Ancistrocerus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Vespidae
- Genus
- Ancistrocerus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ancistrocerus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ancistrocerus
Ancistrocerus is a widely distributed genus of potter wasps present in many biogeographical regions of the world. They are nonpetiolate eumenine wasps with a transverse ridge at the bending summit of the first metasomal tergum and with a low and opaque propodeal lamella completely fused to the submarginal carina.
The name of this genus (meaning "hooked horn" for the back-curved last segments of the antennae characteristic of males of this genus and most other potter wasp genera) has been widely used as root in the construction of many other genus-level names for potter wasps with a nonpetiolated metasoma and normally bearing a transverse ridge on the first metasomal tergum, such as Ancistroceroides, Parancistrocerus, Orancistrocerus, Tachyancistrocerus, etc.
...Ancistrocerus in languages:
- Bokmål
- stormurervepser
- Dutch
- muurwesp
- Finnish
- koloampiaiset
- Korean
- 털감탕벌속
- Swedish
- murargetingar
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Abispa
- Acarodynerus
- Acarozumia
- Aethiopicodynerus
- Afrepipona
- Afreumenes
- Afrodynerus
- Afrogamma
- Afroxanthodynerus
- Alastor
- Alastorynerus
- Alfieria
- Allepipona
- Allodynerus
- Allorhynchium
- Alphamenes
- Ancistroceroides
- Ancistrocerus
- Antamenes
- Antepipona
- Anterhynchium
- Antezumia
- Antherhynchium
- Antodynerus
- Apodynerus
- Archancistrocerus
- Argentozethus
- Aruodynerus
- Asiodynerus
- Astalor
- Australodynerus
- Australozethus
- Brachymenes
- Brachyodynerus
- Brachypipona
- Calligaster
- Carinstrocerus
- Cephalastor
- Cephalochilus
- Cephalodynerus
- Chlorodynerus
- Coeleumenes
- Convextrocerus
- Ctenochilus
- Cuyodynerus
- Cyphodynerus
- Cyphomenes
- Cyrtalastor
- Cyrteumenes
- Cyrtolabulus
- Delta
- Deuterodiscoelius
- Diemodynerus
- Discoelius
- Dolichodynerus
- Ectopioglossa
- Elimus
- Elisella
- Epiodynerus
- Epsilon
- Eremodynerus
- Erodynerus
- Eudiscoelius
- Eumenes
- Eumenidiopsis
- Eumicrodynerus
- Euodynerus
- Eustenancistrocerus
- Extreuodynerus
- Flammodynerus
- Flavoleptus
- Gamma
- Gastrodynerus
- Gibberhynchium
- Gioiella
- Giordania
- Globepipona
- Globodynerus
- Gribodia
- Gymnomerus
- Hemipterochilus
- Hirtocoelius
- Hypalastoroides
- Hypancistrocerus
- Hypodynerus
- Incodynerus
- Indodynerus
- Intereuodynerus
- Interzumia
- Irianmenes
- Ischnogasteroides
- Jucancistrocerus
- Katamenes
- Kennetia
- Knemodynerus
- Labochilus
- Labus
- Leptochilus
- Leptomenes
- Leptomicrodynerus
- Leucodynerus
- Lissodynerus
- Macrocalymma
- Maricopodynerus
- Micreumenes
- Microdynerus
- Minixi
- Mitrodynerus
- Monobia
- Montezumia
- Nesodynerus
- Nortozumia
- Odynerus
- Okinawepipona
- Omicroides
- Omicron
- Onychopterocheilus
- Orancistrocerus
- Oreumenes
- Oreumenoides
- Orientalicesa
- Pachodynerus
- Pachymenes
- Pachyminixi
- Parachilus
- Paragymnomerus
- Paralastor
- Paraleptomenes
- Paramischocyttarus
- Parancistrocerus
- Pararhaphidoglossa
- Pararrhynchium
- Paravespa
- Parazumia
- Pareumenes
- Parodontodynerus
- Parodynerus
- Phimenes
- Pirhosigma
- Proepipona
- Protodiscoelius
- Pseudabispa
- Pseudagris
- Pseudalastor
- Pseudepipona
- Pseudochilus
- Pseudodynerus
- Pseudonortonia
- Pseudozumia
- Pseumenes
- Psiliglossa
- Pterocheilus
- Raphiglossa
- Raphiglossoides
- Rhynchagris
- Rhynchalastor
- Rhynchium
- Rygchium
- Smeringodynerus
- Stellepipona
- Stenancistrocerus
- Stenodyneriellus
- Stenodynerus
- Stenonartonia
- Stenosigma
- Stroudia
- Subancistrocerus
- Symmorphus
- Synagris
- Syneuodynerus
- Tachyancistrocerus
- Tricarinodynerus
- Tropidodynerus
- Xenorhynchium
- Zeta
- Zetheumenidion
- Zethus
Child Taxa
- Ancistrocerus abditus
- Ancistrocerus adiabatus
- Ancistrocerus albolacteus
- Ancistrocerus antilope
- Ancistrocerus arista
- Ancistrocerus atlanticus
- Ancistrocerus auctus
- Ancistrocerus biphaleratus
- Ancistrocerus budongo
- Ancistrocerus campestris
- Ancistrocerus catskill
- Ancistrocerus claripennis
- Ancistrocerus contrarius
- Ancistrocerus durangoensis
- Ancistrocerus dusmetiolus
- Ancistrocerus ebusianus
- Ancistrocerus epicus
- Ancistrocerus fortunatus
- Ancistrocerus gazella
- Ancistrocerus haematodes
- Ancistrocerus ichneumonideus
- Ancistrocerus isla
- Ancistrocerus kerneri
- Ancistrocerus kitcheneri
- Ancistrocerus krausei
- Ancistrocerus lineaticollis
- Ancistrocerus lineativentris
- Ancistrocerus longispinosus
- Ancistrocerus lutonidus
- Ancistrocerus madaera
- Ancistrocerus montuosus
- Ancistrocerus nigricornis
- Ancistrocerus oviventris
- Ancistrocerus parietinus
- Ancistrocerus parietum
- Ancistrocerus pilosus
- Ancistrocerus reconditus
- Ancistrocerus renimacula
- Ancistrocerus rubrotinctus
- Ancistrocerus santaanna
- Ancistrocerus scoticus
- Ancistrocerus sikkimensis
- Ancistrocerus similis
- Ancistrocerus spilogaster
- Ancistrocerus spinolae
- Ancistrocerus trifasciatus
- Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus
- Ancistrocerus tussaci
- Ancistrocerus unifasciatus
- Ancistrocerus vigilans
- Ancistrocerus waldenii
- Ancistrocerus zairensis
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