Abispa is a genus of large

Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...

n potter wasps belonging to the subfamily

Eumeninae Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae. Mud dauber wasps, which also build their nests with m ...

. The genus was first described in 1838 by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell. Species of this genus are found throughout

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, while '' Abispa splendida'' (Guerin, 1838) is found in both

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

and Australia.

Species

*'' Abispa australiana'' *'' Abispa ephippium'', the "

Australian hornet The Australian "hornet" (''Abispa ephippium''), a type of potter wasp or "mason wasp", is a vespid native to the Australian states and territories of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensland and ...

" *'' Abispa eximia'' *'' Abispa laticincta'' *'' Abispa meadewaldensis'' *'' Abispa ruficornis'' *'' Abispa splendida''

References

External links

''Abispa'': Images & occurrence data
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Biological pest control wasps Hymenoptera of Australia Potter wasps Hymenoptera genera Taxa named by Thomas Mitchell (explorer) Insects described in 1838 {{potter-wasp-stub