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Polybia occidentalis

Synonyms: Polybia albopicta; Vespa occidentalis

Wikipedia Abstract

Polybia occidentalis, commonly known as Camoati, is a swarm-founding advanced eusocial wasp. Swarm-founding means that a swarm of these wasps find a nesting site and build the nest together. This species can be found in Central and South America. P. occidentalis prey on nectar, insects, and carbohydrate sources while birds and ants prey on and parasitize them. A fun fact is that workers bite each other to communicate that it is time to start working.
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Infraspecies

Polybia occidentalis bohemani
Polybia occidentalis cinctus
Polybia occidentalis grenadensis
Polybia occidentalis invertita
Polybia occidentalis nigratella
Polybia occidentalis occidentalis
Polybia occidentalis uruguayensis
Polybia occidentalis venezuelana

Predators

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Aeschynomene pratensis (meadow jointvetch)[3]
Brocchinia acuminata[4]
Caperonia palustris (sacatrapo)[3]
Ludwigia nervosa[3]
Mimosa camporum[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Raw, A. (1997). Avian predation on individual neotropical social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) outside their nests. Ornitologia neotropical, 8, 89-92.
♦ 2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 3Ramirez, N., and Y. Brito. 1992. Pollination Biology in a Palm Swamp Community in the Venezuelan Central Plains. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 110:277-302.
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0