Chartergellus jeannei

Chartergellus jeannei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Tribe: Epiponini
Genus: Chartergellus
Species: C. jeannei
Binomial name
Chartergellus jeannei
Andena and Soleman, 2015[1]

A new wasp species described by specimens found at the Ducke Reserve in Manaus Brazil. The species in named in honor of Professor Robert L. Jeanne an animal behaviorist and expert in social wasps.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Yuri Campanholo Grandinete; Sergio Ricardo Andena; Raduan Alexandre Soleman; Fernando Barbosa Noll (2015). "Chartergellus jeannei, a New Species of the Swarming Social Wasps from the Amazon Forest (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini).". Sociobiology. 62: 99–117. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i1.120-123.


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