| Symmorphus | |
|---|---|
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| Symmorphus gracilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
| Genus: | Symmorphus Wesmael, 1836 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Symmorphus gracilis | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Symmorphus is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps. [3] within the family Vespidae.
Many species within this genus are present in most of Europe, in East Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in the Oriental realm. [4] Three species are found in North America. [5]
These small solitary wasp can reach a length of about 2 centimetres (0.79 in). They nest in pre-existing cavities (twigs, stems, galls, old nests of other Hymenoptera, hollows in the wood). Partitions between cells are made of mud. Adult females prey on caterpillars and larvae of beetles to lay eggs in them. [6]
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.
Plagiolabra is a neotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 2 species found in the Gran Chaco biogeographical province of central South America, in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
Leptochilus is a large, mostly Holarctic genus of small sized potter wasps. The genus reaches its largest diversity in the Palearctic where there are more than 135 species belonging to 5 subgenera. However the division of The division of Leptochilus into subgenera can not be fully supported and the status of some of them is dubious.
Parazumia is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus of medium to large sized potter wasps. The Nearctic species of this genus have been treated for much of the 20th century as a separate genus named Paranortonia.
Zethus is a very large, mainly neotropical genus of potter wasps with some species representation also in the Nearctic, Afrotropical, Australian and Indomalayan regions.
Paramischocyttarus is a small afrotropical and palearctic Zethus-like genus of potter wasps.
Postepipona is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps containing two species, one from Madagascar and the other from island of Socotra in Yemen.
Pseudabispa is an Australian and Papuan genus of potter wasps containing 5 species, one of them subdivided in 4 subspecies.
Omicroides is a monotypic Indomalayan genus of potter wasps. The sole species is Omicroides singularis.
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.
Orancistrocerus is a small genus of potter wasps which has species recorded from the Far East and northern South America and southern Central America.
Ovodynerus is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps which contains eleven species.
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.
Raphiglossoides is a small genus of afrotropical potter wasps known from South Africa. Only two species are currently known.
Gymnomerus is a monotypic Palearctic genus of potter wasps. The sole species is Gymnomerus laevipes.
Paragymnomerus is a palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Pseudoleptochilus is a small Palearctic genus of potter wasps consisting of two species.
Pseudosymmorphus is a small Palearctic genus of potter wasps from North Africa and the Middle East, containing four species.
Spinilabochilus is a Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Xenorhynchium is a monotypic Indomalayan genus of potter wasps. The sole species is Xenorhynchium nitidulum.
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