| Parancistrocerus fulvipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Parancistrocerus |
| Species: | P. fulvipes |
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| Parancistrocerus fulvipes (de Saussure, 1856) | |
Parancistrocerus fulvipes also known by the common name potter wasp is a species of stinging wasp in the family Vespidae. This species' nesting sites include borings in wood, old mud dauber and Polistes nests, and abandoned burrows of ground-nesting bees, but it may also construct its own burrows in the ground. Prey includes caterpillars of Tortricidae, Nolidae, Chloephorinae, Crambidae, and Gelechiidae.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Parancistrocerus fulvipes:
- Parancistrocerus fulvipes fulvipes
- Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestis Bohart, 1948
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- "A Potter Wasp (Parancistrocerus fulvipes) | Idaho Fish and Game". idfg.idaho.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ "Parancistrocerus fulvipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Parancistrocerus fulvipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Parancistrocerus fulvipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- "Parancistrocerus fulvipes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Parancistrocerus fulvipes". www.biologicalsurvey.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Buck, Matthias; Marshall, Stephen A.; Cheung, David K.B. (2008). Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (HymenopteraAculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region. Biological Survey of Canada .
- Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
External links
Media related to Parancistrocerus fulvipes at Wikimedia Commons
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