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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies (Vespoidea) » Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps (Vespidae) » Potter and Mason Wasps (Eumeninae) » Pachodynerus » Keyhole Wasp (Pachodynerus nasidens)

Species Pachodynerus nasidens - Keyhole Wasp

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Works Cited
Striking little wasp - Pachodynerus nasidens Wasp striped end of abdomen - Pachodynerus nasidens small black wasp with yellow tip - Pachodynerus nasidens Wasp - Pachodynerus nasidens - female Pachodynerous nasidens? - Pachodynerus nasidens Pachodynerous nasidens? - Pachodynerus nasidens Keyhole Wasp? - Pachodynerus nasidens dark Wasp with yellow abdominal bands - Pachodynerus nasidens
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 (Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies)
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Pachodynerus
Species nasidens (Keyhole Wasp)
Explanation of Names
Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille 1812)
Size
8-12 mm(1)
Identification
Not readily distinguishable from P. pulverulentus, with which it co-occurs in TX & AZ
Range
so US (AZ, TX, FL) to South America; introduced in S. Pacific islands(2)
See Also

Brachygastra mellifica has a much smaller first gastral segment
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.The genus Pachodynerus in North America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
Carpenter J.M. 1986. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 88: 572-577.
Contributed by Sean McCann on 18 April, 2007 - 3:46pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 July, 2017 - 5:35pm

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