''Ropalidia ornaticeps'' is an Asian species of paper wasp in the tribe

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' ...

; no subspecies are listed in the

Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ...

. The recorded distribution for this species includes India through to

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

, including Vietnam; the type specimens are females, taken from the

Khasia Hills The Khasi Hills () is a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connects with the Purvanchal Range and larger Patkai Range further east. Khasi Hill ...

and deposited in Oxford and London.Pham PH (2014) A checklist of Ropalidiini wasps (hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae) in Indochina. ''Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade'' 66 (3), 1061-1074. Ropalidia ornaticeps nest CTNP RPB

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* {{taxonbar, from=Q14425457 Vespidae Hymenoptera of Asia Insects described in 1900