| Symmorphus | |
|---|---|
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| Symmorphus gracilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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.
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.
Pachodynerus is a fairly large neotropical and nearctic genus of potter wasps with higher diversity in central South America. At least one species has been introduced in other biogeographical regions, including several oceanic islands, while Pachodynerus erynnis occurs on Ascension Island as well as in North America. This genus is most closely related to the genus Euodynerus.
Postepipona is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps containing two species, one from Madagascar and the other from island of Socotra in Yemen.
Ischnogasteroides is an Afrotropical and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. It currently includes the following species:
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.
Mitrodynerus is a monotypic genus of potter wasps with the single member being endemic to Sri Lanka.
Nortozumia is an indomalayan genus of potter wasps.
Paragymnomerus is a palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Paralionotulus is a monotypic Palearctic genus of potter wasps, the sole species being Paralionotulus mervensis which was originally described in 1887 by the Polish entomologist Oktawiusz Radoszkowski as Leptochilus mervensis.
Parodontodynerus 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.
Pseumenes is an Indomalayan, Australian and Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Spinilabochilus is a Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Tropidodynerus is a Palearctic and Indomalayan genus of potter wasps.
Xenorhynchium is a monotypic Indomalayan genus of potter wasps. The sole species is Xenorhynchium nitidulum.
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