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Superfamily Vespoidea

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An anocellar polistine wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from Texas

By Volker Lohrmann, George C. Waldren, Martin Reiß, Michael S. Engel
Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 251-255, 2016

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 3 December, 2016 - 6:33pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Umbrella Paper Wasps (Polistes) » Subgenus Polistes (Polistes Subgenus Polistes) » European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)

Revision of the West Palaearctic Polistes Latreille, with the descriptions of two species – an integrative approach

By Christian Schmid-Egger, Kees van Achterberg, Rainer Neumeyer, Jérôme Morinière, & Stefan Schmidt
ZooKeys (713): 53–112, 2017

Full title: Revision of the West Palaearctic Polistes Latreille, with the descriptions of two species – an integrative approach using morphology and DNA barcodes (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.713.11335

Relevant particularly to our introduced member of the subgenus Polistes (Polistes), P. dominula.

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Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 17 June, 2021 - 6:00pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Pterocheilus » subgenus Onchopterocheilus (Pterocheilus subgenus Onchopterocheilus)

North American Pterocheilus. 1. Subgenus Onchopterocheilus (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae)

By Bohart R.M.
Pan-Pac. entomol. 65: 156-161, 1989

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Contributed by v belov on 3 April, 2019 - 4:03pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Pterocheilus » subgenus Megapterocheilus (Pterocheilus subgenus Megapterocheilus)

North American Pterocheilus. III. Subgenus Megapterocheilus (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae)

By Bohart R.M.
Insecta Mundi 10: 217-224, 1996

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Contributed by v belov on 3 April, 2019 - 4:53pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Pterocheilus » subgenus Micropterocheilus (Pterocheilus subgenus Micropterocheilus)

A review of Micropterocheilus R.Bohart, with its elevation to generic rank and description of new species (Hym., Eumenidae)

By Bohart R.M.
J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 72: 197-213, 1999

(Micropterocheilus is now treated as a subgen. of Pterocheilus)
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Contributed by v belov on 3 April, 2019 - 6:18pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Odynerus » Odynerus erythrogaster

Taxonomy of the typical subgenus Odynerus in North America.

By Bohart, R.M.
Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 15: 76–84., 1939

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Contributed by bdagley on 8 October, 2022 - 4:02pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Ancistrocerus » Ancistrocerus adiabatus

The first documented migration of a potter wasp, Ancistrocerus adiabatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae).

By Jeffrey H. Skevington and Matthias Buck
The Canadian Field Naturalist 135(2): 117-119, 2021

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 10 April, 2022 - 2:25pm

The genus Euparagia Cresson (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Euparagiinae)

By Carpenter, J.M. and L.S. Kimsey
American Museum novitates, no. 3643, 2009

Online here: http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5962

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"A new species of the wasp genus Euparagia Cresson, 1879, is described: unidentata Carpenter and Kimsey. The phylogenetic relationships of this and the other species in the genus are analyzed cladistically. A key to and catalog of the species are provided."

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 20 September, 2012 - 2:14am

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