| Microstigmus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Pemphredonidae |
| Subtribe: | Spilomenina |
| Genus: | Microstigmus Ducke, 1907 |
Microstigmus, or the thin-waisted social wasps, is a small genus wasp in the family Pemphredonidae.[1] This genus is found in the Neotropical realm from Central to South America. They build nests and live in colonies ranging in size from 1 to 18 members.[2] Microstigmus is widely considered to be the only true eusocial species of apoid wasp.[3]
- ^ Sann, Manuela; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Mayer, Christoph; Kozlov, Alexey; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Bank, Sarah; Meusemann, Karen; Misof, Bernhard; Bleidorn, Christoph; Ohl, Michael (2018). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18 (71). doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8. PMC 5960199.
- ^ Robert W. Matthews & Christopher K. Starr (1987). "Microstigmus comes wasps have a method of nest construction unique among social insects". Biotropica. 16 (1): 55–58. JSTOR 2387895.
- ^ T. Paige Carithers (1997). "The effects of seasonality on the demographics of Microstigmus comes (Hymenoptera, Spechidae) in Costa Rica". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 70 (2): 146–148. JSTOR 25085769.