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Hover Wasps
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Hover Wasps

Stenogastrinae

The Stenogastrinae are a subfamily of social wasps included in the family Vespidae. They are sometimes called hover wasps owing to the particular hovering flight of some species. Their morphology and biology present interesting peculiarities.

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7 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Eustenogaster

genusEustenogaster

Parischnogaster

genusParischnogaster

Liostenogaster

genusLiostenogaster

Metischnogaster

genusMetischnogaster

Stenogaster

genusStenogaster

Anischnogaster

genusAnischnogaster

Cochlischnogaster

genusCochlischnogaster

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