trichophthalma Richards

Ropalidia trichophthalma Richards, 1978: 54 (nest), 62 (key), 102, female, male (in subgenus Icariola) - “ Queensland Q2, Forest road near Ingham” (holotype female Canberra); also from numerous other localities in Qld. - Cardale, 1985: 217 (in subgenus Icariola; cat.). - Jeanne, 1991: 203, 213, 225 (colony population). - Kojima, 1993a: 4 (biology). - Naumann, 1993, in Naumann et al.: 179 (distr.). - Itô, 1993: 89, 134 (in subgenus Icariola; ethology). - Macalintal & Starr, 1996: tables 1–2 (in subgenus Icariola; morphology). - Kojima & Carpenter, 1997a: 57 (cat.). - Kojima, 1998: 100, 218, Figs 625–631 (larva); 1999b: 375 (note on holotype); 1999c: 383 (key), 387 (distr.), Figs 63–65. - Brown, 2009: 30 (? North Coast).

Distribution: NE coastal, N Gulf, (N coastal); Qld., N. T., W. A.; specimens other than from Qld. are believed to be incorrectly labelled.