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Ropalidia copelandi Polašek

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals): Phylum: Arthropoda: Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera: Superfamily: Vespoidea: Family: Vespidae: Genus: Ropalidia)

Ropalidia copelandi Polašek, 2025. Holotype in Nairobi (ICIPE). Type Locality: Kasaala, Kenya.

Distribution

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania.

Biology

Unknown.

Reference

Polašek O, Onah I, Kehinde T, Rojo V, van Noort S, Carpenter JM. 2025. Revision of the mainland African species of the Old World social wasp genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville 1831 (Hymenoptera; Vespidae). Zootaxa 5626 (1): 001–142. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5626.1.1

Credits

Photographs © Ozren Polašek (Croatian Centre for Global Health, University of Split).

 

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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