Agelaia pallipes

Agelaia pallipes
Adult Agelaia pallipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Agelaia
Species:
A. pallipes
Binomial name
Agelaia pallipes
(Olivier, 1792)
Synonyms= [1][2]
  • Polybia lutea Ducke, 1904
  • Stelolybia pallidipes (Olivier, 1792)
  • Gymnopolybia pallidipes (Olivier, 1792)
  • Vespa pallipes Olivier, 1792

Agelaia pallipes is a species of social paper wasp found from Costa Rica to Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. A. pallipes is ground-nesting and is one of the most aggressive wasps in South America. This species is a predator of other insects, including flies, moths, and ground crickets, as well as baby birds.

  1. ^ "Agelaia multipicta (Haliday, 1836)". GBIF.org. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. ^ James M. Carpenter. "Tentative Checklist of the Polistine Tribe Epiponini". IUNH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.