| Agelaia vicina | |
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| On hive | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Epiponini |
| Genus: | Agelaia |
| Species: | A. vicina
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| Binomial name | |
| Agelaia vicina (de Saussure, 1854)
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Agelaia vicina is a species of wasp in the genus Agelaia. They are neotropical social wasps known to have the largest colony sizes and nest sizes among social wasps, with some colonies exceeding over one million individuals. They are predators of land arthropods, consuming both insects and spiders alike. Recent sperm morphology studies have shown that although Vespidae belong to the superfamily Vespoidea, A. vicina may be more phylogenetically related to Apoidea.[1]
- ^ Mancini, K. (7 April 2006). "Sperm ultrastructure of the wasp Agelaia vicina (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)". Insectes Sociaux. 53 (3): 333–338. doi:10.1007/s00040-006-0877-6. S2CID 20067233.