Chartergellus

Chartergellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Chartergellus
J. Becquaert,[1]
Species

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Chartergellus is a genus of eusocial wasps of Epiponini with ten described species. The range of the species within this genus extends from Costa Rica to southeastern Brazil. The genus was described by J. Becquaert in 1938.[2]

Species

  • Chartergellus afoveatus Cooper 1993
  • Chartergellus amazonicus Richards 1978
  • Chartergellus atectus Richards 1978
  • Chartergellus communis Richards 1978
  • Chartergellus frontalis (Fabricius 1804)
  • Chartergellus jeannei Andena and Soleman 2015
  • Chartergellus nigerrimus Richards 1978
  • Chartergellus punctatior Richards 1978
  • Chartergellus sanctus Richards 1978
  • Chartergellus zonatus (Spinosa 1851)

References

  1. J. Becquaert (1938). "A new Charterginus from Costa Rica, with notes on Charterginus, Pseudochartergus, Pseudopolybia, Epipona, and Tatua (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 9: 99–117.
  2. Yuri Campanholo Grandinete, Sergio Ricardo Andena, Raduan Alexandre Soleman, Fernando Barbosa Noll (2015). "Chartergellus jeannei, a New Species of the Swarming Social Wasps from the Amazon Forest (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini).". Sociobiology 62: 99–117. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i1.120-123.
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