Stenogastrinae

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Stenogastrinae is a subfamily of social wasps known as hover wasps, characterized by their hovering flight and primitively eusocial behavior, primarily found in tropical Asia.

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Label Occurrences
Stenogastrinae canonical 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf taxon
wasp subfamily
behavior primitively eusocial
characteristic hovering flight
class Insecta
commonName hover wasps
communication use of chemical cues
use of visual signals
distribution Indomalayan realm
surface form: Indomalayan region

Southeast Asia
tropical Asia
family Vespidae
firstDescribedBy Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
flightStyle hovering near nest entrance
foragingBehavior collects nectar
predatory on small arthropods
habitat forest edges
near streams and water bodies
shaded understory
higherClassification Apocrita
Hymenoptera
Vespoidea
includesTaxon Metischnogaster
surface form: Anischnogaster

Liostenogaster
surface form: Eustenogaster

Liostenogaster
Metischnogaster
Microstigmus
Liostenogaster
surface form: Parischnogaster

Stenogaster
kingdom Animalia
morphologicalTrait elongated metasoma
relatively long legs
slender body
nestingBehavior build small nests
nests often on vegetation
order Hymenoptera
parentTaxon Vespidae
Vespinae–Eumeninae clade
phylum Arthropoda
reproductiveSystem queen–worker dimorphism weak or absent
socialBehavior cooperative brood care
overlapping generations in colonies
reproductive division of labor (incomplete)
socialStructure dominance hierarchies
small colonies
studiedIn eusociality evolution
social evolution research
taxonomicRank subfamily

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Vespidae containsSubfamily Stenogastrinae
Metischnogaster parentTaxon Stenogastrinae
Metischnogaster subfamily Stenogastrinae
Liostenogaster parentTaxon Stenogastrinae
Liostenogaster subfamily Stenogastrinae
Stenogaster parentTaxon Stenogastrinae
Stenogaster subfamily Stenogastrinae