Icaria (genus)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Vespidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Subfamily Polistinae

Icaria is a genus of eusocial paper wasps in the Ropalidiini tribe. It contains the following species:

Icaria africana (Cameron, 1910)

Icaria cariniscutis Cameron, 1910

Icaria cayayanensis Ashmead, 1905

Icaria fasciata Smith, 1858

Icaria kohni Buysson, 1909

Icaria pruinosa Cameron 1906

Icaria xanthopoda Cameron, 1902

Enemy species

An enemy of Icaria is the Vespa deusta, which will invade and rob Icaria nests.

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