Gymnomerus laevipes (Shuckard, 1837)
(Box-headed Mason Wasp)

Interactions where Gymnomerus laevipes is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female female stocks nest with larva UK/Ireland Hypera a genus of weevils Coleoptera: Curculionidae Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates, Macdonald, M.A., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Vespidae/Gymnomerus laevipes/Gymnomerus laevipesbox-headed mason waspfemale Animal / predator / stocks nest withUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera/Hyperaa genus of weevilslarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Macdonald, M.A., 2007Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp)
SubfamilyEUMENINAE (mason and potter wasps)
FamilyVESPIDAE (potter, mason and social wasps)
SuperfamilyVESPOIDEA (wasps)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp)

Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 15 images of Gymnomerus laevipes (Box-headed Mason Wasp)
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