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Brachygastra scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)

Vespa scutellaris Fabricius, 1804:265, sex not indicated.America meridionali (Mus. Dom. Lund, leg. Smidt); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Lectotype ♀ (UZM, Copenhagen). - As Brachygastra scutellaris: - Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567. (distribution); Carpenter & Ross, 1984Carpenter, J.M. & K.G. Ross 1984. Colony composition in four species of Polistinae from Suriname, with a description of the larva of Brachygastra scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche 91:237-250. (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); 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); 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); 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 Brachygastra scutellaris scutellaris: - Bequaert, 1942Bequaert, J.C. 1942. New and imperfectly known neotropical Polybiinæ (Hymenoptera, Vespidæ). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 50 (4):295-308. (distribution). - As Nectarina scutellaris: - 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).
Brachygastra scutellata Spinola, 1851:74, ♀. Holotype ♀, Brésil (leg. M. Buquet); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Types ♀ (MIZSU, Turin). - 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 scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)). - As Nectarinia scutellata: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Cameron, 1912Cameron, P. 1912. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum. Part III. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of British Guiana 3rd ser. (2):207-231. (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.:222 ( listed as synonym of Brachygastra scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)).
Nectarinia rufiventris Saussure, 1854:226, 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). - 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 scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)). - As Brachygastra scutellaris rufiventris: - Bequaert, 1942Bequaert, J.C. 1942. New and imperfectly known neotropical Polybiinæ (Hymenoptera, Vespidæ). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 50 (4):295-308. (distribution).
Nectarinia scutellata gribodoi du Buysson, 1905:549, Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Types ♀ (depository unknown). - 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 scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)). - As Brachygastra scutellaris gribodoi: - Bequaert, 1942Bequaert, J.C. 1942. New and imperfectly known neotropical Polybiinæ (Hymenoptera, Vespidæ). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 50 (4):295-308. (distribution).
Brachygastra scutellaris annectens Bequaert, 1942:307, ♀xw. Holotype ♀, Colombia: Muzo, Dept. Boyacá, 900 m. (Mus. Comp. Zoöl., Cambridge, Mass., leg. J. Bequaert); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Holotype ♀, examined (MCZ). - 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 scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)).
Brachygastra scutellaris colombiensis Bequaert, 1942:308, ♀xw. Holotype ♀, Colombia: Restrepo, Int. del Meta, 500 m. (Mus. Comp. Zoöl., Cambridge, Mass., leg. J. Bequaert); Richards, 1978Richards, O.W. 1978. The social wasps of the Americas excluding the Vespinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1-567.:166, Holotype ♀, examined (MCZ). - 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 scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)).

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Area distribution map

map of Brachygastra scutellaris (Fabricius, 1804)

Distribution

BOLBolivia
 (Bequaert, 1942; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
BRABrazil
 (Spinola, 1851 [as Brachygastra scutellata Spinola, 1851]; Dalla Torre, 1894 [as Nectarinia scutellata Spinola, 1851]; Bequaert, 1942; Bequaert, 1942 [as Brachygastra scutellaris rufiventris (Saussure, 1854)]; Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978 [as Brachygastra scutellata Spinola, 1851]; Richards, 1978 [as Nectarinia rufiventris Saussure, 1854]; Carpenter & Vecht, 1991; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
COLColombia
 (Bequaert, 1942; Bequaert, 1942 [as Brachygastra scutellaris rufiventris (Saussure, 1854)]; Bequaert, 1942 [as Brachygastra scutellaris gribodoi (du Buysson, 1905)]; Bequaert, 1942 [as Brachygastra scutellaris annectens Bequaert, 1942]; Bequaert, 1942 [as Brachygastra scutellaris colombiensis Bequaert, 1942]; Richards, 1978; Richards, 1978 [as Brachygastra scutellaris annectens Bequaert, 1942]; Richards, 1978 [as Brachygastra scutellaris colombiensis Bequaert, 1942]; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
CRICosta Rica
 (West-Eberhard et al., 1995; Valverde et al., 2019)
ECUEcuador
 (Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Bequaert, 1942; Bequaert, 1942 [as Brachygastra scutellaris rufiventris (Saussure, 1854)]; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
GUYGuyana
 (Cameron, 1912 [as Nectarinia scutellata Spinola, 1851]; Bodkin, 1918; Bequaert, 1942; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
HNDHonduras
 (Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
PANPanama
 (Bequaert, 1942; Richards, 1978; Andena & Carpenter, 2012)
PERPeru
 (Bequaert, 1942; Bequaert, 1942 [as Brachygastra scutellaris gribodoi (du Buysson, 1905)]; Richards, 1978; Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Andena & Carpenter, 2012; Santos et al., 2015)
SURSuriname
 (Richards, 1978; Carpenter & Ross, 1984; 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. 1942. New and imperfectly known neotropical Polybiinæ (Hymenoptera, Vespidæ). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 50 (4):295-308.
  • 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. 1912. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum. Part III. Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of British Guiana 3rd ser. (2):207-231.
  • 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.
  • Carpenter, J.M. & K.G. Ross 1984. Colony composition in four species of Polistinae from Suriname, with a description of the larva of Brachygastra scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche 91:237-250.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Apud Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae. xiv + 440 + 30 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Spinola, M. 1851. Compte rendu des hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 2 (13):19-94.
  • 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.