Synoeca chalibea

Synoeca chalibea is a swarm-founding social wasp that ranges from Costa Rica to Brazil. The species name was originally published in 1852 as chalibea, but misspelled as chalybea in most subsequent publications.[1]

Synoeca chalibea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Synoeca
Species:
S. chalibea
Binomial name
Synoeca chalibea
Saussure, 1852
Synonyms

Synoeca chalybea Saussure, 1854 Lapsus calami
Synoeca irina var. splendens du Buysson, 1906

References

  1. Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 181–182. ISBN 0565007858.


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