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Rediscovery of the social wasp Mischocyttarus (Kappa) tapuya Schulz, with description of the female, larva and nest (Vespidae, Polistinae).

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Mischocyttarus tapuya was originally described from a single male specimen collected in a forest near Belm, state of Par, Brazil, in the year of 1893, and had never been found… Click to show full abstract

Mischocyttarus tapuya was originally described from a single male specimen collected in a forest near Belm, state of Par, Brazil, in the year of 1893, and had never been found again. We recently collected a colony of this species in an urban forest locality near Belm, and here describe the previously unknown female, mature larva, and nest of this social wasp.

Keywords: rediscovery social; larva nest; social wasp; mischocyttarus

Journal Title: Zootaxa
Year Published: 2022

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