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Genus Brachygastra - Honey Wasps

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae
Subfamily Polistinae (Paper Wasps)
Genus Brachygastra (Honey Wasps)
Explanation of Names
Brachygastra Perty 1833
'short gaster'
Numbers
a single species in our area, 17 spp. total(1)
Range
sw US (AZ, TX) to Argentina(1)
Works Cited
1.A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: ...
Sergio N.Andena, James M.Carpenter. 2012. American Museum of Natural History (American Museum Novitates).
Contributed by Cotinis on 26 October, 2006 - 3:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 11 September, 2020 - 12:50am

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