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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 perennis
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Wasp ID Request - Parancistrocerus perennis - female
Copyright © 2007 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Wasp ID Request - Parancistrocerus perennis - Female
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
October 23, 2007
Observed on a Solidago (canadensis?) sp.

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Wasp ID Request - Parancistrocerus perennis - female Wasp ID Request - Parancistrocerus perennis - female
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 23 October, 2007 - 4:42pm
Last updated 25 October, 2007 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 25 October, 2007 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Parancistrocerus perennis (MD)
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… Matthias Buck, 25 October, 2007 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Eumeninae (female) - Not Ancistrocerus
Tranversal keel on first urotergite, typical of Ancistrocerus, is missing. Instead, this sclerite is smoothly rounded (especially visible on left picture).
Markings do vary in virtually every Vespid species, but no Ancistrocerus has a so extensively yellow metanotum combined with an all black mesoscutellum.
This small Eumenine with short tegulae is either a Parancistrocerus or a Stenodynerus. Dr Buck's expertise is needed.
… Richard Vernier, 24 October, 2007 - 1:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info, Richard. I had a feeling I was off-base on this one.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 24 October, 2007 - 6:16am login or register to post comments

Ancistrocerus
Not sure, A. Campestris maybe but I'm not certain about the markings. I'm not sure how variable the abdomen markings can be.
… Jon M. Yuschock, 23 October, 2007 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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