Mischocyttarus

Life-forms

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

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamilia: Polistinae
Tribus: Mischocyttarini
Genus: Mischocyttarus
Species:

Mischocyttarus achagua Silveira, 2013M. mexicanus, M. xavante
...

Mischocyttarus acreanus Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus acunai Alayo 1972
Mischocyttarus adjectus Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus adolphi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus alboniger Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus alfkenii (Ducke, 1904)
Mischocyttarus alienus Richards 1978
Mischocyttarus alternatus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus anchicaya Silveira, 2015
Mischocyttarus angulatus Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus annulatus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus anthracinus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus arawak Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus aripuanaensis Silveira, 1998
Mischocyttarus artifex (Ducke, 1914)
Mischocyttarus awa Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus baconi Starr, 2011
Mischocyttarus bahiae Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus bahiaensis Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus barbatulus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus barbatus Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus basimacula (Cameron, 1906)
Mischocyttarus belemensis Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus bequaertii Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus bertonii Ducke, 1918
Mischocyttarus brackmanni Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus bruneri Bequard & Salt, 1931
Mischocyttarus buyssoni (Ducke, 1906)
Mischocyttarus cabauna Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus caixuana Silveira, 2015
Mischocyttarus campestris Raw, 1987
Mischocyttarus capichaba Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus carbonarius (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus carinulatus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus cassununga (Ihering, 1903)
Mischocyttarus catharinaensis Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus cearensis Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus cerberus Ducke 1918
Mischocyttarus chalucas Snelling, 1983
Mischocyttarus chanchamayoensis Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus chapadae (Fox 1898)
Mischocyttarus chloroecus Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus cinerasceus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus claretianus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus clavicornis Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus cleomenes Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus clypeatus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus collarellus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus collaris (Ducke, 1904)
Mischocyttarus commixtus Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus confirmatus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus confusoides Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus confusus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus cooperi Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus costaricensis Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus crypticus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus cryptobius Zikán 1935
Mischocyttarus cubensis (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus curitybanus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus deceptus (Fox, 1895)
Mischocyttarus decimus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus declaratus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus dimorphus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus drewseni (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus duckei Buysson, 1909
Mischocyttarus duidensis Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus ecuadorensis Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus efferus Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus elegantulus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus embera Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus extinctus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus fidus Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus filiformis (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus filipendulus Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus fisheri Snelling 1970
Mischocyttarus fitzgeraldi Bequard, 1938
Mischocyttarus flavicans (Fabricius, 1804)
Mischocyttarus flavicornis Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (Saussure 1854)
Mischocyttarus flavoniger Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus flavoscutellatus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus foveatus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus fraudulentus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus frontalis (Fox, 1898)
Mischocyttarus funerulus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus garbei Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus giffordi Raw, 1987
Mischocyttarus gomesi Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus gynandromorphus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus haywardi Willink 1953
Mischocyttarus heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus hirsutus Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus hirtulus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus hoffmanni Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus ignotus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus iheringi Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus illusorius Richards 1978
Mischocyttarus imeldai Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus imitator (Ducke, 1904)
Mischocyttarus inca Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus inexspectatus Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus injucundus (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus insolitus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus interjectus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus interruptus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus juditae Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus labiatus (Fabricius, 1804)
Mischocyttarus lanei Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus latior (Fox, 1898)
Mischocyttarus latissimus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus laurae Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus lecointei (Ducke, 1904)
Mischocyttarus lemoulti (Buysson, 1909)
Mischocyttarus leucoecus Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus lilae Willink 1953
Mischocyttarus lindigi Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus longicornis Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus lules Willink 1953
Mischocyttarus macarenae Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus maculipennis Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus magdalensis Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus malaris Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus maracaensis Raw, 1989
Mischocyttarus marginatus (Fox 1898)
Mischocyttarus mastigophorus Richards 1978
Mischocyttarus mattogrossoensis Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus melanarius (Cameron, 1906)
Mischocyttarus melanoleucus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus melanops Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus melanopygus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus melanoxanthus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus mendax Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus metathoracicus (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus metoecus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus mexicanus (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus mimicus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus minifoveatus Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus mirificus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus mirus Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus mixtus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus mocsaryi (Ducke, 1909)
Mischocyttarus montei Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus montivagus Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus moralesi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus moronae Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus mourei Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus muisca Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus mysticus Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus napoensis Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus narinensis Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus naumanni Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus navajo Bequard, 1933
Mischocyttarus nigroclavatus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus nigropygialis Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards 1978
Mischocyttarus occiduus Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus occultus Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus oecothrix Richards 1940
Mischocyttarus omicron Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus onorei Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus oreophilus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus ornatus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus pallidipectus (Smith 1857)
Mischocyttarus pallidipes Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus pallidus Zikán 1949
Mischocyttarus paraguayensis Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus parallelogrammus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus paris Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus paulistanus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus peduncularius Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus pelor Carpenter 1988
Mischocyttarus pertinax Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus peruanus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus peruviensis Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus petiolatus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus phthisicus (Fabricius 1793)
Mischocyttarus piceus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus picturatus Bequaert, 1938
Mischocyttarus piger Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus plaumanni Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus polymorphus Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus porantin Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus prominulus Richards 1941
Mischocyttarus proximus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus pseudomimeticus (Schulz, 1903)
Mischocyttarus punctatus (Ducke, 1904)
Mischocyttarus reclusus Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus reflexicollis Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus richardsi Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus rodriguesi Silveira, 2015
Mischocyttarus rotundicollis (Cameron, 1912)
Mischocyttarus rufescens Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus rufidens (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus rufipes Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus rufomaculatus Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus ryani Silveira, 2015
Mischocyttarus santacruzi Raw, 2000
Mischocyttarus saturatus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus saussurei Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus schadei Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus schunkei Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus sericeus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus silvicola Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus smithii (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus socialis (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus souzalopesi Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus sprucei Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus stenoecus Richards 1978
Mischocyttarus subornatus Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus superus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus surinamensis (Saussure, 1854)
Mischocyttarus suzannae Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus sylvestris Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus synoecus Richards 1940
Mischocyttarus tapuya (Schulz, 1905)
Mischocyttarus tarmensis Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus tayacaja Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus tayrona Silveira, 2015
Mischocyttarus tectus Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus telembi Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus tenuis Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus tertius Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus timbira Silveira, 2006
Mischocyttarus tolensis Richards 1941
Mischocyttarus tomentosus Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus transandinus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus travassosi Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus tricolor Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus tunari Cooper, 1996
Mischocyttarus undulatus (Ducke, 1905)
Mischocyttarus uniformis Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus vaqueroi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus veracrucis Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus verissimoi Silveira, 2015
Mischocyttarus villarricanus Zikan 1935
Mischocyttarus vredeni Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus wagneri (Buysson, 1908)
Mischocyttarus waunan Silveira, 2013
Mischocyttarus weyrauchi Zikan 1949
Mischocyttarus woytkowskyi Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus wygodzinskyi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus xanthocerus Richards 1945
Mischocyttarus xavante Silveira, 2010
Mischocyttarus ypiranguensis Fonseca, 1926
Mischocyttarus zikaninus Richards, 1978

