Biology:Icaria (genus)

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Short description: Genus of wasps


Icaria
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Ropalidiini
Genus: Icaria
Species

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Icaria is a genus of eusocial paper wasps in the Ropalidiini tribe. It contains the following species:

  • Icaria africana (Cameron, 1910)
  • Icaria cariniscutis Cameron, 1910
  • Icaria cayayanensis Ashmead, 1905
  • Icaria fasciata Smith, 1858
  • Icaria kohni Buysson, 1909
  • Icaria pruinosa Cameron 1906
  • Icaria xanthopoda Cameron, 1902

Enemy species

An enemy of Icaria is the Vespa deusta, which will invade and rob Icaria nests.[1]

References

  1. (March, 1919). Economic Entomology: Pamphlets. Atlanta: Georgia State Board of Entomology. Volume 128, pp. 165-166. Accessed 30 December 2011.

Wikidata ☰ Q5985046 entry