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In this chapter, we list the 381 species of social wasps from Brazil and inform the Brazilian state distribution: Agelaia (n = 21 species), Angiopolybia (n = 4), Apoica (n = 9), Asteloeca (n = 3), Brachygastra (n = 13), Chartergellus (n = 10), Charterginus (n = 2), Chartergus (n = 3), Clypearia (n = 7), Epipona (n = 2), Leipomeles (n = 4), Metapolybia (n = 16), Mischocyttarus (n = 144), Nectarinella (n = 2), Parachartergus (n = 13), Polistes (n = 43), Polybia (n = 51), Protonectarina (n = 1), Protopolybia (n = 24), Pseudopolybia (n = 4), and Synoeca (n = 5).
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Somavilla, A., Barbosa, B.C., de Souza, M.M., Prezoto, F. (2021). List of Species of Social Wasps from Brazil. In: Prezoto, F., Nascimento, F.S., Barbosa, B.C., Somavilla, A. (eds) Neotropical Social Wasps. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53510-0_16
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