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Issue: Vol. 5418 No. 3: 29 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.3.6
Page range: 279-290
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomic account and phylogenetic relationships of the species of the Neotropical social wasp genus Chartergus Lepeletier, 1836 (Vespidae: Polistinae: Epiponini)

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Coordenação de Biodiversidade; Manaus; AM; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Coordenação de Biodiversidade; Manaus; AM; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; Coordenação de Biodiversidade; Manaus; AM; Brazil
American Museum of Natural History; Division of Invertebrate Zoology; New York City; USA
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Ilhéus; Brazil
Hymenoptera Chartergus Epiponini Marimbondo swarm-founding paper wasps

Abstract

The Neotropical social wasp genus Chartergus is reviewed and comparative diagnoses, images of type material, and an updated identification key for species are presented. To investigate the phylogenetic relationships within the genus, we used a combined dataset of morphological characters, nest architecture traits, and molecular data. The results revealed the following relationships among the Chartergus species: (C. globiventris + (C. artifex + C. metanotalis)).

 

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