gregaria (de Saussure)

Icaria gregaria de Saussure, 1854: 236, female - “La Nouvelle Hollande ” (lectotype Genève); 1862: 137. - Froggatt, 1892: 232 (cat.). - Dalla Torre, 1894: 119 (cat.);: 73 (cat.). - Kojima, 2001a: 6, Figs 5–12 (designation of lectotype; redescription).

Ropalidia variegata interrupta van der Vecht, 1941: 158, female - “Thursday Island” (Cambridge). - Kojima, 2000a: 33 (notes on types); 2001a: 6 (syn. of R. gregaria (de Saussure)) .

Ropalidia interrupta interrupta; Richards, 1978: 58, 90 (in subgenus Icariola). - Cardale, 1985: 215 (in subgenus Icariola; cat.). - Kojima & Carpenter, 1997a: 31 (cat.).

Ropalidia mutabilis torresiana Richards, 1978, Austr. J. Zool., Suppl. Ser. 61: 96, female - “ Queensland Q3, Iron Range” (Canberra); also from two other localities in Queensland. - Cardale, 1985: 216 (in subgenus Icariola; cat.). - Kojima & Carpenter, 1997a: 42 (cat.). - Kojima, 1999b: 367, 372, 373 (syn. of R. flavinoda van der Vecht); 2000a: 35 (notes on types); 2001a: 8 (Kojima’s 1999 synonymy with R. flavinoda van der Vecht doubtful). - Saito & Kojima, 2005a: 184 (syn. of R. gregaria (de Saussure) .

Ropalidia sp. nr. variegata; Itô, 1986b: 310 (ethology). - Itô & Yamane, 1992: 63–74 (ethology). - Henshaw et al., 2003: 641–643 (microsatellites).

Ropalidia interrupta; Kojima, 1999b: 367, 372 (note on holotype), Figs 26–27, 31 (syn.: R. mutabilis mutabilis Richards); 1999c: 382 (key), 386 (distr.), Figs 31, 34, 43.

Ropalidia gregaria; Kojima, 2001a: 6, Figs 5–12 (syn.: R. variegata interrupta van der Vecht; “ R. gregaria ” auctt. is R. impetuosa (Smith) . - Saito & Kojima, 2005a: 183 (key), 184, Figs 18, 24–25 (syn.: R. mutabilis torresiana Richards, 1978; in variegata group; W. A., N. T., Qld.). - Henshaw et al., 2015: 100–109 (colony structure).

Distribution: N Gulf, N coastal; W. A., N. T., Qld.