Agelaia

Agelaia
Agelaia angulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Agelaia
Lepeletier, 1836
Type species
Agelaia testacea
(Fabricius, 1804)
Species

33 species

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. The nest generally is without an envelope, with that of A. areata a notable exception for having a complete envelope.

The main component of the venom is agelotoxin, a phospholipase A2 direct haemolysin.[citation needed]

Species

There are 33 extant species of Agelaia:

References

  1. 1 2 Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 477–488. ISBN 0565007858.
  2. 1 2 James M. Carpenter. "Tentative Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Epiponini". IUNH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 Andena, Sergio R.; Noll, Fernando B.; Daza, Mario N.; Carpenter, James M. (2024). "The phylogeny of the species of the genus Agelaia Lepeletier, 1836, one of the basalmost groups of Epiponini, with notes on male genitalia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae)". American Museum Novitates (4009): 1–48. doi:10.1206/4009.1.

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