Mischocyttarus

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 the tribe Mischocyttarini. Mischocyttarus wasps build a relatively simple, single comb nest. Sometimes, the nest is built within a meter of the nest of Polistes carnifex.[1] It can be distinguished by its brown and yellow stripes.[1] [2] Foraging adults bring nectar and small caterpillars back to the nest to feed to the developing larvae which are individually housed in separate cells in the nest.[3] Not all nests have a female with developed ovaries.[1] 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

  • Mischocyttarus acunai Alayo 1972
  • Mischocyttarus adjectus Zikan, 1935
  • Mischocyttarus adolphi Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus alboniger Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus alfkeni (Ducke, 1904)
  • Mischocyttarus alienus Richards 1978
  • Mischocyttarus alternatus Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus angulatus Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus annulatus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus anthracinus Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus aracatubaensis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus araujoi Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus aripuanaensis Silveira, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus artifex (Ducke, 1914)
  • Mischocyttarus atramentarius Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus atrocyaneus Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus bahiae Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus bahiaensis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus barbatulus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus barbatus Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus basimacula (Cameron, 1906)
  • Mischocyttarus belemensis Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus bequaerti Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus bertonii Ducke, 1918
  • Mischocyttarus brackmanni Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus bruneri Bequard & Salt, 1931
  • Mischocyttarus buyssoni (Ducke, 1906)
  • Mischocyttarus cabauna Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus campestris Raw, 1987
  • Mischocyttarus capichaba Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus carbonarius (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus carinulatus Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus cassanunga (Ihering, 1903)
  • Mischocyttarus catharinaensis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus cearensis Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus cerberus Ducke 1918
  • Mischocyttarus chalucas Snelling, 1983
  • Mischocyttarus chanchamayoensis Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus chapadae (Fox 1898)
  • Mischocyttarus chloroeus Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus cinerascens Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus claretianus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus clavicornis Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus cleomens Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus clypeatus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus collarellus Richards, 1940
  • Mischocyttarus collaris (Ducke, 1904)
  • Mischocyttarus commixtus Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus communalis Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus confirmatus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus confusoides Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus confusus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus cooperi Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus costalimai Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus costaricensis Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus crypticus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus cubensis (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus curitybanus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus decimus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus declaratus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus dimorphus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus drewseni (RAPOSO FILHO, 1954)
  • Mischocyttarus duckei Buysson, 1909
  • Mischocyttarus duidensis Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus ecuadorensis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus elegantulus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus extinctus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus filiformis (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus filipendulus Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus fisheri Snelling 1970
  • Mischocyttarus fitzgeraldi Bequard, 1938
  • Mischocyttarus flavicans (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Mischocyttarus flavicornis Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (Saussure 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus flavoniger Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus flavoscutellatus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus fluminensis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus foveatus Richards, 1940
  • Mischocyttarus fraudulentus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus frontalis (Fox, 1898)
  • Mischocyttarus funerulus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus garbei Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus giffordi Raw, 1987
  • Mischocyttarus gilvus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus goyanus Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus granadaensis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus gynandromorphus Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus haywardi Willink 1953
  • Mischocyttarus heliconius Richards, 1941
  • Mischocyttarus hirsutulus Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus hirsutus Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus hoffmanni Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus ignotus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus iheringi Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus illusorius Richards 1978
  • Mischocyttarus imeldai Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus immarginatus Richards, 1940
  • Mischocyttarus inca Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus inexpectatus Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus infrastriatus Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus injucundus (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus insolitus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus interjectus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus interruptus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus itatiayaensis Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus jucundus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus juditae Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus juranus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus labiatus (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Mischocyttarus lanei Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus latior (Fox, 1898)
  • Mischocyttarus latissimus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus lecointei (Ducke, 1904)
  • Mischocyttarus lemoulti (Buysson, 1909)
  • Mischocyttarus leucoecus Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus lilae Willink 1953
