Maricopodynerus is a Nearctic genus of potter wasps distributed west of the 100° western meridian in the United States and Mexico. The second metasomal segment, with its tergum much larger than its sternum is an outstanding characteristic of this genus.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Vespidae |
Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
Genus: | Maricopodynerus Viereck, 1908[1] |
Type species | |
Maricopodynerus maricoporum Viereck, 1908[1]
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Species | |
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References
edit- ^ a b James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 93 (1–2): 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
- Bohart, R.M. 1989. Review of Maricopodynerus (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91 : 575 - 582. [1]
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