Leptochiloides

Leptochiloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Subfamily:Eumeninae
Genus:Leptochiloides
Bohart, 1940[1]
Type species
Leptochiloides utahensis
Bohart, 1940
Species
  • Leptochiloides arizonae Bohart, 1940
  • Leptochiloides brevicornis Bohart, 1940
  • Leptochiloides utahensis Bohart, 1940

Leptochiloides is a small nearctic genus of potter wasps known from dry areas in South-Western North America. They have some structural similarities with members of the genus Pterocheilus, including the pilose labial palpi.[2]

References

  1. ↑ James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche. 93: 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
  2. ↑ "Genus Leptochiloides". Bug Guide. Iowa State University. Retrieved 19 April 2017.


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