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Leptochiloides

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Leptochiloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Leptochiloides
Bohart, 1940[1]
Type species
Leptochiloides utahensis
Bohart, 1940
Species

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

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