Pterocheilus

Pterocheilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Pterocheilus

Pterocheilus is an essentially holarctic genus of potter wasps with a fairly rich diversity in North America and a single afrotropical species (Pterocheilus eurystomus Kohl 1906) known from Socotra. They are usually rather large waps characterized by reduced tegulae and prominently pilose labial palpi.

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