Fire Wasps

Agelaia bequaerti

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae

Agelaia is a genus of Neotropical social wasps (family Vespidae), with species from Mexico to northern Argentina. 17 of the 33 described species are found in Brazil. These species are swarm founders that nest in cavities.

Distribution

Fire Wasps — (c) Sol Quipildor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Argentina · 28Brazil · 11Bolivia · 9Paraguay · 3

Sources and credits

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Fire Wasps

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