Symmorphus species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/9/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Symmorphus species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/6/2015). Verified by Matthias Buck/BugGuide.
Symmorphus species in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/6/2018). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Symmorphus species in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/6/2018). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY).
A Symmorphus species in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/26/2015). Verified by Matthias Buck/BugGuide.
Symmorphus species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/16/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Symmorphus species in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/7/2024). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Symmorphus species in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/26/2015). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A female Symmorphus species in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/26/2015). Verified by Matthias Buck/BugGuide.
Symmorphus species in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/7/2024). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Symmorphus species nests in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (5/17/2015). Determined by Matthias Buck/BugGuide. Per Matthias Buck, "Interesting images! This species does not construct mud tubes. What's happening here is likely that these females are reutilizing empty mud nests of another species. This behaviour occurs regularly in some potter wasps (e.g., certain Ancistrocerus) but I am not sure it was known for species of Symmorphus."
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"S. canadensis is a common species in [Maryland], but it is hard to distinguish from S. cristatus based on images. The latter prefers colder climates so probably most if not all the MD records of Symmorphus on BugGuide will refer to canadensis, except for those from the Appalachian ranges. S. cristatus should be more common there" (Matthias Buck/BugGuide, 6/23/2018).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Symmorphus | |
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| Symmorphus gracilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
| Genus: | Symmorphus Wesmael, 1836[1] |
| Type species | |
| Symmorphus gracilis | |
| Species | |
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Symmorphus is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps.[3] It is within the family Vespidae.
Species
[edit]- Symmorphus albomarginatus
- Symmorphus alkimus
- Symmorphus allobrogus
- Symmorphus ambotretus
- Symmorphus angustatus
- Symmorphus apiciornatus
- Symmorphus aurantiopictus
- Symmorphus bifasciatus
- Symmorphus canadensis
- Symmorphus canlaonicus
- Symmorphus captivus
- Symmorphus carinatus
- Symmorphus cliens
- Symmorphus connexus
- Symmorphus crassicornis
- Symmorphus cristatus
- Symmorphus debilitatus
- Symmorphus decens
- Symmorphus declivis
- Symmorphus foveolatus
- Symmorphus fuscipes
- Symmorphus glasunowi
- Symmorphus gracilis
- Symmorphus hoozanensis
- Symmorphus incisus
- Symmorphus iwatai
- Symmorphus jucundus
- Symmorphus lucens
- Symmorphus mizuhonis
- Symmorphus momunganensis
- Symmorphus murarius
- Symmorphus negrosensis
- Symmorphus nipteroides
- Symmorphus ornatus
- Symmorphus palawanensis
- Symmorphus paralleliventris
- Symmorphus parvilineatus
- Symmorphus projectus
- Symmorphus sichuanensis
- Symmorphus sublaevis
- Symmorphus tsushimanus
- Symmorphus tukvarensis
- Symmorphus violaceipennis
- Symmorphus yananensis
- Symmorphus yunnanensis
Distribution
[edit]Many species within this genus are present in most of Europe, in East Palearctic realm, in the Near East and in the Oriental realm.[4] Three species are found in North America.[5]
Description
[edit]These small solitary wasp can reach a length of about 2 centimetres (0.79 in). They nest in pre-existing cavities (twigs, stems, galls, old nests of other Hymenoptera, hollows in the wood). Partitions between cells are made of mud. Adult females prey on caterpillars and larvae of beetles to lay eggs in them.[6]
Bibliography
[edit]- Carpenter, J. M. 1986. A synonymic generic checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche, 93: 61–90.
References
[edit]- ^ a b James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 93 (1–2): 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
- ^ "Symmorphus (Symmorphus) gracilis (Brullé 1832)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 30 April 2017.[dead link]
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ a b Cumming, J. M. (1989). "Classification and evolution of the Eumenine wasp genus Symmorphus Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 148: 1–168.
- ^ Discover life
External links
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