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Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)

Polistes mellifica Say, 1837:390, ♂. ♂, Mexico; Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Neotype ♂ (Dept. Entomology, Univ. Calif., Berkeley); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Typex ♀♂ (lost). - Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.:94 ( listed as synonym of Nectarina lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)). - As Brachygastra mellifica: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (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); 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); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2005Ruíz-Cancino, E., J.M. Coronado-Blanco & J.V. Horta Vega 2005. Conocimiento actual de las avispas depredadoras (Hymenoptera) en Tamaulipas, México. In: Lozano, L. B., A.C. Sandoval, J.V.H. Vega & J.G. Jiménez (Ed.). Biodiversidad tamaulipeca: vol. 1. 164-170. (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); Andena & Carpenter, 2012Andena, S.R. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini). American Museum Novitates 3753:1-38. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro & H. Delfin-González 2014. Predatory Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomoloigst 39 (3):635-646. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro-Alberto & H. Delfín-González 2015. Avispas depredadoras de áreas naturales protegidas del estado de Yucatán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86:989-997. (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); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2019Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala-Barajas, H. Delfín-González & J.V. Horta-Vega 2019. Diversidad de avispas depredadoras en dos tipos de vegetación del estado de Yucatán en México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90:1-11. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2020Vanoye-Eligio, M., J.V. HortaVega, V. Vanoye-Eligio, M. Rosas-Mejía & L.J. Estrada Ramírez 2020. Review of Occurrence of Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Entomological Science 55 (3):366-381. (distribution). - As Nectarina mellifera: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1517 (emendation). - As Nectarina mellifera: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1517 (emendation). - As Nectarinia mellifica: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution).
Chartergus arizonaensis Cameron, 1907:181, ♀. ♀, Nogales, Arizona (leg. Oslar); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Holotype ♀, examined (BMNH). - Ducke, 1908Ducke, A. 1908. Beiträge zur Hymenopterenkunde Amerikas. Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 8:695-700. (distribution), 695 ( listed as synonym of Nectarina lecheguana velutina (Spinola, 1841)); Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.:95 ( listed as synonym of Nectarina lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1517 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)). - As Chartergus arizonensis: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)). - As Chartergus arizonensis: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)).
Chartergus centralis Cameron, 1907:181, ♀. ♀, Chinadega, Nicaragua (leg. Baker); ♀, Champerico, Guatemala (leg. Baker). - Ducke, 1908Ducke, A. 1908. Beiträge zur Hymenopterenkunde Amerikas. Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 8:695-700. (distribution), 695 ( listed as synonym of Nectarina lecheguana velutina (Spinola, 1841)); Meade-Waldo, 1911Meade-Waldo, G. 1911. New species of Diploptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (7):98-113.:111 ( listed as synonym of Nectarina lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)); Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.:95 ( listed as synonym of Nectarina lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1517 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)).
Nectarina cameroni Meade-Waldo, 1911:112, no descr. Replacement name for Chartergus aztecus Cameron, 1906 by Meade-Waldo, 1911Meade-Waldo, G. 1911. New species of Diploptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (7):98-113.:112. - Meade-Waldo, 1911Meade-Waldo, G. 1911. New species of Diploptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (7):98-113.:112 (comb. nov.); Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.:95 ( listed as synonym of Nectarina lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1517 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)).

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Area distribution map

map of Brachygastra mellifica (Say, 1837)

Distribution

BLZBelize
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
CRICosta Rica
 (Richards, 1978; Krombein et al., 1979; Starr, 1987; West-Eberhard et al., 1995; Andena & Carpenter, 2012; Valverde et al., 2019)
GTMGuatemala
 (Ducke, 1908 [as Chartergus centralis Cameron, 1907]; Richards, 1978; Carpenter et al., 2012; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
HNDHonduras
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEXMexico
 (Say, 1837; Dalla Torre, 1894; Richards, 1978)
MEX-CamMexico - Campeche
 (Richards, 1978; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2020)
MEX-CdZMexico - Coahuila
 (Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-ColMexico - Colima
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-GuaMexico - Guanajuato
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-HidMexico - Hidalgo
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-JalMexico - Jalisco
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-MdOMexico - Michoacán
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-NuLMexico - Nuevo León
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-QuRMexico - Quintana Roo
 (Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-SinMexico - Sinaloa
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-SLPMexico - San Luis Potosi
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-SonMexico - Sonora
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-TabMexico - Tabasco
 (Richards, 1978)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
 (Richards, 1978; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2005; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2019)
MEX-ZacMexico - Zacatecas
 (Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
NICNicaragua
 (Cameron, 1907 [as Chartergus centralis Cameron, 1907]; Ducke, 1908 [as Chartergus centralis Cameron, 1907]; Richards, 1978)
PANPanama
 (Krombein et al., 1979 needs confirmation; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
SLVEl Salvador
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
USAUnited States
 (Richards, 1978 [as Chartergus arizonensis Cameron, 1907])
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Ducke, 1908 [as Chartergus arizonaensis Cameron, 1907]; Richards, 1978; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Richards, 1978; Krombein et al., 1979; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)

Literature

  • Andena, S.R. & J.M. Carpenter 2012. A phylogenetic analysis of the social wasp genus Brachygastra Perty, 1833, and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini). American Museum Novitates 3753:1-38.
  • Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.
  • Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of three new species of social Vespidae with note on Polybia albopicta SM. Invertebrata Pacifica 1:154-156.
  • Cameron, P. 1907. On some North American species of Chartergus. Invertebrata Pacifica 1:181-183.
  • 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.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181.
  • Ducke, A. 1908. Beiträge zur Hymenopterenkunde Amerikas. Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 8:695-700.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • Meade-Waldo, G. 1911. New species of Diploptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 8 (7):98-113.
  • Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.
  • Ruíz-Cancino, E., J.M. Coronado-Blanco & J.V. Horta Vega 2005. Conocimiento actual de las avispas depredadoras (Hymenoptera) en Tamaulipas, México. In: Lozano, L. B., A.C. Sandoval, J.V.H. Vega & J.G. Jiménez (Ed.). Biodiversidad tamaulipeca: vol. 1. 164-170.
  • Say, T. 1837. Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described [Concluded from p. 305]. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (4):361-416.
  • 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.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., J.V. HortaVega, V. Vanoye-Eligio, M. Rosas-Mejía & L.J. Estrada Ramírez 2020. Review of Occurrence of Vespoidea (Hymenoptera) in the State of Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Entomological Science 55 (3):366-381.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro & H. Delfin-González 2014. Predatory Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomoloigst 39 (3):635-646.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro-Alberto & H. Delfín-González 2015. Avispas depredadoras de áreas naturales protegidas del estado de Yucatán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86:989-997.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala-Barajas, H. Delfín-González & J.V. Horta-Vega 2019. Diversidad de avispas depredadoras en dos tipos de vegetación del estado de Yucatán en México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90:1-11.
  • 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.