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Stelopolybia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)

Polybia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905:684, Lectotype ♀, examined (MNHN, Paris), designated by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:256. - As Stelopolybia myrmecophila: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Starr, 1987Starr, C.K. 1987. Claves para la identificacion de las avispas sociales del Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Sphecos 15:13-20. (distribution). - As Stelopolybia pallipes myrmecophila: - Cockerell, 1949Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490. (distribution).
Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905) - West-Eberhard et al., 1995West-Eberhard, M.J., J.M. Carpenter & P.E. Hanson 1995. The vespid wasps (Vespidae). In: Hanson, P.E. & I.D. Gauld (Ed.). The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 561-587. (distribution); Silveira et al., 2008Silveira, O.T., S.V. da Costa Neto & O.F.M. da Silveira 2008. Social wasps of two wetland ecosystems in brazilian Amazonia (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Acta Amazonica 38 (2):333-344. (distribution); Andena et al., 2024Andena, S.R., F.B. Noll, M.N. Daza & J.M. Carpenter 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. (distribution).
Polybia pallipes centralis Cameron, 1907:184, ♂. ♂, Belize (leg. J.D. Johnson); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:256, Holotype ♀, examined (BMNH). - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:256 ( listed as synonym of Stelopolybia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)).
Stelopolybia vulgaris mexicana Ducke, 1910:524, Lectotype ♀, examined (MNHN, Paris), designated by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:257. Synonymized with Stelopolybia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905) by Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:257. Synonymized with Agelaia centralis (Cameron, 1907) by Carpenter, 1999Carpenter, J.M. 1999. Taxonomic notes on paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3259:1-44.:4. - As Agelaia mexicana: - Carpenter, 1999Carpenter, J.M. 1999. Taxonomic notes on paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3259:1-44. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Stelopolybia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)

Distribution

BLZBelize
 (Cameron, 1907 [as Polybia pallipes centralis Cameron, 1907]; Richards, 1978 [as Polybia pallipes centralis Cameron, 1907]; Richards, 1978)
BOLBolivia
 (Andena et al., 2024 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)])
BRABrazil
 (Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978; Silveira et al., 2008 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)]; Andena et al., 2024 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)])
COLColombia
 (Richards, 1978; Andena et al., 2024 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)])
CRICosta Rica
 (Richards, 1978; Starr, 1987; West-Eberhard et al., 1995 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)])
ECUEcuador
 (Richards, 1978; Andena et al., 2024 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)])
GTMGuatemala
 (Richards, 1978)
GUYGuyana
 (Andena et al., 2024 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)])
HNDHonduras
 (Cockerell, 1949; Richards, 1978)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-MdOMexico - Michoacán
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978 [as Stelopolybia vulgaris mexicana Ducke, 1910]; Carpenter, 1999 [as Agelaia mexicana (Ducke, 1910)])
MEX-TabMexico - Tabasco
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Richards, 1978)
NICNicaragua
 (Richards, 1978)
PANPanama
 (Richards, 1978)
PERPeru
 (Richards, 1978; Andena et al., 2024 [as Agelaia myrmecophila (Ducke, 1905)])

Literature

  • Andena, S.R., F.B. Noll, M.N. Daza & J.M. Carpenter 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.
  • Cameron, P. 1907. On some Diplopteryga of Belize and Nicaragua. Invertebrata Pacifica 1:183-190.
  • Carpenter, J.M. 1999. Taxonomic notes on paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). American Museum Novitates 3259:1-44.
  • Carpenter, J.M., B.R. Garcete-Barrett & Y.J.A.F. López 2012. Las Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) de Guatemala. In: Cano, E.B. & J.C. Schuster (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. 269-279.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • Ducke, A. 1905. Sobre as Vespidas sociaes do Pará. (I. Supplemento). Bolm Mus. para. Emilo Goeldi 4:652-698.
  • Kumar, J.T. Longino, R.K. Colwell & S. O'Donnell 2009. Elevational patterns of diversity and abundance of eusocial paper wasps (Vespidae) in Costa Rica. Biotropica 41 (3):338-346.
  • Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78.
  • Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.
  • Silveira, O.T., S.V. da Costa Neto & O.F.M. da Silveira 2008. Social wasps of two wetland ecosystems in brazilian Amazonia (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Acta Amazonica 38 (2):333-344.
  • Starr, C.K. 1987. Claves para la identificacion de las avispas sociales del Parque Nacional Santa Rosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Sphecos 15:13-20.
  • Valverde, P., P. Hanson & J. Carpenter 2019. Keys to the Costa Rican species of paper wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae). Revista de Biología Tropical (International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation) 67 (2):174-199.
  • West-Eberhard, M.J., J.M. Carpenter & P.E. Hanson 1995. The vespid wasps (Vespidae). In: Hanson, P.E. & I.D. Gauld (Ed.). The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 561-587.