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Genus Pterocheilus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Pterocheilus
Identification
Large tegulae, without a notch in front of the parategulae. Also diagnostic are the "feathery", often three -segmented, labial palps.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 21 May, 2006 - 7:23pm

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