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

Species Euodynerus bidens

Classification · Identification · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Euodynerus bidens Mason wasp? - Euodynerus bidens - female Mason wasp? - Euodynerus bidens - female Black and white wasp - Euodynerus bidens Black & Yellow Body - Blue Wings - Wasplike Shape - Euodynerus bidens Black & Yellow Body - Blue Wings - Wasplike Shape - Euodynerus bidens Black and White Wasp - Euodynerus bidens Wasp - Mason - Left Lateral - Euodynerus bidens - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Euodynerus
Species bidens (Euodynerus bidens)
Identification
Nearly identical to Monobia quadridens. Large rounded white spots on the propodeum (smaller or absent in Monobia quadridens) and smaller rounded white spots on the temples (present only in Euodynerus bidens) are used to distinguish the two.
Remarks
Please see comments on the first of these images for characters used to separate this species (above) from Monobia quadridens (below):



See Also
Monobia quadridens, a nearly identical species.
Internet References
Species page in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region. (1)
Works Cited
1.Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
By Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 21 December, 2005 - 12:30pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Matthias Buck
Last updated 28 February, 2008 - 3:04pm

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