mackayensis Richards

Ropalidia mackayensis Richards, 1978: 62 (key), 105, Fig. 14, female, male (in subgenus Icariola) - “ Queensland Q2, 35 miles SE. of Ayr” (holotype female Canberra); also from numerous other localities in Queensland. - Cardale, 1985: 215 (in subgenus Icariola; cat.). - Jeanne, 1991: 203, 213, 225 (colony population). - Kojima, 1993a: 5 (biology). - Itô, 1993: 89 (in subgenus Icariola; ethology). - Kojima, 1996b: 328; 1996c: 350. - Kojima & Carpenter, 1997a: 34 (cat.). - Kojima, 1999b: 375 (note on holotype); 1999c: 383 (key), 387 (distr.), Figs 46, 50–51.

Distribution: NE coastal, N Gulf; Qld.