Chartergus

E380752

Chartergus is a genus of social paper wasps known for constructing large, often spherical nests in tropical regions of the Americas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chartergus canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
behavior colony-forming ⓘ
eusocial ⓘ
belongsToGroup Neotropical swarm-founding wasps ⓘ
class Insecta ⓘ
commonName social paper wasps ⓘ
communication chemical cues (pheromones) ⓘ
describedAs genus of social paper wasps ⓘ
diet predatory on other insects ⓘ
distribution tropical regions of the Americas ⓘ
ecologicalRole pollinator (minor) ⓘ
predator of herbivorous insects ⓘ
family Vespidae ⓘ
foundInBiome tropical dry forest ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
habitat tropical forests ⓘ
wooded areas ⓘ
hasSpecies Chartergus brasiliensis ⓘ
Chartergus chartifex ⓘ
Chartergus globiventris ⓘ
Chartergus metanotalis ⓘ
Chartergus soror ⓘ
Chartergus striatus ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifeCycle holometabolous development ⓘ
nativeRange Neotropical realm ⓘ
surface form: Neotropics
nestMaterial chewed plant fibers mixed with saliva ⓘ
nestShape often spherical nests ⓘ
nestSize large nests ⓘ
nestType paper nests ⓘ
notableFeature large spherical or subspherical carton nests suspended from vegetation or structures ⓘ
order Hymenoptera ⓘ
parentTaxon Polistinae ⓘ
Vespidae ⓘ
phylum Arthropoda ⓘ
reproduction swarm founding by multiple queens ⓘ
reproductiveCastes queens ⓘ
workers ⓘ
socialStructure multi-comb nests enclosed in a common envelope ⓘ
studiedInField behavioral ecology ⓘ
entomology ⓘ
sociobiology ⓘ
subfamily Polistinae ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
tribe Epiponini ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polistinae → hasMember → Chartergus ⓘ