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''Mischocyttarus'' is a very large, primarily Neotropical genus of
/ref> the asymmetrical tarsal lobes of ''Mischocyttarus'' separates it from the tribe Epiponini. ''Mischocyttarus'' is the largest genus of social wasps, containing over 200 species and subspecies. ''Mischocyttarus'' wasps build a relatively simple, single comb nest. Sometimes, the nest is built within a meter of the nest of '' Polistes carnifex''. Foraging adults bring
* '' Mischocyttarus achagua'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus acreanus'' Silveira, 2006
* '' Mischocyttarus acunai'' Alayo 1972
* '' Mischocyttarus adjectus'' Zikan, 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus adolphi'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus alboniger'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus alfkenii'' (Ducke, 1904)
* '' Mischocyttarus alienus'' Richards 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus alternatus'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus anchicaya'' Silveira, 2015
* '' Mischocyttarus angulatus'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus annulatus'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus anthracinus'' Richards, 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus arawak'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus aripuanaensis'' Silveira, 1998
* '' Mischocyttarus artifex'' (Ducke, 1914)
* '' Mischocyttarus awa'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus baconi'' Starr, 2011
* '' 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 bequaertii'' Richards, 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus bertonii'' Ducke, 1918
* '' Mischocyttarus brackmanni'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus bruneri'' Bequard & Salt, 1931
* '' Mischocyttarus buyssoni'' (Ducke, 1906)
* '' Mischocyttarus cabauna'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus caixuana'' Silveira, 2015
* '' Mischocyttarus campestris'' Raw, 1987
* '' Mischocyttarus capichaba'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus carbonarius'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus carinulatus'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus cassununga'' (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 chloroecus'' Cooper, 1998
* '' Mischocyttarus cinerasceus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus claretianus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus clavicornis'' Cooper, 1997
* '' Mischocyttarus cleomenes'' Richards, 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus clypeatus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus collarellus'' Richards, 1940
* '' Mischocyttarus collaris'' (Ducke, 1904)
* '' Mischocyttarus commixtus'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus confirmatus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus confusoides'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus confusus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus consimilis'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus cooperi'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus costaricensis'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus crypticus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus cryptobius'' Zikán 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus cubensis'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus curitybanus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus deceptus'' (Fox, 1895)
* '' Mischocyttarus decimus'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus declaratus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus dimorphus'' Zikan 1949
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social
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.
Etymology
The word "social" derives from ...
wasps with a few species found also in the Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
region. It is the only member of the tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
Mischocyttarini;Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Mischocyttarini/ref> the asymmetrical tarsal lobes of ''Mischocyttarus'' separates it from the tribe Epiponini. ''Mischocyttarus'' is the largest genus of social wasps, containing over 200 species and subspecies. ''Mischocyttarus'' wasps build a relatively simple, single comb nest. Sometimes, the nest is built within a meter of the nest of '' Polistes carnifex''. Foraging adults bring
nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualist ...
and small caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sy ...
s back to the nest to feed to the developing larvae which are individually housed in separate cells in the nest. Not all nests have a female with developed ovaries. Their biology is similar to that of species in the genus ''Polistes
Wasps of the cosmopolitan genus ''Polistes'' (the only genus in the tribe Polistini) are the most familiar of the polistine wasps, and are the most common type of paper wasp in North America. Walter Ebeling coined the vernacular name "umbrella ...
''. However, ''Mischocyttarus'' appear to show considerably more social and reproductive flexibility than ''Polistes''.
Mischocyttarus drewseni
''Mischocyttarus drewseni'', which is sometimes spelled "drewsenii", is a social wasp in the family Vespidae. It is commonly found in Neotropical regions of South America, including Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia and Paraguay. This mid-siz ...
