Synoeca chalibea is a swarm-founding social wasp that ranges from Costa Rica to Brazil. The species name was originally published in 1852 as chalibea, but misspelled as chalybea in most subsequent publications.[1]

Synoeca chalibea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Synoeca
Species:
S. chalibea
Binomial name
Synoeca chalibea
Saussure, 1852
Synonyms

Synoeca chalybea Saussure, 1854 Lapsus calami
Synoeca irina var. splendens du Buysson, 1906

References

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  1. ^ Richards, Owain Westmacott (1978). The social wasps of the Americas, excluding the Vespinae. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 181–182. ISBN 0565007858.