Parischnogaster is a genus of hover wasps from the subfamily Stenogastrinae, a subfamily of eusocial wasps endemic to the Oriental Region which are included in the family Vespidae.[2]

Parischnogaster
Parischnogaster mellyi, Peninsular Malaysia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Stenogastrinae
Genus: Parischnogaster
von Schulthess, 1914
Type species
Ichmogaster mellyi
Synonyms[1]

Holischnogaster Vecht, 1977

Species edit

The following species are some of those included within the genus Parischnogaster:[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Marco Selis (2018). "Notes on the subfamily Stenogastrinae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in the Philippine Islands, with description of nine new species". Zootaxa. 4514 (3): 383–410. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.5.
  2. ^ a b Carpenter, J. M. & Kojima, J. (1996). "Checklist of the subfamily Stenogastrinae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 104 (1/2): 21–36. JSTOR 25010198.