Ropalidia

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.

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• Ropalidia marginata or paper wasp aggressive poisons insect
• Paper wasp ropalidia marginata nest grub feeding and caring
• References

Ropalidia contains the following species: