Potter wasp
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Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
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Potter wasp | |
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Ancistrocerus species[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Vespidae |
Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
Diversity | |
Almost 200 genera and 3000 species |
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Mud dauber wasps, which also build their nests with mud, are in the families Sphecidae and Crabronidae and not discussed here.