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Ancistrocerus oviventris (Wesmael, 1836) (a potter wasp or mason wasp)

Suggested Literature

Ancistrocerus oviventris may 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 EUMENIDAE
(potter and mason wasps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Ancistrocerus oviventris is associated with:

Photos female Microlepidoptera - Micro-moths (Lepidoptera) female stocks nest with larva UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

There may be more taxa associated with Ancistrocerus oviventris listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Ancistrocerus oviventris:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chrysis ruddii - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Archer, M.E., 2000
Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chrysis rutiliventris - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Archer, M.E., 2000
Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Ancistrocerus oviventris 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)
EUMENIDAE
(potter and mason wasps)
Ancistrocerus
(a genus of mason wasps)

References

Archer, M.E., 2000 The British Potter and Mason Wasps (Hymeoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae) - A Handbook
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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