Icaria (wasp)
| Icaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Ropalidiini |
| Genus: | |
| Species | |
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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
Enemy species
An enemy of Icaria is the Vespa tropicalis (=V. deusta), which will invade and rob Icaria nests.[3]
References
- ^ "Icaria artifex Smith, 1871". Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Archived from the original on 2022-08-15.
- ^ "Icaria ferruginea". The Natural Museum of History, London. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14.
- ^ (March, 1919). Economic Entomology: Pamphlets. Atlanta: Georgia State Board of Entomology. Volume 128, pp. 165-166. Accessed 30 December 2011.