Pterocheilus Explained
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 wasps characterized by reduced tegulae and prominently pilose labial palpi.
Species
The following species are classified under Pterocheilus:
- Pterocheilus acuceps Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus albofasciatus Smith, 1878
- Pterocheilus arabicus Giordani Soika, 1970
- Pterocheilus arizonicus Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus asperatus (Bohart, 1999)
- Pterocheilus auriantius Kostylev, 1940
- Pterocheilus bakeri Cameron, 1909
- Pterocheilus biglumis (Saussure, 1852)
- Pterocheilus biplagiatus Cresson, 1879
- Pterocheilus chesteri Carpenter, 1986
- Pterocheilus chobauti Dusmet, 1928
- Pterocheilus coccineus André, 1884
- Pterocheilus comptus Cresson, 1879
- Pterocheilus crispocornis Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus cyathopus Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus cyrenaicus Gribodo, 1924
- Pterocheilus decorus Cresson, 1879
- Pterocheilus denticulatus (Saussure, 1855)
- Pterocheilus desertorum Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus diversicolor Rohwer, 1911
- Pterocheilus dives Radoszkowski, 1876
- Pterocheilus eurystomus Kohl, 1906
- Pterocheilus heptneri Kostylev, 1940
- Pterocheilus hirsutipennis Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus hurdi Bohart, 1950
- Pterocheilus joffrei Dusmet, 1917
- Pterocheilus kamanensis Gusenleitner, 1967
- Pterocheilus laticeps Cresson, 1872
- Pterocheilus linsleyi Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus maltsevi Kostylev, 1940
- Pterocheilus mandibularis Morawitz, 1889
- Pterocheilus merpeba Giordani Soika, 1943
- Pterocheilus mexicanus Saussure, 1870
- Pterocheilus micheneri Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus mirandus Cresson, 1897
- Pterocheilus modestus Kostylev, 1935
- Pterocheilus mongolicus Kohl, 1907
- Pterocheilus morrisoni Cresson, 1879
- Pterocheilus napalkovi Kurzenko, 1977
- Pterocheilus nigricaudus Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus nigrobilineolatus Giordani Soika, 1942
- Pterocheilus numida Lepeletier, 1841
- Pterocheilus oregonensis Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus paenacuceps Bohart, 1950
- Pterocheilus panamintensis Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus pedicellatus Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus peninsularis Bohart, 1948
- Pterocheilus perpunctatus Giordani Soika, 1970
- Pterocheilus phaleratus (Panzer 1797)
- Pterocheilus pimorum (Viereck, 1908)
- Pterocheilus propinquus Kostylev, 1940
- Pterocheilus provancheri (Huard, 1897)
- Pterocheilus pruinosus Cameron, 1908
- Pterocheilus pusillus Kostylev, 1940
- Pterocheilus quaesitus (Moravitz, 1895)
- Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus Say, 1824
- Pterocheilus schwarzi Gusenleitner, 1994
- Pterocheilus sculleni Bohart, 1950
- Pterocheilus seneconis Rohwer, 1911
- Pterocheilus sibiricus (Moravitz, 1867)
- Pterocheilus sparsipunctatus Bohart, 1950
- Pterocheilus tenebricosus Gusenleitner, 1998
- Pterocheilus texanus Cresson, 1872
- Pterocheilus timberlakei Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus trachysomus Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus trichogaster Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus tricoloratus Bohart, 1940
- Pterocheilus varius Gusenleitner, 2002
- Pterocheilus wollmanni Kostylev, 1940
