Ropalidia marginata
Creators: name: Handru, Alan
name: Nugroho, Hari
name: Saito-Morooka, Fuki
name: Ubaidillah, Rosichon
name: Kojima, Jun-Ichi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae
Ropalidia
Ropalidia marginata

description: Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)
(Figs. 20–21, 28)
Epipona marginata Lepeletier, 1836: 541.
Specimens examined. Sulawesi I.: North Sulawesi: 7 ♀, 6 ♂ (IUNH), Poigar [ca. 01˚01’N 124˚18’E], 30.xi.1999, JK; 2 ♀, 4 ♂ (IUNH), Maria Lama, near Poigar, 1.xii.1999, JK; South East Sulawesi: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (MZB), Teomokoie, Kobaena I. [ca. 05˚15’N 121˚55’E], 31.x.1989, Sih Kahono; North Kolaka: 4 ♀, 6 ♂ (MZB), 03˚38’ S 121˚04’ E, Wawo, Tinukari, RU et al. [1 ♀, alt. ca. 186 m, 22.vi.2010, 3 ♀, 3 ♂, alt. ca. 100 m, 27.vi.2010; 2 ♂, alt. ca. 100 m, 30.vi.2010; 1 ♂, alt. ca. 100 m, 1.vii.2010]; 5 ♀, 4 ♂ (MZB), 04˚27’S 122˚04 E. alt. ca. 23 m, Darmawan [1 ♀, 25.xi.2011; 3 ♀, 2 ♂, 26.xi.2011; 1 ♀, 2 ♂, 27.xi.2011]; South Sulawesi: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (IUNH), 05˚03’S 119’31’E, alt. ca. 30 m, Maros, 21.viii.2014, JK et al. Indonesian Archipelago other than Sulawesi I.: Karimun Besar I.: 1 ♂ (MZB), 01˚07’N 103˚22’E, alt. ca. 10 m, Teluk Mesodo, Pongkar, 28.iv.2017, Sarino. Sumatra I.: Sungai Penuh, Jambi: 1 ♂ (IUNH), 02˚02’S 101˚24’E, alt. ca. 795 m, Koto Teluk, 21.v.2017, AH; 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (IUNH), 02˚03’S 101˚22’E, alt. ca. 825 m, Bukit Sentiong, 21.v.2017, AH; 12 ♀, 7 ♂ (IUNH), 02˚03’S 101˚24’E, alt. ca. 800 m, 11.vii.2017, AH; West Sumatra: 1 ♀ (SEHU), Lubuk Minturun [ca. 00˚50’S 100˚22’E], 28.xi.1980, SKY; 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (SEHU), Limau Manis [ca. 00˚53’S 100˚30’E], 23.viii.1982, SKY; 5 ♀, 6 ♂ (SEHU), Ulu Gadut [ca. 00˚56’S 100˚28’E], 28.vi.1983, SKY; Java I.: West Java: 1 ♂ (MZB), Gua Gudawang, Argapura-Cigudeg, Bogor [ca. 06˚27.5’S 106˚31’E], 8.ix.2002, JK & RU; 1 ♀ (MZB), Jasinga, Bogor [ca. 06˚29’S 106˚28’E], 24.vii.2004, S. Kahono & Puji A.; East Java: 3 ♀ (IUNH), 07˚50’S 114˚26’E, Baluran NP, 15.ix.2005, JK & RU; 1 ♂ (IUNH), 08˚08’S 116˚24’E, Banyuwangi, 16.ix.2005, JK & RU; Bali I.: 3 ♀ (IUNH), 08˚08’S 115˚04’E, Singaraja, 9.ix.2005, JK & RU; 6 ♂ (IUNH), 08˚37’ S 115˚05’ E, Tanah Lot, 10.ix.2005, JK & RU.
Remarks. Represented by four local color forms formally named as subspecies, this species is widely distributed in Oriental and Australian regions, with no distributional records in eastern islands of the Lesser Sunda Islands (such as Komodo I., Flores I., and Timor I.) and southern islands of the Moluccas (such as Buru I., Ceram I., and Ambon I.), where the closely related species, R. laticincta van der Vecht, 1962, is distributed. The two species may co-occur on Bali I., Lombok I., Sumbawa I., and Sumba I. (Kojima et al., 2005b). The specimens from Sulawesi I. that we examined possessed the same color pattern as that of the specimens from other islands of the Indonesian Archipelago (except those from New Guinea I.).
Distribution records: Indonesian Archipelago: Bangka I., Borneo I., Sumatra I., Nias I., Java I., Karimun Djawa I., Bali I., Lombok I., Sumba I., Sumbawa I., Tukang Besi I., Sulawesi I., Talaud I., Halmahera I., New Guinea I.; Indian subcontinent; Sri Lanka; Indochina Peninsular; southern parts of continental China; Philippine Islands; Mariana I.; Palau I.; Volcano I. (introduced); New Britain I.; Australia (Thursday I., Queensland) (van der Vecht, 1941, 1962; Kojima & Carpenter, 1997; Kojima, 2001; Kojima et al., 2005a, b; Nguyen et al., 2006b).
description: Published as part of 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), pp. 541-559 in Zootaxa 4885 (4) on pages 552-553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4296946