ropalidia thailandia'' * '' Ropalidia timida'' * '' Ropalidia tomentosa'' * '' Ropalidia trichophthalma'' * '' Ropalidia trimaculata'' * '' Ropalidia turneri'' * '' Ropalidia unicolor'' * '' Ropalidia unidentata'' * '' Ropalidia variabilis'' * '' Ropalidia variegata'' * '' Ropalidia velutina'' * '' Ropalidia venustula'' * '' Ropalidia vietnama'' * '' Ropalidia vitripennis'' * '' Ropalidia wollastoni'' * '' Ropalidia zonata''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1956829 Vespidae Hymenoptera genera Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville