List of eusocial wasps collected from Monteverde, with elevational ranges at which colonies have been observed or collected. (S. O'Donnell)
 

WASP SPECIES	ELEVATIONAL RANGE
Polistes instabilis	*
P. aterrimus	Above 1540 m
Mischocyttarus basimacula	Up to 1400 m
M. mastigophorous	Above 1450 m
M. mixtus	1400 to 1500 m
M. atrocyaneus	Up to 1350 m
M. pallidipectus	1350 to 1540 m
M. labiatus	Up to 1500 m
Agelaia yepocapa	1300 to 1450 m
A. xanthopus	1400 to 1550 m
A. areata	Up to 1400 m
A. panamensis	Up to 1550 m
Polybia diguetana	Up to 1450 m
P. aequatorialis	1300 to 1700 m
P. rejecta	Up to 1400 m
P. raui	1480 to 1700 m
Epipona niger	Up to 1540 m
Synoeca septentrionalis	Up to 1350 m
Microstigmus sp. (Sphecidae)	1400 m

 
* Polistes instabilis is an elevational migrant that does not nest in Monteverde.
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