Maricopodynerus is a Nearctic genus of potter wasps distributed west of the 100° western meridian in the United States and Mexico. The second metasomal segment, with its tergum much larger than its sternum is an outstanding characteristic of this genus.

Maricopodynerus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Maricopodynerus
Viereck, 1908[1]
Type species
Maricopodynerus maricoporum
Viereck, 1908[1]
Species

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  • Bohart, R.M. 1989. Review of Maricopodynerus (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91 : 575 - 582. [1]
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