''Liostenogaster'' is a genus of
hover wasps from the subfamily
Stenogastrinae
The Stenogastrinae are a subfamily of social wasps included in the family Vespidae. They are sometimes called hover wasps owing to the particular hovering flight of some species. Their morphology and biology present interesting peculiarities.
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of the family
Vespidae
The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as ''Polistes fuscatus'', ''Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Each ...
which has a distribution centred on south-east Asia. It was named by the
Dutch
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entomologist
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Jacobus van der Vecht
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Early life
Van der Vecht was born in The Hague on 5 July 1906. H ...
from material collected by
Japan
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ese scientists on an expedition to
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,
Malaysia
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and
Cambodia
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which took place in 1966.
Species
The following species are currently assigned to ''Liostenogaster'':
* ''
Liostenogaster abstrusa''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster campanulae''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster filicis''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster flaviplagiata''
(Cameron, 1902)
* ''
Liostenogaster flavolineata''
(Cameron, 1902)
* ''
Liostenogaster nitidipennis''
(de Saussure, 1853)
* ''
Liostenogaster pardii''
Turillazzi & Carfi 1996
* ''
Liostenogaster picta''
(Smith, 1860)
* ''
Liostenogaster topographica''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster tutua''
Turillazzi 1999
* ''
Liostenogaster variapicta''
(Rohwer, 1919)
* ''
Liostenogaster vechti
''Liostenogaster vechti'' is a type of eusocial hover wasp within the family Vespidae. They are typically brown and yellow in color and are considered a passive aggressive species. Their stings are less painful to humans than other social wasps, ...
''
Turillazzi 1999
References
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Vespidae