  • Mischocyttarus lindigi Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus longicornis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus lules Willink 1953
  • Mischocyttarus macarenae Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus maculipennis Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus malaris Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus mamirauae Raw, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus mamirauae Raw, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus marginatus (Fox 1898)
  • Mischocyttarus marinensis Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus mastigophorus Richards 1978
  • Mischocyttarus mattogrossoensis Zikan, 1935
  • Mischocyttarus melanarius (Cameron, 1906)
  • Mischocyttarus melanoleucus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus melanops Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus melanopygus Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus melanoxanthus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus mendax Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus meridionalis Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus metathoracicus (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus metoecus Richards, 1940
  • Mischocyttarus mexicanus (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus mimicus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus minifoveatus Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus mirificus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus mixtus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus mocsaryi (Ducke, 1909)
  • Mischocyttarus montei Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus montivagus Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus moralesi Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus moronae Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus mourei Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus mutator Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus napoensis Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus narinensis Cooper 1998
  • Mischocyttarus naumanni Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus navajo Bequard, 1933
  • Mischocyttarus nigroclavatus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus nigropygialis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards 1978
  • Mischocyttarus occultus Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus oecothrix Richards 1940
  • Mischocyttarus omicron Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus onorei Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus oreophilus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus ornatus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus pallidipectus (Smith 1857)
  • Mischocyttarus pallidipes Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus paraguayensis Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus parallelogrammoides Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus parallelogrammus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus paulistanus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus peduncularius Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus pelor Carpenter 1988
  • Mischocyttarus peruanus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus peruviensis Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus petiolatus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus phthisicus (Fabricius 1793)
  • Mischocyttarus picturatus Bequard, 1938
  • Mischocyttarus piger Richards, 1945
  • Mischocyttarus plaumanni Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus polymorphus Cooper, 1998
  • Mischocyttarus prominulus Richards 1941
  • Mischocyttarus proximus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus pseudomimeticus (Schulz, 1903)
  • Mischocyttarus punctatus (Ducke, 1904)
  • Mischocyttarus reclusus Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus rectus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus reflexicollis Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus richardsi Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus riograndensis Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus rivularum Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus rotundicollis (Cameron, 1912)
  • Mischocyttarus rufescens Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus rufidens (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus rufipes Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus rufomaculatus Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus santacruzi Raw, 2000
  • Mischocyttarus saturatus Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus saussurei Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus schadei Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus schunkei Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus scitulus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus sericeus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus silvicola Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus similaris Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus similatus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus smithii (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus socialis (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus souzalopesi Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus sprucei Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus stenoecus Richards 1978
  • Mischocyttarus subornatus Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus superbus Richards, 1940
  • Mischocyttarus surinamensis (Saussure, 1854)
  • Mischocyttarus sylvestris Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus synoecus Richards 1940
  • Mischocyttarus tapuya (Schulz, 1905)
  • Mischocyttarus tarmensis Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus tectus Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus telembi Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus tenuis Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus tertius Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus tolensis Richards 1941
  • Mischocyttarus tomentosus Zikan, 1935
  • Mischocyttarus transandinus Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus travassosi Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus tricolor Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus tunari Cooper, 1996
  • Mischocyttarus undulatus (Ducke, 1905)
  • Mischocyttarus vaqueroi Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus varolii Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus veracrucis Cooper, 1997
  • Mischocyttarus villarricanus Zikan 1935
  • Mischocyttarus vredeni Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus wagneri (Buysson, 1908)
  • Mischocyttarus weyrauchi Zikan 1949
  • Mischocyttarus woytkowskyi Richards, 1978
  • Mischocyttarus wygodzinskyi Zikan, 1949
  • Mischocyttarus xanthocerus Richards 1945
  • Mischocyttarus ypiranguensis Fonseca, 1926
  • Mischocyttarus zikaninus Richards, 1978

References

  1. 1 2 3 Corn, Mary L. (1972). "Notes on the Biology of Polistes carnifex (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Costa Rica and Colombia". Psyche 79: 150–157. doi:10.1155/1972/78756.
  2. Belt, Thomas G. "The Naturalist in Nicaragua: Wasps". A Book of Natural History. FreeFictionBooks.org. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  3. Reeve, Hudson K. (1991). "Polistes". In Kenneth G. Ross & Robert W. Mathew. The Social Biology of Wasps. Cornell University Press. pp. 99–148. ISBN 978-0-8014-9906-7.
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