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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) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Parancistrocerus » Parancistrocerus leionotus
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wasp - Parancistrocerus leionotus - female
Copyright © 2006 Ilona L.

wasp - Parancistrocerus leionotus - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
October 3, 2006

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 3 October, 2006 - 11:39pm
Last updated 11 December, 2010 - 9:22pm

Moved
Moved from Parancistrocerus.
… Beatriz Moisset, 27 October, 2006 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Ilona L., 25 October, 2006 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

Parancistrocerus leionotus, female (WI)
This species nests in small crevices in rocks (or concrete) unlike most other species of the genus that nest in borings in wood. Interestingly, the picture shows the wasp on a rock. Diagnostic characters include well developed yellow spots on terga 1 and 2, yellow bands on terga 1-4, and well developed yellow vertical bands on the propodeum. P. vagus is similar but usually lacks the propodeal bands.
… Matthias Buck, 25 October, 2006 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

 
wasp ID
Thank you for the detailed ID on this wasp.
… Ilona L., 25 October, 2006 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

[thumb:19788] looks like the
looks like the same kind of wasp, doesn't it? But now that I look at the photo closer, I can see that the wings are darker among other differences.
… Ilona L., 7 October, 2006 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Eumeninae.
With all due respect to Adalbert, this is a mason wasp female in the family Vespidae, subfamily Eumeninae. Could be genus Parancistrocerus, but you should wait to hear from John Ascher or Richard Vernier for verification. Neat series of shots!
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 October, 2006 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know much about Vespidae
and rely on Jim Carpenter for IDs
… John S. Ascher, 6 October, 2006 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

Sphecid Wasp
.
… Adalbert Goertz, 4 October, 2006 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

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