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subgenus Megapterocheilus


North American Pterocheilus. III. Subgenus Megapterocheilus (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae)
By Bohart R.M.
Insecta Mundi 10: 217-224, 1996

A revision of the North American species of Pterocheilus and notes on related genera (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
By Bohart R.M.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 33: 162-208, 1940
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Delta campaniforme rendalli (Bingham) and Zeta argillaceum (Linnaeus) established in southern Florida...
By Menke A.S., Stange L.A.
Fla. Entomol. 69: 697-702, 1986
Full title: Delta campaniforme rendalli (Bingham) and Zeta argillaceum (Linnaeus) established in southern Florida, and comments on generic discretion in Eumenes s.l. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
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A review of Micropterocheilus Bohart, with its elevation to generic rank and description of new species (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae)
By Richard M. Bohart
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 72(2):197-213, 1999
First page at JSTOR

Elevates the former subgenus Micropterocheilus of Pterocheilus to generic rank, and contains a key and descriptions and/or discussions for 22 species therein...10 of them newly described.

Ancistroceroides de Saussure, a Potter Wasp Genus New for the United States, with a New Key to the Genera of Eumeninae N. of Mex
By Carpenter, James M.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77(4): 721-741, 2004
Provides a key to genera of nearctic Eumeninae north of Mexico.

Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies
By Carpenter J.M., Genaro J.A.
Insecta Mundi 0202: 1-35, 2011

The social wasps of California (Vespinae, Polistinae, Polybiinae)
By Bohart R.M., Bechtel R.C.
Bull. U.C. Insect Survey 4: 73-101, 1957

A generic key to the nests of hornets, yellowjackets, and paper wasps worldwide (Vespidae: Vespinae, Polistinae)
By John W. Wenzel
American Museum novitates, No. 3224, 1998