Genus Pterocheilus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Pterocheilus - Pterocheilus hirsutipennis - female

Wasp closing nest? - Pterocheilus - female

The 'other (mostly) orange wasp' - Pterocheilus diversicolor - male

Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus? - Pterocheilus

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 Pterocheilus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

see (1)(2)

Explanation of Names

Pterocheilus Klug 1905

Numbers

3 subgenera(3) with~50 spp. in our area, ~70 spp. total

Identification

Tegula rounded behind (shared with Odynerus und Leptochiloides). Female with psammophore, i.e. very long palps that bear very long hairs, and are used to remove dirt during excavation of burrow.

Range

holarctic

Life Cycle

Nest in the ground

Print References

Bohart, R.M. (1940). Additional notes on Pterocheilus diversicolor Rohwer (Hymen: Vespidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 33: 282 (Full text)

Bohart, R.M. (1950). North American Additions to the genus Pterocheilus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 63: 195-202 (Full Text)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the North American species of Pterocheilus and notes on related genera (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) Bohart R.M. 1940. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 33: 162-208.

2.	A review of Micropterocheilus R.Bohart, with its elevation to generic rank and description of new species (Hym., Eumenidae) Bohart R.M. 1999. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 72: 197-213.

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

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 21 May, 2006 - 7:23pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 6 December, 2024 - 6:16pm

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