poecilocyttares

n. pl. [Gr. poikilos, various; kyttasos, comb]

(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)

A type of nest of Vespidae in which the layers of brood comb are supported by the outer covering and a central support, as the limb of a tree, sometimes regarded as a group Poecilocyttares; see phragmocyttarous.