Provespa
| Provespa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Vespinae |
| Genus: | Provespa |
| Species | |
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Provespa is a small genus of Vespidae, made up of nocturnal wasps from Southeast Asia. They are the only nocturnal members of the subfamily Vespinae, and also the only vespines where new colonies are formed by swarming (one queen attended by a large number of workers, similar to honey bees).[1] They tend to build their nests from fibrous plant material, making them a uniform greyish brown colour which is often difficult to locate.
Species
- Provespa anomala (Saussure, 1854)
- Provespa barthelemyi (Buysson, 1905)
- Provespa nocturna Vecht, 1935
References
- ↑ Matsuura, M. (1999) Size and composition of swarming colonies in Provespa anomala (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), a nocturnal social wasp. Insectes Sociaux Volume 46,pp 219-223.
External links
- Hornets of Malaysia
- http://users.skynet.be/fa968040/VESPIDAE/Genus_Provespa.htm
- http://www.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/~jkrte/wasp/vespinae/Provespa.html
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