Ropalidia pilosa (Smith, 1858) (Figs. 22, 29) Icaria pilosa Smith, 1858b (1859): 22. Specimens examined. Sulawesi I.: 1 ♂ (OUM), holotype of Icaria pilosa Smith, 1858; South East Sulawesi: 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (MZB), Watu Wila [ca. 03˚45’S 121˚41’E], alt. ca. 300 m, Sih Kahono [1 ♀, 1 ♂, 10.x.1989; 1 ♀, 20.x.1989]; North Kolaka: 2 ♀, 1 ♂(MZB), 03˚38’S 121˚04’E, Tinukari, Wawo [1 ♀, alt. ca. 186 m, 7.viii.2009, GY & Mirwan-to; 1 ♀, alt. ca. 195 m, 20.xii.2009; 1 ♂, alt. ca. 65 m, 23.xii.2009, HN et al.]; South Konawe: 1 ♂ (MZB), 04˚13’S 122˚44’E, alt. ca. 75 m, Sumbersari, Konawe, Kendari, 11.vii.2010, RU et al.; 1 ♀ (MZB), 03˚64’S 121˚09’E, alt. ca. 430 m, Tanjung Peropa, Sumbersari, Moramo, 4.xi.2010, RU et al.; 1 ♂ (IUNH), 04˚13’S 122˚44’E, alt. ca. 55 m, Sumbersari, Moramo, 22.viii.2014, FSM et al.; Kendari: 1 ♂ (IUNH), 04˚03’S 122˚33’E, alt. ca. 145 m, Nanga Nanga, Andonoahu, 24.viii.2014, FSM et al.; South Sulawesi: 1 ♀ (MZB), alt. ca. 250 m, Pattunuang, Maros [ca. 05˚03’S 119˚43’E], 19.v.2001, A.N. Woro & A. Fuji. Remarks. This species is endemic to Sulawesi I. and is not so far recorded from northern parts of the island. The species might be closely allied to R. binghami distributed in Borneo I. Distribution record: Sulawesi I. (van der Vecht, 1941; Kojima & van Achterberg, 1997a, b).

Published as part of Handru, Alan, Nugroho, Hari, Saito-Morooka, Fuki, Ubaidillah, Rosichon & Kojima, Jun-Ichi, 2020, Eusocial wasp fauna of Sulawesi Island, the central island of Wallacea (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae, Vespinae), pp. 541-559 in Zootaxa 4885 (4) on pages 553-554, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4296946