Potter wasps

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Abispa is a genus of large Australasian potter wasps belonging to the subfamily Eumeninae. The genus was first described in 1838 by Thomas Livingstone Mitchell.

thumb|200px|Ancistrocerus campestris on goldenrod thumb|200px|Ancistrocerus nigricornis in copula (video, 1m 50s)

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Odynerus is a primarily Holarctic genus of potter wasps.

thumb|Rhynchium brunneum, Taman Sari, 2014-05-19 Rhynchium is an Australian, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. thumb|Rhynchium quinquecindum nambui. Iriomote Is., Japan.

Antepipona is a palearctic, afrotropical and indomalayan genus of potter wasps.

thumb|E. hidalgo boreoorientalis subduing a caterpillar prey thumb|E. megaera female Euodynerus is a genus of potter wasps with a mainly Holarctic distribution, though a number of species extend through Indomalayan, Australasian, Afrotropical and northern Neotropical regions. Also, a single species is reported from Hawaii.

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Katamenes is a genus of potter wasps with species distributed in Europe and Africa. When originally named by Edmund Meade-Waldo, Katemenes was monotypic, containing only K. watsoni, but other species have since been moved from Eumenes to Katamenes.

species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae

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Stenodynerus is a rather large genus of potter wasps whose distribution spans the Nearctic, Palearctic, Oriental and Neotropical regions. Most of its species lack a transverse carina on the first metasomal tergum. A pair of medial pits on the anterior face of the pronotum and the expansion of the tegulae put this genus close to genera as Parancistrocerus, Hypancistrocerus and Eustenancistrocerus.

Symmorphus is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps. It is within the family Vespidae.

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Allodynerus is a genus of potter wasps. It is found in the Palearctic and the Afrotropics.

Allorhynchium is an Indomalayan and Australasian genus of potter wasps.

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Discoelius is a palearctic genus of potter wasps with seven currently known species. It contains the following species:

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Onychopterocheilus is a Palearctic genus of potter wasps.

Eustenancistrocerus is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental genus of potter wasps. The species in this genus include:

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Pseumenes is an Indomalayan, Australian and Palearctic genus of potter wasps.

thumb|Anterhynchium flavomarginatum umenoi. A female searching a caterpillar of moth. Iriomote Is., Japan Anterhynchium is an Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australian and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. As in many species of wasp, female wasps defend against predation using a modified ovipositor to sting predators. Like some other wasps in the Vespidae family, male wasps can produce a "pseudo-sting" with two sharp spines on either side of their genitals; however, unlike in the females, this "sting" is venomless.

Antodynerus is an Afrotropical and Indomalayan genus of potter wasps.

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Parancistrocerus is a rather large genus of potter wasps whose distribution spans the Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Oriental and Neotropical regions. A pair of medial pits on the anterior face of the pronotum and the expansion of the tegulae put this genus close to the genus Stenodynerus and many species of both genera are somewhat difficult to assignate to their respective genus.

Orancistrocerus is a small genus of potter wasps which has species recorded from the Far East and northern South America and southern Central America.

Montezumia is a primarily neotropical genus of eumenine wasps whose 48 species (Willink 1982) range from Argentina to the southwestern United States (Arizona). Most of the known species (38 of 52 species and subspecies; Willink 1982) are from South America. Unfortunately, the behaviour of Montezumia species has been described for only eight definitively identified species (ferruginea, dimidiata, cortesioides, vechti, pelagica, brethesi, platinia, and petiolata) (reviewed in Willink 1982).

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Pachodynerus is a fairly large (about 50 species) neotropical and nearctic genus of potter wasps with higher diversity in central South America. At least one species (Pachodynerus nasidens) has been introduced in other biogeographical regions, including several oceanic islands, while Pachodynerus erynnis occurs on Ascension Island as well as in North America. This genus is most closely related to the genus Euodynerus.

Paragymnomerus is a palearctic genus of potter wasps.

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thumb|226px|An Afreumenes potter wasp building a nest

Brachyodynerus is a palearctic genus of potter wasps.

Carinstrocerus is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.

Pseudepipona is a genus of potter wasps found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical and Australian regions.

Subancistrocerus is an Australian, Indomalayan, African and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. Males of this genus used to have an enlarged antennal tip.

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