Symmorphus crassicornis (Panzer, 1798)
(a potter wasp or mason wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSymmorphus crassicornis (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
GenusSymmorphus (a genus of potter or 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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Edwards, M. 2003 Cocoons of Symmorphus crassicornis (left) and Chrysis fulgida (right) in … Vol 14, No. 5 Page: 356, 365-66

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Symmorphus crassicornis (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Symmorphus crassicornis (a potter wasp or mason wasp)
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