Mischocyttarus
Mischocyttarus is a very large, primarily Neotropical genus of social wasps with a few species found also in the Nearctic region. It is the only member of the tribe Mischocyttarini; the asymmetrical tarsal lobes of Mischocyttarus separates it from the tribe Epiponini. Mischocyttarus is the largest genus of social wasps, containing over 200 species and subspecies. Mischocyttarus wasps build a relatively simple, single comb nest. Sometimes, the nest is built within a meter of the nest of Polistes carnifex. Foraging adults bring nectar and small caterpillars back to the nest to feed to the developing larvae which are individually housed in separate cells in the nest. Not all nests have a female with developed ovaries. Their biology is similar to that of species in the genus Polistes. However, Mischocyttarus appear to show considerably more social and reproductive flexibility than Polistes.
Species
Source:Mischocyttarus achagua Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus acreanus Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus acunai Alayo 1972Mischocyttarus adjectus Zikan, 1935Mischocyttarus adolphi Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus alboniger Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus alfkenii Mischocyttarus alienus Richards 1978Mischocyttarus alternatus Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus anchicaya Silveira, 2015Mischocyttarus angulatus Richards 1945Mischocyttarus annulatus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus anthracinus Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus arawak Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus aripuanaensis Silveira, 1998Mischocyttarus artifex Mischocyttarus awa Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus baconi Starr, 2011Mischocyttarus bahiae Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus bahiaensis Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus barbatulus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus barbatus Richards 1945Mischocyttarus basimacula Mischocyttarus belemensis Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus bequaertii Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus bertonii Ducke, 1918Mischocyttarus brackmanni Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus bruneri Bequard & Salt, 1931Mischocyttarus buyssoni Mischocyttarus cabauna Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus caixuana Silveira, 2015Mischocyttarus campestris Raw, 1987Mischocyttarus capichaba Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus carbonarius Mischocyttarus carinulatus Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus cassununga Mischocyttarus catharinaensis Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus cearensis Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus cerberus Ducke 1918Mischocyttarus chalucas Snelling, 1983Mischocyttarus chanchamayoensis Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus chapadae Mischocyttarus chloroecus Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus cinerasceus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus claretianus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus clavicornis Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus cleomenes Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus clypeatus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus collarellus Richards, 1940Mischocyttarus collaris Mischocyttarus commixtus Richards 1945Mischocyttarus confirmatus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus confusoides Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus confusus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus cooperi Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus costaricensis Richards 1945Mischocyttarus crypticus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus cryptobius Zikán 1935Mischocyttarus cubensis Mischocyttarus curitybanus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus deceptus Mischocyttarus decimus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus declaratus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus dimorphus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus drewseni Mischocyttarus duckei Buysson, 1909Mischocyttarus duidensis Richards 1945Mischocyttarus ecuadorensis Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus efferus Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus elegantulus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus embera Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus extinctus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus fidus Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus filiformis Mischocyttarus filipendulus Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus fisheri Snelling 1970Mischocyttarus fitzgeraldi Bequard, 1938Mischocyttarus flavicans Mischocyttarus flavicornis Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus flavitarsis Mischocyttarus flavoniger Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus flavoscutellatus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus foveatus Richards, 1940Mischocyttarus fraudulentus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus frontalis Mischocyttarus funerulus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus garbei Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus giffordi Raw, 1987Mischocyttarus gomesi Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus gynandromorphus Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus haywardi Willink 1953Mischocyttarus heliconius Richards, 1941Mischocyttarus hirsutus Richards 1945Mischocyttarus hirtulus Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus hoffmanni Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus ignotus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus iheringi Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus illusorius Richards 1978Mischocyttarus imeldai Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus imitator Mischocyttarus inca Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus inexspectatus Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus injucundus Mischocyttarus insolitus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus interjectus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus interruptus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus juditae Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus labiatus Mischocyttarus lanei Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus latior Mischocyttarus latissimus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus laurae Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus lecointei Mischocyttarus