Provespa

Provespa is a small genus of Vespidae, made up of nocturnal wasps from Southeast Asia, sometimes referred to as "night wasps" or "night hornets",^[3] though they are not true hornets (genus Vespa). They are the only nocturnal members of the subfamily Vespinae, and also the only vespines where new colonies are formed by swarming (one queen attended by a large number of workers, similar to honey bees).^[4] They tend to build their nests from fibrous plant material, making them a uniform greyish brown colour which is often difficult to locate.

Provespa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Vespinae
Genus:	Provespa Ashmead, 1903[1]
Type species
Vespa dorylloides (= Vespa anomala) de Saussure, 1854[2]
Species
See text

Species

• Provespa anomala (Saussure, 1854)
• Provespa barthelemyi (Buysson, 1905)
• Provespa nocturna Vecht, 1935