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EUMENIDAE (potter and mason wasps)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Genus Ancistrocerus (a genus of mason wasps) 7   6   16
Species Eumenes coarctatus Latreille (Heath Potter Wasp)         1
Species Gymnomerus laevipes (Shuckard, 1837) (a potter wasp or mason wasp)         1
Species Microdynerus exilis (Herrich-Schaffer) (a potter wasp or mason wasp)         1
Genus Odynerus (a genus of mason wasps) 3        
Species Odynerus melanocephalus (Gmelin) (Black Headed Mason Wasp)         3
Species Odynerus simillimus Morawitz F. (a potter wasp or mason wasp)         1
Species Odynerus spinipes (Linnaeus) (Spiny Mason Wasp)         6
Species Pseudepipona herrichii (Saussure, 1856) (a potter wasp or mason wasp)       1 1
Genus Symmorphus (a genus of potter or mason wasps) 4        
Species Symmorphus bifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp)   5 4   1
Species Symmorphus connexus (Curtis) (a potter wasp or mason wasp)         1
Species Symmorphus crassicornis (Panzer) (a potter wasp or mason wasp)       1 2
Species Symmorphus gracilis (Brulle) (a potter wasp or mason wasp)         2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Archer, M.E., 2000 The British Potter and Mason Wasps (Hymeoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae) - A Handbook
Berland, L., 1928 Hyménoptères Vespiformes II (Eumenidae, Vespidae, Masaridae, Bethylidae, Dryinidae, Embolemidae)
Yeo, P.F., & Corbet, S.A., 1995 Solitary Wasps

EUMENIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
VESPOIDEA

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

EUMENIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Eumenidae listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with EUMENIDAE:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chrysis angustula - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chrysis schenkei - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Eumenidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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