Chartergellus jeannei is 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]

Chartergellus jeannei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Polistinae
Genus: Chartergellus
Species:
C. jeannei
Binomial name
Chartergellus jeannei
Andena and Soleman, 2015[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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. hdl:11449/129663.