Ropalidia
| Ropalidia | |
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| Ropalidia sp | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Ropalidiini |
| Genus: |
Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville 1831 |
| Species | |
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approx. 200 species |
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approx. 200 species
Ropalidia is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian 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 queens), while Ropalidia revolutionalis is independent-founding, meaning that each nest is founded by a single queen.
Ropalidia contains the following species:
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