Pterocheilus

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

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| image = Pterocheil.jpg

| taxon = Pterocheilus

| authority = Klug, 1905{{cite journal | author = James Michael Carpenter | year = 1986 | title = A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) | doi = 10.1155/1986/12489 | journal = Psyche: A Journal of Entomology | volume = 93 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 61–90| doi-access = free }}

| type_species = Pterocheilus phaleratus

| type_species_authority = (Panzer, 1797)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

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:

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References