Kingdom Animalia Order Hymenoptera Subfamily Eumeninae Higher classification Vespidae | Phylum Arthropoda Family Vespidae Scientific name Pterocheilus Rank Genus | |
Similar Vespidae, Hymenopterans, Leptochilus, Stenodynerus, Euodynerus | ||
Pterocheilus is an essentially holarctic genus of potter wasps with a fairly rich diversity in North America and a single afrotropical species (Pterocheilus eurystomus Kohl 1906) known from Socotra. They are usually rather large waps characterized by reduced tegulae and prominently pilose labial palpi.
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