Stenogastrinae

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Stenogastrinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Stenogastrinae
Genera

The Stenogastrinae (sometimes referred to as hover wasps) are a subfamily of Indomalayan and New Guinean Vespid wasps with a diverse biology from solitary to social.

The subfamily contains 8 currently recognized genera[1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Carpenter, James Michael and Kojima, Jun-Ichi (2006). "Checklist of the species of the subfamily Stenogastrinae Bequaert, 1918 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). (Natural History Laboratory, Ibaraki University (IUNH) and WASP (World Association for the Study of Paperwasps) Japan). 13 : 5 - 26". http://www.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/~jkrte/wasp/steno/top.html. 
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