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Species Parancistrocerus fulvipes

Mystery mason wasps 1 - Parancistrocerus fulvipes

Potter Wasp - Parancistrocerus fulvipes - female

Dinner for the youngin's. Wasp ID, please. - Parancistrocerus fulvipes - female

Potter and Mason Wasps - Parancistrocerus fulvipes

black and red wasp - Parancistrocerus fulvipes

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 Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)

Genus Parancistrocerus

Species fulvipes (Parancistrocerus fulvipes)

Explanation of Names

Parancistrocerus fulvipes (Saussure 1855)

fulvipes 'yellow-footed'

Identification

"Bright red tegulae are distinctive." -- Richard Vernier

Range

e US west to MI-KS-TX; ne Mexico(1)

Internet References

Species page(1)

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].

Contributed by Matthias Buck on 12 June, 2007 - 2:22pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2019 - 10:52am

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