Species Euodynerus hidalgo

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

mason wasp - Euodynerus??? - Euodynerus hidalgo - female

Euodynerus hidalgo boreoorientalis? - Euodynerus hidalgo

Euodynerus hidalgo? - Euodynerus hidalgo - male

Pterocheilus sp? - Euodynerus hidalgo - female

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 hidalgo (Euodynerus hidalgo)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euodynerus hidalgo (Saussure)

Orig. Comb: Odynerus hidalgo Saussure 1857

Identification

Thin, lamellate, reflexed hind margins of 2nd and 3rd urotergites is diagnostic for this species.

The amount of black is highly variable in this species and other vespids. The eastern subspecies (boreoorientalis) is mainly black. Some specimens of this species from one locality in Florida have practically no red while others are almost completely red. In general, structural characters are more reliable and play a more important role in identification, though some species also show significant structural variation. (Comment by Mathias Buck).

Range

mostly: e. US to CA (BG data)

Life Cycle

Nests in burrows in dirt banks, and in cells of Sceliphron (mud) and Polistes (paper) nests. U. of Texas

Internet References

Species page in the Identification Atlas of the Vespidae of the northeastern Nearctic region. (1)

Naturesearch

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].

Contributed by tom murray on 19 August, 2005 - 10:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 January, 2015 - 10:29pm

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