Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Vespidae (Social wasps and some solitary wasps)

Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)

European Potter Wasp

Synonyms and other combinations:

Vespa gazella Panzer, 1798 | Ancistrocerus pictipes Thomson, 1874 | Ancistrocerus verhaereni Bondroid, 1943 | Vespa emarginata Linnaeus, 1758: Fabricius, 1793 |

  • Ancistrocerus gazella, female  5219
    Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)    European Potter Wasp 
    Ancistrocerus gazella, female, conf. Leopoldo Castro
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2012-04-28 10:31:52
    Image number: 5219
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2012-04-28 10:31:52
    conf. Leopoldo Castro
  • Ancistrocerus gazella, female  5220
    Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)    European Potter Wasp 
    Ancistrocerus gazella, female, conf. Leopoldo Castro
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2012-04-28 10:31:40
    Image number: 5220
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2012-04-28 10:31:40
    conf. Leopoldo Castro
  • Ancistrocerus gazella  5226
    Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)    European Potter Wasp 
    Ancistrocerus gazella
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2012-04-28 12:21:10
    Image number: 5226

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2012-04-28 12:21:10


Further vernacular names:
European Tube Wasp
Classification:
Ancistrocerus gazella belongs to the subfamily Eumeninae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Gusenleitner J. (2016). ZOBODAT: Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea) (version 4.0, Oct 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Christian Schmid-Egger: Schlüssel für die deutschen Arten der solitären Faltenwespen (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zweite, überarbeitete und ergänzte Ausgabe 2002.
  3. A. C. Harris (1994) Ancistrocerus gazella (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Eumenidae): A potentially useful biological control agent for leafrollers Planotortrix octo, P. excessana,Ctenopseustis obliquana, C. herana, and Epiphyas postvittana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 22:3, 235-238, DOI: 10.1080/01140671.1994.9513832