Microstigmus
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Microstigmus is a genus of small, primitively social wasps known for their unusual nesting behavior and occurrence in tropical regions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microstigmus canonical | 1 |
| Microstigmus comes | 1 |
| Microstigmus myersi | 1 |
| Microstigmus nigrophthalmus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2937119 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microstigmus Context triple: [Stenogastrinae, includesTaxon, Microstigmus]
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A.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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B.
Psychrolutidae
Psychrolutidae is a family of deep-sea marine fishes, commonly known as blobfishes, characterized by their gelatinous bodies and adaptation to high-pressure ocean environments.
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C.
Microcachrys
Microcachrys is a small, monotypic genus of Tasmanian conifers known for its low, heath-like shrubs and distinctive, berry-like seed cones.
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D.
Tincidae
Tincidae is a family of freshwater fishes within the order Cypriniformes, best known for species like the tench (Tinca tinca) found in Eurasian lakes and slow-moving waters.
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E.
Plectrogeniidae
Plectrogeniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and spiny, often well-camouflaged bodies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Microstigmus Target entity description: Microstigmus is a genus of small, primitively social wasps known for their unusual nesting behavior and occurrence in tropical regions.
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A.
Mimidae
Mimidae is a family of passerine birds known for their vocal mimicry, including mockingbirds, thrashers, and catbirds.
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B.
Psychrolutidae
Psychrolutidae is a family of deep-sea marine fishes, commonly known as blobfishes, characterized by their gelatinous bodies and adaptation to high-pressure ocean environments.
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C.
Microcachrys
Microcachrys is a small, monotypic genus of Tasmanian conifers known for its low, heath-like shrubs and distinctive, berry-like seed cones.
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D.
Tincidae
Tincidae is a family of freshwater fishes within the order Cypriniformes, best known for species like the tench (Tinca tinca) found in Eurasian lakes and slow-moving waters.
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E.
Plectrogeniidae
Plectrogeniidae is a small family of marine ray-finned fishes within the order Scorpaeniformes, known for their bottom-dwelling habits and spiny, often well-camouflaged bodies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
subfamily Crabroninae
ⓘ
suborder Apocrita ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| commonName | primitively social wasps ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of small wasps ⓘ |
| distribution | tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
potential biological control agent
ⓘ
predator of herbivorous insects ⓘ |
| family | Crabronidae ⓘ |
| feedingType | predatory ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Central America
ⓘ
Neotropical region ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| habitat | tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasBehavior | unusual nesting behavior ⓘ |
| hasDivisionOfLabor | reproductive and non-reproductive females ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
narrow waist (petiole)
ⓘ
stinging ovipositor in females ⓘ |
| hasSocialBehavior | primitively social ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Microstigmus comes
ⓘ
linked to:
Microstigmus
Microstigmus myersi ⓘ
linked to:
Microstigmus
Microstigmus nigrophthalmus ⓘ
linked to:
Microstigmus
|
| hasWingedCaste | females ⓘ |
| insectOrderCommonName | wasps, bees and ants ⓘ |
| isTypeOf | sphecid wasp ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifestyle | nest-building ⓘ |
| nestSubstrate | vegetation ⓘ |
| nestType | enclosed nests ⓘ |
| notableFor | primitively eusocial traits ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Crabronidae ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| preysOn | small arthropods ⓘ |
| reproductiveBehavior | cooperative brood care ⓘ |
| reproductiveSystem | haplodiploid ⓘ |
| socialOrganization | small colonies ⓘ |
| studiedFor | evolution of sociality in wasps ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Microstigmus Description of subject: Microstigmus is a genus of small, primitively social wasps known for their unusual nesting behavior and occurrence in tropical regions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Microstigmus
linked to: Microstigmus
linked to: Microstigmus