EUMENINAE
(mason and potter wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Ancistrocerus
a genus of mason wasps
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
Eumenes
potter wasps
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images
Gymnomerus laevipes
Box-headed Mason Wasp
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 		Species 15 images
Symmorphus
a genus of potter or mason wasps
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 9 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Archer, M.E. 2000 The British Potter and Mason Wasps (Hymeoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae) - A Handbook
Schmid-Egger, von C. 2002 Schlüssel für die deutschen Arten solitären Faltenwespen (Eumenidae) .

EUMENINAE (mason and potter wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for EUMENINAE (mason and potter wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 38 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for EUMENINAE (mason and potter wasps)
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