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Taxonomy of Genus Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
319
21125
328720
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
165
17348
314830
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
62
6400
167168
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
18
1572
30557
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
546
12600
Genera
Species
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Wasps
272
8734
Genera
Species
GenusAncistrocerus
Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp
359Species
Subnodes of Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
SpeciesAncistrocerus abditus Gusenleitner, 1977
SpeciesAncistrocerus acanthopus Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus adenensis Giordani Soika, 1952
SpeciesAncistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853
Bramble Mason Wasp
4Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus agilis Smith, 0
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus albolacteus Bequaert, 1943  ⇒ Ancistrocerus adiabatus
SpeciesAncistrocerus albophaleratus Saussure, 1855
White-Banded Potter Wasp
SpeciesAncistrocerus albotricinctus Zetterstedt, 1838
SpeciesAncistrocerus andreinii Giordani Soika, 1939
SpeciesAncistrocerus androcles Meade-Waldo, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus angulata Donovan, 1810
SpeciesAncistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798
Lobed Mason Wasp
4Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus antoni Cameron, 1900
SpeciesAncistrocerus arcanus Giordani Soika, 1993
SpeciesAncistrocerus argelus Cameron, 1905  ⇒ Rhynchalastor otomitus
SpeciesAncistrocerus aristae Saussure, 1857
SpeciesAncistrocerus assamensis Meade-Waldo, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus atlanticus Kirby, 1884
5Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus atroalbus Giordani Soika, 1960  ⇒ Ancistrocerus neavei
SpeciesAncistrocerus atropos Lepeletier, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus auctus Fabricius, 1793
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus aureovillosus Giordani Soika, 1977
SpeciesAncistrocerus baluchistanensis Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus behrensi Tucker, 1910  ⇒ Ancistrocerus waldonii
SpeciesAncistrocerus beieri Giordani Soika, 1960
SpeciesAncistrocerus belizensis Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus berlandi L. Piton, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus bilaminatus Vecht, 1937  ⇒ Lissodynerus laminiger
SpeciesAncistrocerus biphalaratus de Saussure, 1852
SpeciesAncistrocerus biphaleratus Saussure, 1852
4Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus birenimaculatus Saussure, 1852  ⇒ Ancistrocercus birenimaculatus
SpeciesAncistrocerus bistrigata Blüthgen, 1938  ⇒ Ancistrocerus renimacula
SpeciesAncistrocerus bolivianus Brèthes, 1920
SpeciesAncistrocerus boreanus Giordani Soika, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus borneanus Giordani Soika, 1996
SpeciesAncistrocerus borneomontanus Gusenleitner, 1997  ⇒ Ancistrocerus borneanus
SpeciesAncistrocerus budongo Meade-Waldo, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus burensis Giordani Soika, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus bustamente Saussure, 1857
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus caelestimontanus Kostylev, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus callosus Thomson, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus camicrus Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853
Smiling Mason Wasp
SpeciesAncistrocerus capensis Saussure, 1854
SpeciesAncistrocerus carinicollis Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus catharinae Cameron, 1913  ⇒ Ropalidia nigra
SpeciesAncistrocerus catskill Viereck, 1902
Catskill Potter Wasp, Vespid Wasp
4Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus cervus Giordani Soika, 1974
SpeciesAncistrocerus chotanensis Blüthgen, 1942
SpeciesAncistrocerus cingulatus Cresson, 1865
SpeciesAncistrocerus claripennis Thomson, 1874  ⇒ Ancistrocerus quadratus
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus contrarius Giordani Soika, 1966
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus coreanus Kim & Yamane, 2009
SpeciesAncistrocerus cupreipennis Bingham, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus danticoides Giordani Soika, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus deflenda S.S.Saunders, 1853
SpeciesAncistrocerus densepilosellus Cameron, 1911  ⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus
SpeciesAncistrocerus deqinensis You & Li, 2013
SpeciesAncistrocerus dolorans Giordani Soika, 1935  ⇒ Carinstrocerus dolorans
SpeciesAncistrocerus dolosus Gusenleitner, 1993
SpeciesAncistrocerus domesticus Williams, 1928
SpeciesAncistrocerus domingensis Bequard & Salt, 1931  ⇒ Ancistroceroides domingensis
SpeciesAncistrocerus durangoensis Cameron, 1908
SpeciesAncistrocerus dusmetiolus Strand, 1914
SpeciesAncistrocerus ebusianus Lichtenstein, 1884
SpeciesAncistrocerus egidae Giordani Soika, 1936  ⇒ Eustenancistrocerus (Eustenancistrocerus) egidae
SpeciesAncistrocerus eocenicus L. Piton, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus epicus Zavattari, 1912
SpeciesAncistrocerus erythropus Bingham, 0
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus esakii Yasumatsu, 1935
SpeciesAncistrocerus excisa Faester, 1961  ⇒ Ancistrocerus parietinus
SpeciesAncistrocerus extremus Gusenleitner, 2010
SpeciesAncistrocerus fasciaticollis Giordani Soika, 1974
4Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus ferghanicus Blüthgen, 1955
SpeciesAncistrocerus ferrugineoclypeatus Giordani Soika, 1960
SpeciesAncistrocerus flaviventris Giordani Soika, 1986  ⇒ Ancistrocerus kitcheneri
SpeciesAncistrocerus flavomarginatus Brèthes, 1906
SpeciesAncistrocerus fluvialis Saussure, 1856
SpeciesAncistrocerus fortunatus Bluethgen, 1954
SpeciesAncistrocerus foxeanus Cameron, 1906  ⇒ Parancistrocerus pedestris
SpeciesAncistrocerus frigidus Giordani Soika, 1977
SpeciesAncistrocerus fukaianus Schulthess, 0
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus fulvicarpus Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Ancistrocerus durangoensis
SpeciesAncistrocerus fulvitarsis Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill
SpeciesAncistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798
European potter wasp, European tube wasp
SpeciesAncistrocerus geae Giordani Soika, 1974
SpeciesAncistrocerus gunnisonensis Cameron, 1906  ⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill
SpeciesAncistrocerus haematodes Brullé, 1839
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus handschini Schulthess, 1935
SpeciesAncistrocerus hangaicus Kurzenko, 1977
SpeciesAncistrocerus heirinus Sonan, 1939
SpeciesAncistrocerus hellenicus Bluethgen, 1957
SpeciesAncistrocerus hibernicus Bluthgen, 1937
SpeciesAncistrocerus hirsutus Meade-Waldo, 1910
4Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus horni Sonan, 1938  ⇒ Parancistrocerus androcles
SpeciesAncistrocerus hypodynericolor Giordani Soika, 1966  ⇒ Ancistrocerus hirsutus
SpeciesAncistrocerus ichneumonides Ratzeburg, 1844
SpeciesAncistrocerus ichneumonideus Ratzeburg, 1844
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus impunctatus Spinosa, 1838
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus inconstans de Saussure, 1863
SpeciesAncistrocerus intermediatus Sonan, 1939  ⇒ Parancistrocerus samarensis
SpeciesAncistrocerus iranensis Giordani Soika, 1943  ⇒ Eustenancistrocerus (Parastenancistrocerus) amadanensis
SpeciesAncistrocerus isla Carpenter in Carpenter & Genaro, 2011
SpeciesAncistrocerus japonicus Schulthess, 1908
SpeciesAncistrocerus kazbekianus Kostylev, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus kenyaensis Giordani Soika, 1974
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus kerneri Dalla Torre, 1904
SpeciesAncistrocerus khangmarensis Giordani Soika, 1966
SpeciesAncistrocerus kisangani Bequaert, 1918  ⇒ Pseudonortonia kisangani
SpeciesAncistrocerus kitcheneri Dusmet, 1917
SpeciesAncistrocerus krausei Giordani Soika, 1966
SpeciesAncistrocerus kuraruensis Sonan, 1939  ⇒ Parancistrocerus samarensis
SpeciesAncistrocerus laminiger Gribodo, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus lecontei Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Ancistrocerus antilope
SpeciesAncistrocerus leensis Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Parancistrocerus salcularis
SpeciesAncistrocerus leleji Kurzenko, 1995
SpeciesAncistrocerus liliae Giordani Soika, 1979  ⇒ Ancistrocerus renimacula
1Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus lindemanni Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus lineaticollis Cameron, 1910
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus lineativentris Cameron, 1906
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus longipilosus Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus longispinosus Saussure, 1855
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus lucasius Maindron, 1882
SpeciesAncistrocerus lucidus
SpeciesAncistrocerus lufirae Meade-Waldo, 1915
SpeciesAncistrocerus lutonidus Bohart, 1974
SpeciesAncistrocerus maculiscapus Cameron, 1910
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus madaera Saussure, 1852
SpeciesAncistrocerus managuaensis Cameron, 1906
SpeciesAncistrocerus marginaticollis Giordani Soika, 1939  ⇒ Ancistrocerus neuvillei neuvillei
SpeciesAncistrocerus maroccanus Gusenleitner, 1977
SpeciesAncistrocerus massaicus Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus massanensis de Saussure, 1863
SpeciesAncistrocerus matangensis Cameron, 0
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus mediterraneus Blüthgen, 1952  ⇒ Ancistrocerus longispinosus longispinosus
SpeciesAncistrocerus megaspilus Cameron, 1907  ⇒ Stenodyneriellus guttulatus
SpeciesAncistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
SpeciesAncistrocerus melanurus Morawitz, 1889
SpeciesAncistrocerus microcynoeca Schrottky, 1911
SpeciesAncistrocerus minnesotaensis Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus moeschleri Blüthgen, 1938  ⇒ Ancistrocerus trifasciatus
SpeciesAncistrocerus mongolicus Kostylev, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus monstricornis Giordani Soika, 1941  ⇒ Subancistrocerus monstricornis
SpeciesAncistrocerus montuosus Gusenleitner, 1993
SpeciesAncistrocerus morator Gusenleitner, 1987
SpeciesAncistrocerus multipictus Smith, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus nearcticus Cameron, 1906  ⇒ Ancistrocerus antilope
SpeciesAncistrocerus neavei Meade-Waldo, 1915
SpeciesAncistrocerus neocallosus Bequard, 1943  ⇒ Ancistrocerus bustamente
SpeciesAncistrocerus neuvillei Buysson, 1906
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus nicricornis
SpeciesAncistrocerus nigricapitus Sonan, 1939
SpeciesAncistrocerus nigricornis Curtis, 1826  ⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus
SpeciesAncistrocerus nilensis Giordani Soika, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus nitidissimus Giordani Soika, 1936  ⇒ Convextrocerus nitidissimus
SpeciesAncistrocerus nitobei Sonan, 1939
SpeciesAncistrocerus nominalis Faester, 1961  ⇒ Ancistrocerus parietinus
SpeciesAncistrocerus ochraceopictus Giordani Soika, 1960
SpeciesAncistrocerus ormsbyensis Cameron, 1905  ⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill
SpeciesAncistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
4Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus pakistanus Giordani Soika, 1986
SpeciesAncistrocerus palaestinicus Giordani Soika, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus paracallosus Bequard, 1943
SpeciesAncistrocerus paraetinus
SpeciesAncistrocerus parapoloi Giordani Soika, 1966
SpeciesAncistrocerus parazairensis Giordani Soika, 1934  ⇒ Eustenancistrocerus (Eustenancistrocerus) parazairensis
SpeciesAncistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758
Wall Mason Wasp
SpeciesAncistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Vespid wasp, Wall Mason Wasp
SpeciesAncistrocerus parredes Saussure, 1857
SpeciesAncistrocerus parvispinosus Cameron, 1906  ⇒ Parancistrocerus pedestris
SpeciesAncistrocerus pelias Cameron, 1908
SpeciesAncistrocerus pharao de Saussure, 1863
SpeciesAncistrocerus philippinus Giordani Soika, 1996
SpeciesAncistrocerus phoenixensis Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Rhynchalastor microstictus
SpeciesAncistrocerus pictipes Thomson, 1874  ⇒ Ancistrocerus gazella
SpeciesAncistrocerus pictus Curtis, 1829
SpeciesAncistrocerus pilosus Saussure, 1856
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus polonica Blüthgen, 1952
SpeciesAncistrocerus punjabensis Nurse, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
SpeciesAncistrocerus quebecensis Cameron, 1906  ⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill
SpeciesAncistrocerus raddei Kostylev, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus reconditus Gusenleitner, 1983
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus reflexus Fox, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus renimacula Lepeletier, 1841
SpeciesAncistrocerus rhipheus Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus rhodensis de Saussure, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus rivularis Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) foraminatus
SpeciesAncistrocerus robertsianus Cameron, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus roubaudi Bequaert, 1916
SpeciesAncistrocerus rubrotinctus Giordani Soika, 1957
SpeciesAncistrocerus rufoluteus Gusenleitner, 1996
