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Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)

Vespa sericea Fabricius, 1804:266,America meridionali (Mus. Dom. de Sehestedt, leg. Smidt). - 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)).
Polistes lecheguana Latreille, 1824:317, Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.:92, Holotype (Paris Museum); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:165, Typex ♀ (MNHN, Paris but apparently now mislaid). - As Brachygastra lecheguana: - 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); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Carpenter & Vecht, 1991Carpenter, J.M. & J. van der Vecht 1991. A study of the Vespidae described by William J. Fox (Insecta: Hymenoptera), with assessment of taxonomic implications. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 60 (3):211-241. (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); 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); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (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); Silvestre et al., 2014Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80. (distribution); Santos et al., 2015Santos, E.F. dos, Y.C Grandinete & F.B. Noll 2015. Additions to the checklist of Scoliidae, Sphecidae, Pompilidae and Vespidae of Peru, with notes on the endemic status of some species (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 519:33-48. (distribution); Halmenschlager et al., 2019Halmenschlager, M.Y., J.C. Agudelo Martínez & N.F. Pérez-Buitrago 2019. New records of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) for the Colombian Orinoco Region. Biota Colombiana 20 (1):21-33. (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). - As Caba lecheguana: - Zavattari, 1906Zavattari, E. 1906. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nel Darien, nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparada dela R. Universita di Torino 21 (529):1-22. (distribution). - As Epipone lecheguana: - As Nectarina lecheguana: - Schrottky, 1902Schrottky, C. 1902. Neue argentinische Hymenopteren. An. Mus. Buenos Aires. 7:91-117. (distribution); Rohwer, 1915Rohwer, S.A. 1915. Vespoid and sphecoid Hymenoptera collected in Guatemala by W. P. Cockerell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:513-523. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149. (distribution). - As Nectarinia lecheguana: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.:95 (listed). - As Vespa lecheguana:
Brachygastra analis Perty, 1833:146,Provincia Piauhiensi. - 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 Nectarina analis: - Smith, 1862Smith, F. 1862. Descriptions of new speciews of aculeate Hymenoptera, collected at Panama by R. W. Stretch, Esq, with a list of described species, and the various localities where they have previously occured. Transaction of the Entomological Society of London ser. 3 (1):29-44. (distribution). - As Nectarinia analis: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution).
Brachygastra velutina Spinola, 1841:126, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Cayenne (leg. M. Leprieur); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:165, Typex ♀ (MIZSU, Turin). - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:165 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)). - As Nectarina lecheguana velutina: - Ducke, 1908Ducke, A. 1908. Beiträge zur Hymenopterenkunde Amerikas. Zeitschrift für Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie 8:695-700. (distribution). - As Nectarina velutina: - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp. (distribution). - As Nectarinia velutina: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution).
Nectarina binotata Saussure, 1853:230, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:165, Holotype ♀ (MNHN, Paris). - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp. (distribution). - As Nectarinia binotata: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:165 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)).
Chartergus aztecus Cameron, 1906:154, ♀. ♀, Mexico. - 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 lecheguana (Latreille, 1824)

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Schrottky, 1902; Bequaert, 1933; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
BLZBelize
 (Ducke, 1908 [as Nectarina lecheguana velutina (Spinola, 1841)])
BOLBolivia
 (Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978)
BRABrazil
 (Perty, 1833 [as Brachygastra analis Perty, 1833]; Smith, 1857 [as Nectarina velutina (Spinola, 1841)]; Smith, 1862 [as Nectarina analis (Perty, 1833)]; Dalla Torre, 1894; Dalla Torre, 1894 [as Nectarinia velutina (Spinola, 1841)]; Dalla Torre, 1894 [as Nectarinia analis (Perty, 1833)]; Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; Carpenter & Vecht, 1991; Silveira et al., 2008; Andena & Carpenter, 2012; Silvestre et al., 2014)
COLColombia
 (Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012; Halmenschlager et al., 2019)
CRICosta Rica
 (Bequaert, 1933; West-Eberhard et al., 1995; Andena & Carpenter, 2012; Valverde et al., 2019)
ECUEcuador
 (Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
GTMGuatemala
 (Rohwer, 1915; Bequaert, 1933)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Spinola, 1841 [as Brachygastra velutina Spinola, 1841]; Smith, 1857 [as Nectarina binotata Saussure, 1853]; Smith, 1857 [as Nectarina velutina (Spinola, 1841)]; Dalla Torre, 1894 [as Nectarinia velutina (Spinola, 1841)]; Dalla Torre, 1894 [as Nectarinia binotata Saussure, 1853]; Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978 [as Brachygastra velutina Spinola, 1841]; Richards, 1978 [as Nectarinia binotata Saussure, 1853]; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
GUYGuyana
 (Bodkin, 1918; Bequaert, 1933; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
HNDHonduras
 (Bequaert, 1933; Cockerell, 1949)
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1862 [as Nectarina analis (Perty, 1833)]; Cameron, 1906 [as Chartergus aztecus Cameron, 1906]; Bequaert, 1933)
NICNicaragua
 (Bequaert, 1933)
PANPanama
 (Smith, 1862 [as Nectarina analis (Perty, 1833)]; Zavattari, 1906; Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
PERPeru
 (Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Andena & Carpenter, 2012; Santos et al., 2015)
PRYParaguay
 (Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
SLVEl Salvador
 (Bequaert, 1933)
SURSuriname
 (Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
URYUruguay
 (Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Bequaert, 1933)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Bequaert, 1933)
VENVenezuela
 (Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; 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.
  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of three new species of social Vespidae with note on Polybia albopicta SM. Invertebrata Pacifica 1:154-156.
  • Carpenter, J.M. & J. van der Vecht 1991. A study of the Vespidae described by William J. Fox (Insecta: Hymenoptera), with assessment of taxonomic implications. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 60 (3):211-241.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1949. Bees from Central America, principally Honduras. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 98 (No. 3233):429-490.
  • 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.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.
  • Halmenschlager, M.Y., J.C. Agudelo Martínez & N.F. Pérez-Buitrago 2019. New records of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) for the Colombian Orinoco Region. Biota Colombiana 20 (1):21-33.
  • 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.
  • Perty, M. 1833. Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX. 125-224, pls. 25-40.
  • 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.
  • Rohwer, S.A. 1915. Vespoid and sphecoid Hymenoptera collected in Guatemala by W. P. Cockerell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47:513-523.
  • Santos, E.F. dos, Y.C Grandinete & F.B. Noll 2015. Additions to the checklist of Scoliidae, Sphecidae, Pompilidae and Vespidae of Peru, with notes on the endemic status of some species (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 519:33-48.
  • Schrottky, C. 1902. Neue argentinische Hymenopteren. An. Mus. Buenos Aires. 7:91-117.
  • 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.
  • Silvestre, R., M.F. Demétrio, B.M. Trad, F. Varussa & O. Lima 2014. Diversity and distribution of Hymenoptera Aculeata in Midwestern Brazilian dry forests. In: Greer, F.E. (Ed.). Dry Forests. 29-80.
  • Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.
  • Smith, F. 1862. Descriptions of new speciews of aculeate Hymenoptera, collected at Panama by R. W. Stretch, Esq, with a list of described species, and the various localities where they have previously occured. Transaction of the Entomological Society of London ser. 3 (1):29-44.
  • Spinola, M. 1841. Hymenopteres recueillis a Cayenne en 1839 par M. Leprieur, pharmacien de la Marine Royale. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 10:85-149.
  • 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.
  • Zavattari, E. 1906. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nel Darien, nell' Ecuador e regioni vicine. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparada dela R. Universita di Torino 21 (529):1-22.