Belonogaster: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Belonogaster
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Belonogaster
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Belonogaster
Belonogaster (belone - "needle", gaster - "belly") is a large genus of mainly Afrotropical quasisocial wasps, although some species occur in Arabia and two extend as far as India. They have characteristics of both the eusocial and the solitary wasps. Belonogaster constructs communal paper nests where the larvae are fed on masticated, soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars. The type species is Belonogaster juncea, which consists of two subspecies: Belonogaster juncea colonialis and Belonogaster juncea juncea. Belanogaster wasps are an important food source for wintering European honey buzzards (Pernis apivorus) in sub-Saharan Africa. In African traditional medicine, wasps of the genus are cooked with plant roots and consumed to cure various childhood sicknesses, as well as having ceremonial use similar to that of honey bees (Apis mellifera). Some birds choose to build their nests near the nests of Belonogaster for protection, including mousebirds and weavers.
...Belonogaster in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Rooiperdebye
- English
- Needle-waisted Paper Wasps
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Belonogaster abyssinicus
- Belonogaster acaulis
- Belonogaster adenensis
- Belonogaster agilis
- Belonogaster atrata
- Belonogaster bicolor
- Belonogaster brevipetiolata
- Belonogaster brunneus
- Belonogaster clypeata
- Belonogaster dayi
- Belonogaster dubia
- Belonogaster eumenoides
- Belonogaster facialis
- Belonogaster fanemitra
- Belonogaster filiventris
- Belonogaster grisea
- Belonogaster guerini
- Belonogaster juncea
- Belonogaster junceus
- Belonogaster lateritia
- Belonogaster madecassa
- Belonogaster meneliki
- Belonogaster petiolata
- Belonogaster prasina
- Belonogaster punctilla
- Belonogaster saevus
- Belonogaster saussurei
- Belonogaster turbulenta
- Belonogaster vadoni
- Belonogaster vasseae































































































































































