Genus Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville

Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1831: pl. 9, Fig. 8, genus.

Type species: Ropalidia maculiventris Guérin-Méneville, 1831, by monotypy.

Rhopalidia Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 266 . Incorrect spelling of Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville. Non Rhopalidia Lepeletier, 1836 .

Rhopalia Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 317 (in explanation of plates). Incorrect spelling of Ropalidia GuérinMéneville.

Anthreneida White, 1841: 321, genus.

Type species: Anthreneida coronata White, 1841 [= Vespa sumatrae Weber, 1801], by monotypy.

Icaria de Saussure, 1853: 22, pls. 4 and 5, genus (20 species).

Type species: “ I. maculiventris (Guer.) ” [= Ropalidia maculiventris Guérin-Méneville, 1831], by subsequent designation of Bingham, 1897: 385.

Anthreneidea de Saussure, 1854: 235. Incorrect spelling of Anthreneida White.

Icharia Gribodo, 1892 [1891]: 243. Incorrect spelling of Icaria de Saussure.

Paraicaria Gribodo, 1892 [1891]: 248, genus.

Type species: Paraicaria bicolor Gribodo, 1892 [= Ropalidia bicolorata van der Vecht, 1962, replacement name], by monotypy.

Icariastrum Dalla Torre, 1904: 72, name for group I of genus Icaria de Saussure in de Saussure, 1862: 132 (5 species).

Type species: Icaria opulenta Smith, 1857, by subsequent designation of Meade-Waldo, 1913: 46.

Icarielia Dalla Torre, 1904: 72, name for group II of genus Icaria de Saussure in de Saussure, 1862: 132 (9 species).

Type species: Icaria flavopicta Smith, 1857, by subsequent designation of Meade-Waldo, 1913: 46.

Icariella [!] Dalla Torre, 1904, Index: 96. Incorrect spelling of Icarielia Dalla Torre.

Icariola Dalla Torre, 1904: 72, name for group III of genus Icaria de Saussure in de Saussure, 1862: 133 (11 species).

Type species: Icaria gregaria de Saussure, 1853, by subsequent designation of Meade-Waldo, 1913: 46.

Polistratus Cameron, 1906a: 59, genus.

Type species: Polistratus cariniscutis Cameron, 1906 [= Icaria brunnea Smith, 1858], by monotypy.

Zuba Cheesman, 1952: 2, 3 (key), 23, subgenus of Ropalidia (14 species). Unavailable: no type species designated.

Zuba Richards, 1978: 57; validation by type selection of Zuba Cheesman.

Type species: Icaria gregaria de Saussure, 1853, by original designation.

This genus is also found in the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions.