Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801) is a animal in the Vespidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801)

Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801)

The Sumatran paper wasp Ropalidia sumatrae is a Polistinae paper wasp recorded across five Southeast Asian countries.

Family
Genus
Ropalidia
Order
Hymenoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801)

Ropalidia sumatrae, commonly called the Sumatran paper wasp, is a species of paper wasp that belongs to the subfamily Polistinae. Confirmed recorded occurrences of this species are in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Photo: (c) Soh Kam Yung, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Soh Kam Yung · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Vespidae Ropalidia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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