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Brachygastra

Brachygastra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Brachygastra
Perty, 1833
Type species
Brachygastra lecheguana
(Latreille, 1824)
Species

12 species


12 species

Brachygastra is a small genus of Neotropical paper wasps, sometimes referred to as honey wasps, and well known as being one of the few types of insects other than various bees that produce and store honey.



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