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Genus Ancistrocerus

Ancistrocerus cf. spilopterus ? - Ancistrocerus

Potter and Mason Wasp - Ancistrocerus catskill

Ancistrocerus? - Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus

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 Ancistrocerus

Explanation of Names

Ancistrocerus Wesmael 1836

The name refers to the hooked male antennae

Numbers

~20 spp. in our area(1), ~120 total(2)

Identification

key to the 14 spp. of the northeast(1)

Range

mostly holarctic (with ~half of the spp. in the Palaearctic, and some representation in more southern regions)(3)(2)

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].

2.	New species of Ancistrocerus (Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the Neotropics with a checklist and key to all species... Piekarski P.K., Carpenter J.M., Sharanowski B.J. 2017. Zookeys 718: 139–154.

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 7 September, 2004 - 12:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2019 - 5:30pm

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