Brachygastra

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Brachygastra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Brachygastra
Perty, 1833
species

12 species

Brachygastra is a small genus of Neotropical paper wasps, well-known as being one of the very few types of insects other than bees that produce and store honey.

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