| 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] It is 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]
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