Silk Wasps

Microstigmus

The thin-waisted social wasps (genus Microstigmus), which typically reside in neotropic regions from Central to South America, are a small genus of wasps that build nests and live in colonies ranging in size from 1 to 18 members. Microstigmus is widely considered to be the only true eusocial species within the Crabronidae family. Like all Hymenoptera, Microstigmus has an interesting sex determination pattern. Females are 2n (diploid), spawning from eggs that have been fertilized, while males...

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Microstigmus adelphus

speciesMicrostigmus adelphus

Microstigmus comes

speciesMicrostigmus comes

Microstigmus arlei

speciesMicrostigmus arlei

Microstigmus thripoctenus

speciesMicrostigmus thripoctenus

Microstigmus nigrophthalmus

speciesMicrostigmus nigrophthalmus

Microstigmus eberhardi

speciesMicrostigmus eberhardi

Microstigmus pallidus

speciesMicrostigmus pallidus

Microstigmus guianensis

speciesMicrostigmus guianensis

Microstigmus soror

speciesMicrostigmus soror

Microstigmus luederwaldti

speciesMicrostigmus luederwaldti

Microstigmus brunniventris

speciesMicrostigmus brunniventris

Microstigmus theridii

speciesMicrostigmus theridii

Microstigmus miconiae

speciesMicrostigmus miconiae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 574802.