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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Ancistrocerus

Genus Ancistrocerus

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mason Wasp - Ancistrocerus antilope - male Ancistrocerus cf. tuberculocephalus ? - Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus Potter Wasp - Ancistrocerus antilope - female Vespid? - Ancistrocerus adiabatus Mason Wasp - Ancistrocerus unifasciatus wasp - Ancistrocerus campestris - female wasp - Ancistrocerus unifasciatus - male wasp - Ancistrocerus campestris - female
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 Ancistrocerus
Numbers
Arnett, p. 589, lists 31 spp. (1)
Nearctica.com lists 17 spp. for North America
Size
Circa 15 mm
Identification
For an online key to the 14 species occurring in the northeast see the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region. (2)

Potter wasps with yellow markings, compare Euodynerus (?).
Print References
Arnett, p. 589 (1)
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek: Ancistrocerus, compare Euodynerus, Symmorphus
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
By Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 September, 2004 - 12:47pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck
Last updated 28 February, 2008 - 3:20pm

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