Vespidae
Apoica pallens (Fabricius, 1804)
Apoica pallens (Fabricius, 1804)
Apoica pallens is a pale yellow Neotropical wasp with caste size differences, whose nests are used in Brazilian folk medicine.
Apoica flavissima Vecht, 1972
Apoica flavissima Vecht, 1972
Apoica flavissima is a Neotropical nocturnal wasp with queens smaller than workers, found in South America.
Agelaia pallipes (Olivier, 1791)
Agelaia pallipes (Olivier, 1791)
Agelaia pallipes is a dimorphic South American high-altitude wasp with clear queen and worker castes.
Agelaia multipicta (Haliday, 1836)
Agelaia multipicta (Haliday, 1836)
Agelaia multipicta is a neotropical wasp species with distinct queen and worker castes, found from Mexico to Argentina.
Parachartergus apicalis (Fabricius, 1804)
Parachartergus apicalis (Fabricius, 1804)
Parachartergus apicalis is a Neotropical polistine wasp first described by Fabricius in 1804.
Protopolybia exigua (de Saussure, 1906)
Protopolybia exigua (de Saussure, 1906)
Protopolybia exigua is a small swarm-founding wasp found across South and Central America with short-lived hanging nests.
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Synoeca septentrionalis is a medium-sized Neotropical paper wasp that builds growing paper nests on tree trunks and limbs.
Synoeca cyanea (Fabricius, 1775)
Synoeca cyanea (Fabricius, 1775)
Synoeca cyanea is a South American wasp with distinct body markings and variable queen-worker size caste differences.
Synoeca surinama (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synoeca surinama (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synoeca surinama is a common bluish-black metallic social wasp found in tropical South America.
Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure, 1854)
Protonectarina sylveirae (de Saussure, 1854)
Protonectarina sylveirae is a species of swarm-founding wasp ranging from Brazil to Argentina that builds large papery cylindrical nests in trees.
Ropalidia revolutionalis (de Saussure, 1854)
Ropalidia revolutionalis (de Saussure, 1854)
Ropalidia revolutionalis is a small dark reddish-brown paper wasp found mainly in Queensland, Australia.
Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801)
Ropalidia sumatrae (Weber, 1801)
The Sumatran paper wasp Ropalidia sumatrae is a Polistinae paper wasp recorded across five Southeast Asian countries.
Ropalidia romandi (Guill., 1841)
Ropalidia romandi (Guill., 1841)
Ropalidia romandi is a small yellow Australian paper wasp that builds distinctive large papery bag nests.
Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius, 1804)
Ropalidia fasciata (Fabricius, 1804)
Ropalidia fasciata is a color-variable wasp that lives in Miscanthus sinensis-invaded grasslands and shares food unrelated to dominance.
Ropalidia distigma (Gerst., 1857)
Ropalidia distigma (Gerst., 1857)
Ropalidia distigma is a paper wasp species from southern and southeastern Africa that builds specific vertical paper nests.
Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)
Ropalidia marginata (Lepeletier, 1836)
Ropalidia marginata is a widely distributed social wasp ranging from Pakistan to eastern Pacific islands, most common in India.
Mischocyttarus drewseni (de Saussure, 1954)
Mischocyttarus drewseni (de Saussure, 1954)
Mischocyttarus drewseni is a mid-sized Neotropical wasp that nests in both swampy grasslands and semi-urban areas.
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (de Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (de Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis is a social paper wasp found across western North America that rarely stings humans.
Mischocyttarus mexicanus (de Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus mexicanus (de Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus mexicanus is a New World wasp found from the southern US to Costa Rica, with two distinct subspecies.
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