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Species Euodynerus pratensis

Wasp - Euodynerus pratensis Euodynerus? - Euodynerus pratensis - female Euodynerus? - Euodynerus pratensis - female red Eumeninae - Euodynerus pratensis Parazumia tolteca - Toltec Potter Wasp? - Euodynerus pratensis Black Cap Porter - Euodynerus pratensis Arizona Wasp - Euodynerus pratensis - male Wasp - Euodynerus pratensis
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
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)
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