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Mischocyttarus mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure, 1854)

Polybia mexicana Saussure, 1854:203, pl. 26, fig. 6, Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.:142, Type (Paris Museum), 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.:317. - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution). - As Mischocyttarus cubensis mexicanus: - Bequaert, 1933Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149. (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). - As Mischocyttarus mexicanus mexicanus: - Hermann, Hermann, H.R. . The social wasps of Florida (Hymenoptera; Vespidae). :. (distribution); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Hermann & Chao, 1984Hermann, H.R. & J.T. Chao 1984. Distribution of Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) mexicanus cubicola in the United States. The Florida Entomologist 67 (4):516-520. (distribution); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898. (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., 2009Carpenter, J.M., J.H. Hunt & J.E. Strassmann 2009. Mischocyttarus mexicanus cubicola: Major extension of its range to Texas (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 115 (1):95-96. (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); 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).
Mischocyttarus cubensis sternalis Richards, 1945:385, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:318, Holotype ♂, examined (BMNH). - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:318 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure, 1854)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1757 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure, 1854)).
Mischocyttarus cubensis flavissimus Richards, 1945:386, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:318, Holotype ♀, examined (MCZ). - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:318 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure, 1854)); Maes, 1999 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.:1757 ( listed as synonym of Mischocyttarus mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure, 1854)).

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Area distribution map

map of Mischocyttarus mexicanus  mexicanus   (Saussure, 1854)

Distribution

CRICosta Rica
(Carpenter et al., 2009; Valverde et al., 2019)
GTMGuatemala
(Bequaert, 1933; Carpenter et al., 2012)
HNDHonduras
(Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978 [as Mischocyttarus cubensis flavissimus Richards, 1945]; Richards, 1978; Maes, 1999)
MEXMexico
(Smith, 1857; Dalla Torre, 1894; Bequaert, 1933; Richards, 1978; Krombein et al., 1979; Hermann & Chao, 1984; Maes, 1999; Carpenter et al., 2009)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
(Richards, 1978 [as Mischocyttarus cubensis sternalis Richards, 1945]; Richards, 1978)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
(Richards, 1978)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
(Richards, 1978)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
(Richards, 1978; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2005)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
(Richards, 1978)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
(Richards, 1978; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015)
NICNicaragua
(Maes, 1999)
PRIPuerto Rico
(Ashmead, 1900)
USAUnited States
(Maes, 1999)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
(Hermann, ; Richards, 1978; Krombein et al., 1979; Hermann & Chao, 1984; Carpenter et al., 2009)

Literature

  • Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
  • Bequaert, J.C. 1933. The nearctic social wasps of the subfamily Polybiinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 13 (3):87-149.
  • 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.
  • Carpenter, J.M., J.H. Hunt & J.E. Strassmann 2009. Mischocyttarus mexicanus cubicola: Major extension of its range to Texas (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entomologica Americana 115 (1):95-96.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181.
  • Hermann, H.R. . The social wasps of Florida (Hymenoptera; Vespidae). :.
  • Hermann, H.R. & J.T. Chao 1984. Distribution of Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) mexicanus cubicola in the United States. The Florida Entomologist 67 (4):516-520.
  • 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.
  • 1999. Catalogo de los insectos y artropodos terrestres de Nicaragua. Volumen III. León, Nicaragua. 1170-1898.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.
  • 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., 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.