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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Euodynerus » Euodynerus pratensis

Species Euodynerus pratensis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Vespidae (Hornets, Yellowjackets; Paper, Potter, Mason, and Pollen Wasps; and Allies)
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Euodynerus
Species pratensis (Euodynerus pratensis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euodynerus pratensis (de Saussure 1870)
Explanation of Names
PRATENSIS, Adjective - This is probably derived from the Latin words for something "of a meadow": prātum ("meadow") +‎ -ēnsis
Size
Forewing: ♂ 8.5–11.5 mm, ♀ 10.5–12 mm(1)
Range
w US (WA-CA and to ID-KS-TX) & Mexico; ON record probably in error(1)
Internet References
Species page (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung. 2008. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 28 February, 2008 - 3:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 13 March, 2019 - 6:26pm

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