''Ancistrocerus antilope'' is a species of wasp of the family

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Description

This species is similar to the rarer '' A. spinolae'', with differences including a shining, impunctate

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and a pair of yellow spots on the female's scutellum.

Range

''Ancistrocerus antilope'' is present in all

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provinces and all continental

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states except Alaska, Alabama, and Florida, as well as

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Ecology

''A. antilope'' is known to nest in hollow twigs, similar to many Megachilid bees, and the parasite '' Leucospis affinis'' has been found in the nests of ''A. antilope''. Whether the parasites can successfully complete their life cycle using the wasp as a host in unknown.

References

Potter wasps Insects described in 1798 Hymenoptera of North America Insects of Canada Insects of the United States Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer {{Potter-wasp-stub