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Australasia
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n potter wasps belonging to the subfamily
Eumeninae
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
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Species
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Abispa australiana
''Abispa australiana'' is a species of wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat ...
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Abispa ephippium
The Australian hornet (''Abispa ephippium''), actually a type of potter wasp or "mason wasp", is a vespid native to the Australian states and territories of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queensla ...
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Australian hornet
The Australian hornet (''Abispa ephippium''), actually a type of potter wasp or "mason wasp", is a vespid native to the Australian states and territories of the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria, Queenslan ...
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Abispa eximia
''Abispa eximia'' is a species of wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like ...
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Abispa laticincta
''Abispa laticincta'' is a species of wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat ...
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Abispa ruficornis
''Abispa ruficornis'' is a species of wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat ...
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Abispa splendida
''Abispa splendida'' (also known as the large mud-nesting wasp or velvety black and yellow) is a species of wasp in the Vespidae family.
Subspecies
*''Abispa splendida australis'' (Smith, 1857)
*''Abispa splendida maculicollis'' Cameron, 1911
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References
Biological pest control wasps
Hymenoptera of Australia
Potter wasps
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