Parancistrocerus fulvipes also known by the common name potter wasp[1] is a species of stinging wasp in the family Vespidae.[2][3][4][5] 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.[6] Prey includes caterpillars of Tortricidae, Nolidae, Chloephorinae, Crambidae, and Gelechiidae.[6]
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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)
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Parancistrocerus fulvipes:
- Parancistrocerus fulvipes fulvipes g
- Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestis Bohart, 1948 g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[7] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
edit- ^ "A Potter Wasp (Parancistrocerus fulvipes) | Idaho Fish and Game". idfg.idaho.gov. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ a b "Parancistrocerus fulvipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ a b "Parancistrocerus fulvipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ a b "Parancistrocerus fulvipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ "Parancistrocerus fulvipes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
- ^ a b "Parancistrocerus fulvipes". www.biologicalsurvey.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Further reading
edit- 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 [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].
- 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
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