A new species of the genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville from central Africa (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

By

Polašek, Ozren

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-2-28

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

65

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

9--14

Subjects

social wasp , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.103539

 

Abstract

Ropalidia chromissp. nov. is described from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is characterized by a mixture of morphological features present in two large species groups of that genus, suggesting a separate phylogenetic lineage.