Eumenes coarctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Heath Potter Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEumenes coarctatus (Heath Potter Wasp)
GenusEumenes (potter 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 Eumenes coarctatus (Heath Potter Wasp) :
1: Eumenes coarctatus (Heath Potter Wasp)
23 Mar 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Pot on Heather stem
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Pot - Image 6: Pot - Image 7: Pot - Image 8: Pot - Image 9: Pot - after emergence - enlargedImage 10: Pot - oblique view - enlargedImage 11: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Eumenes coarctatus (Heath Potter Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eumenes coarctatus (Heath Potter Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eumenes coarctatus (Heath Potter Wasp)
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