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Species Parancistrocerus histrio

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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
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Parancistrocerus
Species histrio (Parancistrocerus histrio)
Explanation of Names
Parancistrocerus histrio (Lepeletier, 1841)
Size
Fore wing: ♂ 6.0–7.0 mm, ♀ 8.0–9.0 mm(1)
Range
se US (DE-FL-LA)(1)
Internet References
Species page(1)--link updated 9/26/22
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung. 2008. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].