Parancistrocerus fulvipes
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| Parancistrocerus fulvipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Parancistrocerus |
| Species: | P. fulvipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Parancistrocerus fulvipes (de Saussure, 1856) | |
Parancistrocerus fulvipes also known by the common name potter wasp[1] is a species of stinging wasp in the family Vespidae.[2][3][4][5] This species' nesting sites include borings in wood, old mud dauber and Polistes nests, and abandoned burrows of ground-nesting bees, but it may also construct its own burrows in the ground.[6] Prey includes caterpillars of Tortricidae, Nolidae, Chloephorinae, Crambidae, and Gelechiidae.[6]
