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Icaria (wasp)

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Icaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Ropalidiini
Genus: Icaria
Species

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Icaria is a genus of eusocial paper wasps in the Ropalidiini tribe, which was later synonymized to Ropalidia Guérin-Méneville. The former genus contained, among other, the following species:

Enemy species

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An enemy of Icaria is the Vespa tropicalis (=V. deusta), which will invade and rob Icaria nests.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Icaria artifex Smith, 1871". Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). Archived from the original on 2022-08-15.
  2. ^ "Icaria ferruginea". The Natural Museum of History, London. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14.
  3. ^ (March, 1919). Economic Entomology: Pamphlets. Atlanta: Georgia State Board of Entomology. Volume 128, pp. 165-166. Accessed 30 December 2011.