Meaning of phragmocyttarous | Babel Free

Definitions

Of, relating to, or being a type of social wasp nest, in which brood combs are attached laterally to the inner surface of the sack-like envelope.

not-comparable

Examples

“In Ducke's classification, Polybia is placed with those species that are paper workers, are polygynous, make a nest with an envelope, and are completely phragmocyttarous.”

“The members of this distinctive genus are rather rare, the males especially so. They were described by Araujo. The nests are phragmocyttarous.”

“The species of Polybia build phragmocyttarous nests which consist of one to many combs attached to a branch, leaf or rock, surrounded by an envelope of carton or of mud containing an exit hole at the side or bottom of the comb. A number of species enlarge the nest by adding sue-”

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