Ancistrocerus

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Ancistrocerus
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Ancistrocerus sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Ancistrocerus
Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus campestris on goldenrod Ancistrocerus campestris. Cape May.jpg
Ancistrocerus campestris on goldenrod
Ancistrocerus nigricornis in copula (video, 1m 50s)

Ancistrocerus is a widely distributed genus of potter wasps present in many biogeographical regions of the world. They are nonpetiolate eumenine wasps with a transverse ridge at the bending summit of the first metasomal tergum and with a low and opaque propodeal lamella completely fused to the submarginal carina.

The name of this genus (meaning "hooked horn" for the back-curved last segments of the antennae characteristic of males of this genus and most other potter wasp genera) has been widely used as root in the construction of many other genus-level names for potter wasps with a nonpetiolated metasoma and normally bearing a transverse ridge on the first metasomal tergum, such as Ancistroceroides , Parancistrocerus , Orancistrocerus , Tachyancistrocerus, etc.

Species

There are currently 175 recognized species in the genus. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Potter wasp</span> Subfamily of insects

Potter wasps, the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.

<i>Delta</i> (wasp) Genus of wasps

Delta is an Old World genus of potter wasps with species predominantly distributed through tropical Africa and Asia. Some species are present in the Palearctic region, and a few have been introduced in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. The members of this genus have a long metasomal petiole, like members of the genera Eumenes and Zeta.

Postepipona is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps containing two species, one from Madagascar and the other from island of Socotra in Yemen.

Knemodynerus is a genus of potter wasps distributed through the Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian regions. The species currently classified in the genus are:

Lissepipona is a monotypic Indomalayan genus of potter wasps. Its single species is known from Sulawesi.

Omicrabulus is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.

Trachyodynerus is a monotypic genus of potter wasps known from Saudi Arabia. The sole species is Trachyodynerus sauditus.

Leptomenes is a mainly Afrotropical genus of potter wasps. It was previously a much larger genus, though many species have been transferred to other genera such as Eumenidiopsis, Stroudia, and Tachymenes.

Extreuodynerus is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps with a single described species Extreuodynerus mirificus.

Gioiella is an afrotropical genus of potter wasps with three described species.

Paravespa is an Afrotropical and Palearctic genus of potter wasps.

Immutatus is a monotypic genus of potter wasps from Madagascar. The sole species is Immutatus sakalavus.

<i>Syneuodynerus</i> Genus of wasps

Syneuodynerus is a genus of potter wasps with four species known from Near East, this genus is now regarded as having been synonymised with Euodynerus.

Megaodynerus is a monotypic indomalayan genus of potter wasps. The only known species, Megaodynerus maximus, was described from Laos.

Zetheumenidion is a small afrotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 5 species, one of them with two recognized subspecies. The species are distributed through southern and eastern Africa.

Emeryrhynchium is a monotypical afrotropical genus of potter wasps known from Equatorial Africa. Its only known species is Emeryrhynchium emeryanus.

Gibberrhynchium is a small Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.

Raphiglossoides is a small genus of afrotropical potter wasps known from South Africa. Only two species are currently known.

<i>Ancistrocerus longispinosus</i> Species of wasp

Ancistrocerus longispinosus is a species of potter wasp, belonging to the family Vespidae, subfamily Eumeninae.

<i>Leptochilus quintus</i> Species of insect

Leptochilus quintus is a species of potter wasp, described in 1991, based on a single (holotype) specimen identified from the Natural History Museum in Budapest. The specimen was collected in 1885 in Podvežica, a part of the nowadays Rijeka in Croatia. Since only one specimen was ever collected, the species was considered extinct.

References

  1. Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist [ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 3 Kim, J.K.; Yamane, S. 2009: Taxonomic review of the genus Ancistrocerus Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Far East, with a description of a new species from Korea. Animal cells and systems, 13(1): 31-47. doi : 10.1080/19768354.2009.9647192
  3. Williams, F.X. 1928: The natural history of a Philippine nipa house with descriptions of new wasps. Philippine journal of science, 35: 53-118.
  4. Gusenleitner, J. 2010: Bemerkenswerte Faltenwespen-Funde aus der orientalischen Region Teil 5 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae) [Remarkable records of wings folded wasps from Oriental region. Part 5.] Linzer biologische Beiträge, 42(1): 695-709. [seen by ION Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Carpenter, J.M.; Genaro, J.A. 2011: Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies. Insecta mundi, (0202) PDF Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Gusenleitner, J. 2010: Bemerkenswertes über Faltenwespen X (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae, Masarinae) [Notable information on mason wasps and pollen wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae, Masarinae).] Linzer biologische Beiträge, 42(2): 1347-1352. [seen by ION Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine