Ancistrocerus antilope

Ancistrocerus antilope is a species of wasp of the family Vespidae.[1][2]

Ancistrocerus antilope
Photographed in Ottawa, Canada in 2019
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Ancistrocerus
Species:
A. antilope
Binomial name
Ancistrocerus antilope
Panzer 1798[1]

Description

This species is similar to the rarer A. spinolae, with differences including a shining, impunctate propodeum and a pair of yellow spots on the female's scutellum.[3]

Range

Ancistrocerus antilope is present in all Canadian provinces and all continental U. S. states except Alaska, Alabama, and Florida, as well as Europe to Siberia.[4]

References

  1. "Taxonomy browser (Ancistrocerus antilope)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. "Catalogue of Life : Ancistrocerus antilope (Panzer, 1789)". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  3. "Key to northeastern Nearctic Ancistrocerus species". cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  4. "Ancistrocerus antilope". cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-08.


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