lemoulti Mischocyttarus leucoecus Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus lilae Willink 1953Mischocyttarus lindigi Richards 1945Mischocyttarus longicornis Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus lules Willink 1953Mischocyttarus macarenae Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus maculipennis Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus magdalensis Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus malaris Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus maracaensis Raw, 1989Mischocyttarus marginatus Mischocyttarus mastigophorus Richards 1978Mischocyttarus mattogrossoensis Zikan, 1935Mischocyttarus melanarius Mischocyttarus melanoleucus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus melanops Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus melanopygus Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus melanoxanthus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus mendax Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus metathoracicus Mischocyttarus metoecus Richards, 1940Mischocyttarus mexicanus Mischocyttarus mimicus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus minifoveatus Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus mirificus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus mirus Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus mixtus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus mocsaryi Mischocyttarus montei Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus montivagus Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus moralesi Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus moronae Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus mourei Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus muisca Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus mysticus Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus napoensis Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus narinensis Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus naumanni Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus navajo Bequard, 1933Mischocyttarus nigroclavatus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus nigropygialis Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards 1978Mischocyttarus occiduus Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus occultus Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus oecothrix Richards 1940Mischocyttarus omicron Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus onorei Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus oreophilus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus ornatus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus pallidipectus Mischocyttarus pallidipes Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus pallidus Zikán 1949Mischocyttarus paraguayensis Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus parallelogrammus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus paris Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus paulistanus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus peduncularius Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus pelor Carpenter 1988Mischocyttarus pertinax Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus peruanus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus peruviensis Richards 1945Mischocyttarus petiolatus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus phthisicus Mischocyttarus piceus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus picturatus Bequaert, 1938Mischocyttarus piger Richards, 1945Mischocyttarus plaumanni Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus polymorphus Cooper, 1998Mischocyttarus porantin Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus prominulus Richards 1941Mischocyttarus proximus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus pseudomimeticus Mischocyttarus punctatus Mischocyttarus reclusus Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus reflexicollis Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus richardsi Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus rodriguesi Silveira, 2015Mischocyttarus rotundicollis Mischocyttarus rufescens Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus rufidens Mischocyttarus rufipes Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus rufomaculatus Richards 1945Mischocyttarus ryani Silveira, 2015Mischocyttarus santacruzi Raw, 2000Mischocyttarus saturatus Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus saussurei Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus schadei Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus schunkei Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus sericeus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus silvicola Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus smithii Mischocyttarus socialis Mischocyttarus souzalopesi Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus sprucei Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus stenoecus Richards 1978Mischocyttarus subornatus Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus superus Richards, 1940Mischocyttarus surinamensis Mischocyttarus suzannae Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus sylvestris Richards 1945Mischocyttarus synoecus Richards 1940Mischocyttarus tapuya Mischocyttarus tarmensis Richards 1945Mischocyttarus tayacaja Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus tayrona Silveira, 2015Mischocyttarus tectus Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus telembi Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus tenuis Richards 1945Mischocyttarus tertius Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards 1945Mischocyttarus timbira Silveira, 2006Mischocyttarus tolensis Richards 1941Mischocyttarus tomentosus Zikan, 1935Mischocyttarus transandinus Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus travassosi Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus tricolor Richards 1945Mischocyttarus tunari Cooper, 1996Mischocyttarus undulatus Mischocyttarus uniformis Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus vaqueroi Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus veracrucis Cooper, 1997Mischocyttarus verissimoi Silveira, 2015Mischocyttarus villarricanus Zikan 1935Mischocyttarus vredeni Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus wagneri Mischocyttarus waunan Silveira, 2013Mischocyttarus weyrauchi Zikan 1949Mischocyttarus woytkowskyi Richards, 1978Mischocyttarus wygodzinskyi Zikan, 1949Mischocyttarus xanthocerus Richards 1945Mischocyttarus xavante Silveira, 2010Mischocyttarus ypiranguensis Fonseca, 1926Mischocyttarus zikaninus Richards, 1978