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Montezumia
Montezumia is a primarily neotropical genus of eumenine wasps whose 48 species (Willink 1982) range from Argentina to the southwestern United States (Arizona). Most of the known species (38 of 52 species and subspecies; Willink 1982) are from South America. Unfortunately, the behaviour of Montezumia species has been described for only eight definitively identified species (ferruginea, dimidiata, cortesioides, vechti, pelagica, brethesi, platinia, and petiolata) (reviewed in Willink 1982).
The genus is specially interesting for illuminating the origins of group life and eusociality (social behaviour characterized by a reproductive division of labor between egg-laying queens and sterile workers). Montezumia belongs to a vespid subfamily (Eumeninae) of primarily solitary wasps which are closely related to the eusocial vespids of the subfamilies Epiponinae and Polistinae
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Montezumia ferruginea
speciesMontezumia ferruginea
Montezumia dimidiata
speciesMontezumia dimidiata
Montezumia nigriceps
speciesMontezumia nigriceps
Montezumia azurescens
speciesMontezumia azurescens
Montezumia pelagica
speciesMontezumia pelagica
Montezumia infernalis
speciesMontezumia infernalis
Montezumia liliacea
speciesMontezumia liliacea
Montezumia huasteca
speciesMontezumia huasteca
Montezumia ignobiloides
speciesMontezumia ignobiloides
Montezumia cortesia
speciesMontezumia cortesia
Montezumia morosa
speciesMontezumia morosa
Montezumia azteca
speciesMontezumia azteca
Montezumia mexicana
speciesMontezumia mexicana
Montezumia analis
speciesMontezumia analis
Montezumia brethesi
speciesMontezumia brethesi
Montezumia bruchii
speciesMontezumia bruchii
Montezumia petiolata
speciesMontezumia petiolata
Montezumia sparsa
speciesMontezumia sparsa
Montezumia colombiana
speciesMontezumia colombiana
Montezumia coeruleorufa
speciesMontezumia coeruleorufa
Montezumia grossa
speciesMontezumia grossa
Montezumia trinitata
speciesMontezumia trinitata
Montezumia vechti
speciesMontezumia vechti
Montezumia cortesioides
speciesMontezumia cortesioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250855.