Provespa
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| Provespa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Vespinae |
| Genus: | Provespa |
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Provespa is a lesser known genus of Vespidae, made up of a group of nocturnal wasps from Southeast Asia, such as P. barthelemyi and P. nocturna.
They tend to build their nests from fibrous plant material, making them a uniform greyish brown colour which is often difficult to locate.
[edit] Species
- Provespa anomala (Saussure, 1854)
- Provespa barthelemyi (Buysson, 1905)
- Provespa nocturna Vecht, 1935
[edit] External links
- Hornets of Malaysia
- http://users.skynet.be/fa968040/VESPIDAE/Genus_Provespa.htm
- http://www.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/~jkrte/wasp/vespinae/Provespa.html
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