Abispa

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Abispa ephippium.jpg

| image_caption = Abispa ephippium

| taxon = Abispa

| authority = Mitchell, 1838

| synonyms = Monerebia {{small|Saussure, 1852}}

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Abispa is a genus of large Australasian potter wasps belonging to the subfamily Eumeninae.{{Cite web|title=ADW: Abispa: CLASSIFICATION|url=http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Abispa/classification/|access-date=2022-12-28|website=animaldiversity.org}} The genus was first described in 1838 by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.{{Cite web |title=Genus Abispa Mitchell, 1838 |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Abispa;Odynerini |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Australian Government}}{{cite Q|Q6146213}}

Species of this genus are found throughout Australia, while Abispa splendida (Guerin, 1838) is found in both New Guinea and Australia.{{cite journal|author=van der Vecht, J.|authorlink=Jacobus van der Vecht|date= 1960|title= On Abispa and some other Eumenidae from the Australian region (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea)|journal= Nova Guinea (Zoologie)|volume=6|pages= 91–115 [92]}}