SpeciesAncistrocerus rufopictus Kostylev, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus sabahensis Giordani Soika, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus santa Saussure, 1857
1Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus santa-annae de Saussure, 1857
SpeciesAncistrocerus santaannae
SpeciesAncistrocerus sardous Giordani Soika, 1979
SpeciesAncistrocerus satyrus Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Stenodynerus kennicottianus
SpeciesAncistrocerus scoticus Curtis, 1826
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus septemfasciatus Giordani Soika, 0
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus serenus Giordani Soika, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus sexcingulatus Ashmead, 1901  ⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill
SpeciesAncistrocerus shibuyai
SpeciesAncistrocerus sichelii de Saussure, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus sikhimensis Bingham, 1898
SpeciesAncistrocerus similis Smith, 1857
SpeciesAncistrocerus simulator Cameron, 1908
SpeciesAncistrocerus sounkionis Tsuneki, 1986
SpeciesAncistrocerus spec de Saussure, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus spilogaster Cameron, 1905
SpeciesAncistrocerus spilopterus
SpeciesAncistrocerus spinolae Saussure, 1856
SpeciesAncistrocerus stevensoni Giordani Soika, 1936
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus stevensonii
SpeciesAncistrocerus striativentris Cameron, 1910
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus subrenimacula Blüthgen, 1938
SpeciesAncistrocerus sur Piekarski & Carpenter, 2017
SpeciesAncistrocerus sutterianus
SpeciesAncistrocerus tahoensis Rohwer, 1917  ⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill
SpeciesAncistrocerus taiheizanus Yasumatsum, 1937
SpeciesAncistrocerus taikonus Sonan, 1939
SpeciesAncistrocerus tardinotus Taylor, 1922  ⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum
SpeciesAncistrocerus tenebricosus Gusenleitner, 2010
SpeciesAncistrocerus tenebrosus Gusenleitner, 2010
SpeciesAncistrocerus tenellus Kostylev, 1935
SpeciesAncistrocerus terayamai Sk. Yamane, 1993
SpeciesAncistrocerus terekensis Kostylev, 1940
SpeciesAncistrocerus thalassarctos Dalla Torre, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus thomsoni Blüthgen, 1938  ⇒ Ancistrocerus ichneumonideus
SpeciesAncistrocerus tibetanus Giordani Soika, 1966
SpeciesAncistrocerus tigris Saussure, 1857
SpeciesAncistrocerus tinctipennis Walker, 1860
SpeciesAncistrocerus tityrus Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Stenodynerus kennicottianus
SpeciesAncistrocerus transpunctatus You & Li, 2013
SpeciesAncistrocerus trichionotus Cameron, 1905  ⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill
SpeciesAncistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776
Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
5Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus trimarginatus Zetterstedt, 1838  ⇒ Ancistrocerus trifasciatus
SpeciesAncistrocerus triphaleratus de Saussure, 0
SpeciesAncistrocerus truncatus Cameron, 1908  ⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis
SpeciesAncistrocerus tuberculocephalus Saussure, 1853
Vespid wasp
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus tussaci Gusenleitner, 1987
SpeciesAncistrocerus unifasciatus Saussure, 1853
One-Banded Mason Wasp
2Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus unimarginatus Giordani Soika, 1974
SpeciesAncistrocerus verhaereni Bondroid, 1943  ⇒ Ancistrocerus gazella
SpeciesAncistrocerus vigilans Blüthgen, 1954
SpeciesAncistrocerus waldenii Viereck, 1906
Walden’S Potter Wasp
3Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus waldonii Viereck, 1906
SpeciesAncistrocerus waltoni Meade-Waldo, 1910
SpeciesAncistrocerus xanthodesmus Schrottky, 1909
SpeciesAncistrocerus xanthozonus Cameron, 1908
SpeciesAncistrocerus yamanei Giordani Soika, 1986  ⇒ Ancistrocerus oviventris
SpeciesAncistrocerus zairensis Bequaert, 1918  ⇒ Pseudonortonia zairensis
1Subspecies
SpeciesAncistrocerus zebra Saussure, 1863

Synonyms
Euancistrocerus (Dalla Torre, 1904)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Ancistrocerus
EnglishEuropean tube wasp
DutchMuurwespen
SwedishMurargetingar


Distribution of Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Yemen, Zimbabwe


Distribution on islands
Orkney Islands


Found in fossile formations
Much Wenlock Limestone Formation


Ecozone
River, Wetland, Grasslands, Mountains, Lakes


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