Ancistrocerus antilope
Ancistrocerus antilope is a species of wasp of the family Vespidae.[1][2]
| Ancistrocerus antilope | |
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| 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
- "Taxonomy browser (Ancistrocerus antilope)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "Catalogue of Life : Ancistrocerus antilope (Panzer, 1789)". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "Key to northeastern Nearctic Ancistrocerus species". cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- "Ancistrocerus antilope". cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
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