Subspecies Euodynerus annulatus imperialis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Euodynerus annulatus imperialis - Euodynerus annulatus - female

Western Subspecies Potter Wasp - Euodynerus annulatus - female

mostly yellow wasp - Euodynerus annulatus - 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 annulatus (Euodynerus annulatus)

Subspecies imperialis (Euodynerus annulatus imperialis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rygchium sulphureum imperialis Bohart, 1945

Range

Southern CA, NV, AZ, southwestern UT; Mexico. (Krombein, 1979)

Remarks

Doug Yanega (U.C. Riverside Entomology Research Museum) writes concerning ID for this wasp:

"It appears to be Euodynerus annulatus imperialis, a subspecies

restricted to dry areas from Anza-Borrego across to Parker, Az. ALL

of the "subspecies" of annulatus, including this one, seem to be

highly variable in coloration, to the point of no two being

absolutely identical."

Print References

Bohart, Richard M. 1945. New Species and Subspecies of Rygchium from North America (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 47(2): 45-49.

Krombein, Karl V., et al. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 19 June, 2012 - 6:31pm
Last updated 31 August, 2013 - 9:56am

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