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Mischocyttarus

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Mischocyttarus
Western Paper Wasp (Mischocyttarus flavitarsis) building a nest
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Vespidae
Subfamily:
Polistinae
Tribe:
Mischocyttarini
Genus:
Mischocyttarus

Saussure, 1853
Species

>200 species

Mischocyttarus is a very large, primarily Neotropical genus of social wasps with a few species found also in the Nearctic region. It is the only member of its own tribe, the Mischocyttarini. Mischocyttarus wasps build a relatively simple, single comb nest. Their biology is similar to that of species in the genus Polistes. However, Mischocyttarus appear to show considerably more social and reproductive flexibility than Polistes.

Species

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