Ropalidia è un genere di vespe eusociali della famiglia dei Vespidae.
Questo genere abita tutta l'Africa tropicale, l'Indonesia e l'Australia.
Sono vespe piuttosto piccole (7–12 mm) e di vari colori.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1976. Opinion 1051. Rhopalidia Lepeletier, 1836 (Insecta: Hymenoptera): Suppressed under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomencl 32:240–241.
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- Kojima, J. 1999. Taxonomic Notes on Australian Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Entomological Science. 2(3): 367-377.
- Kojima, J. 1999. Key to Species and Notes on Distribution of the Polistine Genus Ropalidia Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae) in Australia. Entomological Science. 2(3): 379-390.
- Nguyen Lien T. P., Jun-ichi Kojima, Fuki Saito, James M. Carpenter. 2006. Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Vietnam 3: Synoptic key to Vietnamese species of the polistine genus Ropalidia, with notes on taxonomy and distribution. Entomological Science. 9(1): 93-107.