'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus duckei'' Buysson, 1909
* '' Mischocyttarus duidensis'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus ecuadorensis'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus efferus'' Silveira, 2006
* '' Mischocyttarus elegantulus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus embera'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus extinctus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus fidus'' Silveira, 2006
* '' 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 foveatus'' Richards, 1940
* '' Mischocyttarus fraudulentus'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus frontalis'' (Fox, 1898)
* '' Mischocyttarus funerulus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus garbei'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus giffordi'' Raw, 1987
* '' Mischocyttarus gomesi'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus gynandromorphus'' Richards, 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus haywardi'' Willink 1953
* '' Mischocyttarus heliconius'' Richards, 1941
* '' Mischocyttarus hirsutus'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus hirtulus'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus hoffmanni'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus ignotus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus iheringi'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus illusorius'' Richards 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus imeldai'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus imitator'' (Ducke, 1904)
* '' Mischocyttarus inca'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus inexspectatus'' Cooper, 1997
* '' Mischocyttarus injucundus'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus insolitus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus interjectus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus interruptus'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus juditae'' Cooper, 1997
* '' Mischocyttarus labiatus'' (Fabricius, 1804)
* '' Mischocyttarus lanei'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus latior'' (Fox, 1898)
* '' Mischocyttarus latissimus'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus laurae'' Silveira, 2006
* '' 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 magdalensis'' Silveira, 2006
* '' Mischocyttarus malaris'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus maracaensis'' Raw, 1989
* '' Mischocyttarus marginatus'' (Fox 1898)
* '' 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 metathoracicus'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus metoecus'' Richards, 1940
* '' Mischocyttarus mexicanus'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus mimicus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus minifoveatus'' Cooper, 1998
* '' Mischocyttarus mirificus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus mirus'' Silveira, 2006
* '' 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 muisca'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus mysticus'' Silveira, 2006
* '' 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 occiduus'' Silveira, 2006
* '' 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 pallidus'' Zikán 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus paraguayensis'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus parallelogrammus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus paris'' Silveira, 2006
* '' Mischocyttarus paulistanus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus peduncularius'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus pelor'' Carpenter 1988
* '' Mischocyttarus pertinax'' Silveira, 2006
* '' Mischocyttarus peruanus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus peruviensis'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus petiolatus'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus phthisicus'' (Fabricius 1793)
* '' Mischocyttarus piceus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus picturatus'' Bequaert, 1938
* '' Mischocyttarus piger'' Richards, 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus plaumanni'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus polymorphus'' Cooper, 1998
* '' Mischocyttarus porantin'' Silveira, 2006
* '' Mischocyttarus prominulus'' Richards 1941
* '' Mischocyttarus proximus'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus pseudomimeticus'' (Schulz, 1903)
* '' Mischocyttarus punctatus'' (Ducke, 1904)
* '' Mischocyttarus reclusus'' Cooper, 1996
* '' Mischocyttarus reflexicollis'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus'' Cooper, 1997
* '' Mischocyttarus richardsi'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus rodriguesi'' Silveira, 2015
* '' Mischocyttarus rotundicollis'' (Cameron, 1912)
* '' Mischocyttarus rufescens'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus rufidens'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus rufipes'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus rufomaculatus'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus ryani'' Silveira, 2015
* '' Mischocyttarus santacruzi'' Raw, 2000
* '' Mischocyttarus saturatus'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus saussurei'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus schadei'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus schunkei'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus sericeus'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus silvicola'' Zikan 1949
* '' 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 superus'' Richards, 1940
* '' Mischocyttarus surinamensis'' (Saussure, 1854)
* '' Mischocyttarus suzannae'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus sylvestris'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus synoecus'' Richards 1940
* '' Mischocyttarus tapuya'' (Schulz, 1905)
* '' Mischocyttarus tarmensis'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus tayacaja'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus tayrona'' Silveira, 2015
* '' Mischocyttarus tectus'' Cooper, 1996
* '' Mischocyttarus telembi'' Cooper, 1997
* '' Mischocyttarus tenuis'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus tertius'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus thrypticus'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus timbira'' Silveira, 2006
* '' 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 uniformis'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus vaqueroi'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus veracrucis'' Cooper, 1997
* '' Mischocyttarus verissimoi'' Silveira, 2015
* '' Mischocyttarus villarricanus'' Zikan 1935
* '' Mischocyttarus vredeni'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus wagneri'' (Buysson, 1908)
* '' Mischocyttarus waunan'' Silveira, 2013
* '' Mischocyttarus weyrauchi'' Zikan 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus woytkowskyi'' Richards, 1978
* '' Mischocyttarus wygodzinskyi'' Zikan, 1949
* '' Mischocyttarus xanthocerus'' Richards 1945
* '' Mischocyttarus xavante'' Silveira, 2010
* '' Mischocyttarus ypiranguensis'' Fonseca, 1926
* '' Mischocyttarus zikaninus'' Richards, 1978
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4044355 Vespidae