Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Pollen Wasps (Masarinae) » Pseudomasaris » Pseudomasaris coquilletti

Species Pseudomasaris coquilletti

Pseudomasaris coquilletti - female Pseudomasaris coquilletti - female Pollen wasp - Pseudomasaris coquilletti - male Pollen-Wasp on Phacelia ramosissima - Pseudomasaris coquilletti - female Pseudomasaris - Pseudomasaris coquilletti - female Pseudomasaris - Pseudomasaris coquilletti - female Pseudomasaris coquilletti nest - Pseudomasaris coquilletti - male - female Pseudomasaris? - Pseudomasaris coquilletti
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae (Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies)
Subfamily Masarinae (Pollen Wasps)
Genus Pseudomasaris
Species coquilletti (Pseudomasaris coquilletti)
Explanation of Names
Pseudomasaris coquilletti Rohwer 1911
Identification
In females, the yellow of upper orbits are produced toward ocelli (not so in the similar zonalis); humeri are more rounded than in zonalis (which have humeri with an obtuse anterior ridge):


Antennal segments VI-VII in males are widened gradually to a less well defined club, not much wider than segment VII; front of mid-tibia emarginate (with an apical notch).
Range
OR, CA, UT, AZ(1)
Print References
Rohwer, S. A. (1911). Descriptions of new species of wasps with notes on described species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Original Description
Internet References
iNaturalist
GBIF
Discover Life
Works Cited
1.Checklist of species of the subfamily Masarinae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
Carpenter J.M. 2001. American Museum novitates 3325. 40 pp.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 2 June, 2006 - 5:32am
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 14 December, 2020 - 12:35pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo