Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (Müller, 1776)
(a potter wasp or mason wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAncistrocerus trifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
GenusAncistrocerus (a genus of mason wasps)
SubfamilyEUMENINAE (mason and potter wasps)
FamilyVESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp) :
1: Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
6 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at Hogweed
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top viewImage 3: Underside
2: Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Willow leaf
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top view - wings spreadImage 3: Underside

Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ancistrocerus trifasciatus (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
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