Gymnomerus laevipes (Shuckard, 1837)
(Box-headed Mason Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp)
SubfamilyEUMENINAE (mason and potter wasps)
FamilyVESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp) :
1: Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp)
23 Jun 2018 OSGR: SY49 50° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
visiting Wild Carrot
Image 1: Female - antennae and head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - antennae, head and fore-legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - antennae, head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum and tergite 1 - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 15: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp)
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