Icaria_(wasp)

<i>Icaria</i> (wasp)

Icaria (wasp)

Genus of wasps

Icaria is a genus of eusocial paper wasps in the Ropalidiini tribe, which was later synonymized to Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville. The former genus contained, among other, the following species:

  • Icaria africana (Cameron, 1910)
  • Icaria artifex (Smith, 1871)[1]
  • Icaria cariniscutis Cameron, 1910
  • Icaria cayayanensis Ashmead, 1905
  • Icaria fasciata Smith, 1858
  • Icaria ferruginea Horne, ???[2]
  • Icaria kohni Buysson, 1909
  • Icaria pruinosa Cameron 1906
  • Icaria xanthopoda Cameron, 1902

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Enemy species

An enemy of Icaria is the Vespa tropicalis (=V. deusta), which will invade and rob Icaria nests.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Icaria artifex Smith, 1871". Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Archived from the original on 2022-08-15.
  2. [2]
    "Icaria ferruginea". The Natural Museum of History, London. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14.
  3. [3]
    (March, 1919). Economic Entomology: Pamphlets. Atlanta: Georgia State Board of Entomology. Volume 128, pp. 165-166. Accessed 30 December 2011.


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