Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836

Genaro, Julio A., 2011, Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2011 (202), pp. 1-35 : 6

Genus Ancistrocerus Wesmael

This is a moderately large genus in the current taxonomic interpretation, with more than 100 described species. It is predominantly Holarctic, with species also occurring in the Ethiopian, Orien� tal and Neotropical Regions. In the Americas most of the species are Nearctic, with six species in the Neotropics. A key to the Nearctic species may be found in Bequaert (1944), although the nomenclature is out of date. Just one species has hitherto been known from the Caribbean, A. cingulatus (Cresson) , described from Cuba. The new species most closely resembles it.