''Symmorphus'' is a primarily
holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...
genus of
potter wasp
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Recognition
Most eumenine species are black or brown, ...
s.
Species
* ''
Symmorphus albomarginatus''
* ''
Symmorphus alkimus''
* ''
Symmorphus allobrogus''
* ''
Symmorphus ambotretus''
* ''
Symmorphus angustatus''
* ''
Symmorphus apiciornatus''
* ''
Symmorphus aurantiopictus''
* ''
Symmorphus bifasciatus''
* ''
Symmorphus canadensis''
* ''
Symmorphus canlaonicus''
* ''
Symmorphus captivus
''Symmorphus'' is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps.
Species
* '' Symmorphus albomarginatus''
* '' Symmorphus alkimus''
* '' Symmorphus allobrogus''
* '' Symmorphus ambotretus''
* '' Symmorphus angustatus''
* '' Symmorphus apiciornat ...
''
* ''
Symmorphus carinatus''
* ''
Symmorphus cliens''
* ''
Symmorphus connexus
''Symmorphus'' is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps.
Species
* ''Symmorphus albomarginatus''
* ''Symmorphus alkimus''
* ''Symmorphus allobrogus''
* ''Symmorphus ambotretus''
* ''Symmorphus angustatus''
* ''Symmorphus apiciornatus''
* ...
''
* ''
Symmorphus crassicornis''
* ''
Symmorphus cristatus''
* ''
Symmorphus debilitatus''
* ''
Symmorphus decens''
* ''
Symmorphus declivis''
* ''
Symmorphus foveolatus''
* ''
Symmorphus fuscipes
''Symmorphus'' is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps.
Species
* '' Symmorphus albomarginatus''
* '' Symmorphus alkimus''
* '' Symmorphus allobrogus''
* '' Symmorphus ambotretus''
* '' Symmorphus angustatus''
* '' Symmorphus apiciornat ...
''
* ''
Symmorphus glasunowi''
* ''
Symmorphus gracilis
''Symmorphus gracilis'' is a species of tube-nesting wasps.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:
*''Symmorphus gracilis gracilis'' (Brullé, 1832)
*''Symmorphus gracilis libanicus'' Giordani Soika, 1963
Distribution and habitat
This rather common spe ...
''
* ''
Symmorphus hoozanensis''
* ''
Symmorphus iwatai''
* ''
Symmorphus lucens''
* ''
Symmorphus mizuhonis''
* ''
Symmorphus momunganensis
''Symmorphus'' is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps.
Species
* '' Symmorphus albomarginatus''
* '' Symmorphus alkimus''
* '' Symmorphus allobrogus''
* '' Symmorphus ambotretus''
* '' Symmorphus angustatus''
* '' Symmorphus apiciornat ...
''
* ''
Symmorphus murarius''
* ''
Symmorphus negrosensis''
* ''
Symmorphus nipteroides''
* ''
Symmorphus ornatus''
* ''
Symmorphus paralleliventris
''Symmorphus'' is a primarily holarctic genus of potter wasps.
Species
* '' Symmorphus albomarginatus''
* '' Symmorphus alkimus''
* '' Symmorphus allobrogus''
* '' Symmorphus ambotretus''
* '' Symmorphus angustatus''
* '' Symmorphus apiciornat ...
''
* ''
Symmorphus parvilineatus''
* ''
Symmorphus projectus''
* ''
Symmorphus sichuanensis''
* ''
Symmorphus sublaevis''
* ''
Symmorphus tsushimanus''
* ''
Symmorphus tukvarensis''
* ''
Symmorphus violaceipennis''
* ''
Symmorphus yananensis''
* ''
Symmorphus yunnanensis''
Distribution
Many species within this genus are present in most of Europe, in East
Palearctic realm
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
, in the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
and in the
Oriental realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
. Three species are found in North America.
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Description
These small solitary wasp can reach a length of about . 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.Discover life
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Bibliography
* Carpenter, J. M. 1986. ''A synonymic generic checklist of the Eumeninae'' (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche, 93: 61–90.
References
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