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Abispa
Abispa ephippium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Abispa Mitchell, 1838
Synonyms
Monerebia Saussure, 1852

Abispa is a genus of large Australasian potter wasps belonging to the subfamily Eumeninae. The genus was first described in 1838 by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.

Species of this genus are found throughout Australia, while Abispa splendida (Guerin, 1838) is found in both New Guinea and Australia.

Species

• Abispa australiana
• Abispa ephippium, the "Australian hornet"
• Abispa eximia
• Abispa laticincta
• Abispa meadewaldensis
• Abispa ruficornis
• Abispa splendida

References

1. ^ "Genus Abispa Mitchell, 1838". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
2. ^ van der Vecht, J. (1960). "On Abispa and some other Eumenidae from the Australian region (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea)". Nova Guinea (Zoologie). 6: 91–115 .
3. "ADW: Abispa: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
4. Thomas Mitchell (1838), Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Wikidata Q6146213
5. Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 2022-12-28.

External links

• Abispa: Images & occurrence data from GBIF

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• Biological pest control wasps
• Hymenoptera of Australia
• Potter wasps
• Hymenoptera genera
• Taxa named by Thomas Mitchell (explorer)
• Insects described in 1838
• Potter wasp stubs