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The genus Agelaia Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

O gênero Agelaia Lepeletier (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

The genus Agelaia Lepeletier 1836 belongs to the swarming genera of the Polistinae, with species distributed from Mexico to northern Argentina. Fifteen of the 31 described species are found in Brazil. Four species occur in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, two of them recorded herein for the first time. Redescriptions and a key to these species are provided.

Agelaia; new records; redescriptions; Rio Grande do Sul


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