References

Silveira, O.T. 2013: A new social wasp Mischocyttarus (Kappa) gomesi spec. nov., with a discussion of its taxonomic affinities and a description of the female of M. mocsaryi (Ducke, 1909) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae). Zootaxa 3682(4): 589–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.4.11 Reference page.

Mischocyttarus is a very large, primarily Neotropical genus of social wasps with a few species found also in the Nearctic region. It is the only member of the tribe Mischocyttarini;[1] the asymmetrical tarsal lobes of Mischocyttarus separates it from the tribe Epiponini. Mischocyttarus is the largest genus of social wasps, containing over 200 species and subspecies.[1] Mischocyttarus wasps build a relatively simple, single comb nest. Sometimes, the nest is built within a meter of the nest of Polistes carnifex.[2] Foraging adults bring nectar and small caterpillars back to the nest to feed to the developing larvae which are individually housed in separate cells in the nest.[3] Not all nests have a female with developed ovaries.[2] Their biology is similar to that of species in the genus Polistes. However, Mischocyttarus appear to show considerably more social and reproductive flexibility than Polistes.
Mischocyttarus mexicanus cubicola huddling together in early winter

References

Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Mischocyttarini
Corn, Mary L. (1972). "Notes on the Biology of Polistes carnifex (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in Costa Rica and Colombia". Psyche. 79 (3): 150–157. doi:10.1155/1972/78756.
Reeve, Hudson K. (1991). "Polistes". In Kenneth G. Ross & Robert W. Mathew (ed.). The Social Biology of Wasps. Cornell University Press. pp. 99–148. ISBN 978-0-8014-9906-7.