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Mischocyttarus basimacula (Cameron, 1906)

Polybia basimacula Cameron, 1906:150, ♀. ♀, Belize (Prof. C.F. Baker, 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.:342, Lectotype ♀, examined (BMNH); Silveira, 2013Silveira, O.T. 2013. Social wasp species of Mischocyttarus (Phi) related to M. alfkenii (Ducke) and M. paraguayensis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57 (2):173-196.:180, Lectotype ♀, examined (NHM). - As Megacanthopus basimacula: - Meade-Waldo & Morley, 1914Meade-Waldo, G. & C. Morley 1914. Notes and synonymy of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 14:402-410. (distribution). - As Mischocyttarus basimacula: - 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, 2013Silveira, O.T. 2013. Social wasp species of Mischocyttarus (Phi) related to M. alfkenii (Ducke) and M. paraguayensis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57 (2):173-196. (distribution). - As Mischocyttarus basimacula basimacula: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution); Carpenter et al., 2012Carpenter, 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. (distribution); Valverde et al., 2019Valverde, 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. (distribution).
Mischocyttarus basimacula guatemalensis Richards, 1945:393, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:342, Holotype ♀, examined (MCZ, Boston); Silveira, 2013Silveira, O.T. 2013. Social wasp species of Mischocyttarus (Phi) related to M. alfkenii (Ducke) and M. paraguayensis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57 (2):173-196.:180, Holotype ♀ (MCZC). - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:342 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus basimacula basimacula (Cameron, 1906)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1757 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus basimacula basimacula (Cameron, 1906)); Silveira, 2013Silveira, O.T. 2013. Social wasp species of Mischocyttarus (Phi) related to M. alfkenii (Ducke) and M. paraguayensis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57 (2):173-196.:180 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus basimacula (Cameron, 1906)).
Mischocyttarus basimacula superpictus Richards, 1945:393, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:343, Holotype ♀, examined (MCZ, Boston); Silveira, 2013Silveira, O.T. 2013. Social wasp species of Mischocyttarus (Phi) related to M. alfkenii (Ducke) and M. paraguayensis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57 (2):173-196.:180, Holotype ♀ (MCZC). Synonymized with Mischocyttarus basimacula (Cameron, 1906) by Silveira, 2013Silveira, O.T. 2013. Social wasp species of Mischocyttarus (Phi) related to M. alfkenii (Ducke) and M. paraguayensis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57 (2):173-196.:180. - Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Mischocyttarus basimacula (Cameron, 1906)

Distribution

BLZBelize
 (Cameron, 1906; Meade-Waldo & Morley, 1914; Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999; Silveira, 2013; Silveira, 2013)
COLColombia
 (Richards, 1978 [as Mischocyttarus basimacula superpictus Richards, 1945]; Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999; Maes, 1999 [as Mischocyttarus basimacula superpictus Richards, 1945]; Silveira, 2013 [as Mischocyttarus basimacula superpictus Richards, 1945]; Silveira, 2013)
CRICosta Rica
 (Richards, 1978; West-Eberhard et al., 1995; Maes, 1999; Silveira, 2013; Valverde et al., 2019)
ECUEcuador
 (Silveira, 2013)
GTMGuatemala
 (Richards, 1978 [as Mischocyttarus basimacula guatemalensis Richards, 1945]; Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999; Carpenter et al., 2012; Silveira, 2013 [as Mischocyttarus basimacula guatemalensis Richards, 1945]; Silveira, 2013)
HNDHonduras
 (Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999; Silveira, 2013)
MEXMexico
 (Maes, 1999)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Silveira, 2013)
MEX-SLPMexico - San Luis Potosi
 (Richards, 1978; Silveira, 2013)
MEX-TabMexico - Tabasco
 (Richards, 1978; Silveira, 2013)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Richards, 1978; Silveira, 2013)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Richards, 1978; Silveira, 2013)
NICNicaragua
 (Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999; Silveira, 2013)
PANPanama
 (Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999; Silveira, 2013)
SLVEl Salvador
 (Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999; Silveira, 2013)
USAUnited States
 (Maes, 1999)
VENVenezuela
 (Silveira, 2013)

Literature

  • Cameron, P. 1906. On some Vespidae from Belize. Invertebrata Pacifica 1:150-153.
  • 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.
  • 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.
  • Meade-Waldo, G. & C. Morley 1914. Notes and synonymy of Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8: v. 14:402-410.
  • Richards, O.W. 1945. A revision of the genus Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hymen., Vespidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 95:295-462.
  • Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.
  • Silveira, O.T. 2013. Social wasp species of Mischocyttarus (Phi) related to M. alfkenii (Ducke) and M. paraguayensis Zikán (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 57 (2):173-196.
  • 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.