Genus
Mischocyttarus (Long-waisted paper wasps)
Mischocyttarus flavitarsis. Photo: (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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. Mischocyttarus wasps build a relatively simple, single comb nest. Sometimes, the nest is built within a meter of the nest of Polistes carnifex. It can be distinguished by its brown and yellow stripes. Foraging adults bring nectar and small caterpillars back to the nest to feed
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
- Superfamily: Vespoidea (Vespoid wasps)
- Family: Vespidae (Hornets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and allies)
- Subfamily: Polistinae (Paper wasps)
- Tribe: Mischocyttarini
- Genus: Mischocyttarus (Long-waisted paper wasps)
- Subgenus: Phi (1)
- Genus: Mischocyttarus (Long-waisted paper wasps)
- Tribe: Mischocyttarini
- Subfamily: Polistinae (Paper wasps)
- Family: Vespidae (Hornets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and allies)
- Superfamily: Vespoidea (Vespoid wasps)
- Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
