Guayaquila Goding, 1920

Selected references
Goding 1920b
McKamey 1998a
Dietrich and Deitz 1991a
Godoy, Miranda, and Nishida 2006a
Overview
Members of the genus Guayaquila are subsocial and mutualistically associated with ants, and occasionally with meliponine bees or vespid wasps (Dietrich and Deitz 1991a). There are more than 20 species, one of which is a pest of papaya.
Taxon images
Guayaquila
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1.Guayaquila female guarding eggs
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2.Guayaquila fusiformis
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3.Guayaquila fusiformis nymphs
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4. Guayaquila gra...
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5.Guayaquila gracilicornis
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6.Guayaquila gracilicornis nymphs
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7.Guayaquila gracilicornis nymph
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8. Guayaquila nymph...
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9.Guayaquila mackameyi, male
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10. Guayaquila mackameyi female and nymphs...
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11. Guayaquila pallescens, mating pair...
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12. Guayaquila pallescens nymphs attended...
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13. Guayquila projecta, adult and nymphs...
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14.Guayaquila vau, male
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15. Guayaquila xiphias female guarding egg...
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16. Guayaquila xiphias adult and n...
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17. Guayaquila mackamey...
 
Distribution
Neotropical and Nearctic regions.
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Prepared by
Lewis L. Deitz, Christopher H. Dietrich, Olivia Evangelista, Stuart H. Mckamey, and Mark J. Rothschild, 5 March 2017