Metapolybia mesoamerica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Vespoidea

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Polistinae
Tribus: Epiponini
Genus: Metapolybia
Species: Metapolybia mesoamerica

Name

Metapolybia mesoamerica Smerthurst & Carpenter, 1998: 180

• Type locality: COSTA RICA: Rio Danta, 4 km W Guapiles.
• Holotype: AMNH, ♀, December 1990, Carpenter & Wenzel.

Native distribution areas

Costa Rica. Limon, La Selva; Panama: Panama, Bocas del Toro; Mexico: Vera Cruz.

References

Primary references

• Smethrust, M.E., Carpenter, J.M. 1998. A new species of Metapolybia Ducke from Central America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 105: 180–185. [original description: p. 180, figs. 3, 5]

Additional references

• Cortes, G.B., Noll, F.B., Carpenter, J.M. & Andena, S.R. 2024. Five new species of Metapolybia Ducke, 1905, with the description of the male genitalia of seven species of the genus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 97: 781–805. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.97.115489 . Reference page.  [male description: p. 800, Fig. 22A–E]