Provespa

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: Vespinae
Genus: Provespa
Species (3): P. anomala – P. barthelemyi – P. nocturna

Check (1): †P. nobilis

Provespa Ashmead, 1903

Archer, M.E. 2000. Taxonomy and distribution of the nocturnal hornets, Provespa (Hym., Vespinae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 136: 127–130. Full article (PDF available). Reference page.
Kojima, J. & van Achterberg, C. 1997. List of the primary types of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) deposit in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, and the Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam. Zoologische Meededelingen 71(14): 157–169. Full article.
Madl, M. 2012. Notes on the genus Provespa Ashmead, 1903 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae) based on the material of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (B) 114: 27–35. [not seen]
Saito, F. & Kojima, J.-I. 2011. Phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the nocturnal hornets, Provespa (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Vespinae). Species diversity 16 (1–2): 65–74. Abstract only seen (PDF).

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