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

Genus Euodynerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Wasp or hornet - Euodynerus pratensis Red and black wasp - Euodynerus castigatus Unknown Wasp - Euodynerus hidalgo Wasp 5244 - Euodynerus hidalgo - female Euodynerus? - Euodynerus Euodynerus foraminatus Pseudodynerus quadrisectus? - Euodynerus megaera - male Euodynerus? - Euodynerus annulatus
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
Explanation of Names
Euodynerus Dalla Torre 1904
εὖ- (eu) 'true' + Odynerus
Numbers
24 described and 2 undescribed spp. in our area, >30 in the Nearctic region(1), >100 total(2)
Identification
Propodeum with strong lateral angles, resembling large spines, width of T1 almost as wide as T2, mandible with a basal spot, eye generally with a spot behind. Most similar to Monobia

Key to northeastern spp.(1)
Range
Worldwide, most diverse in the Palaearctic(2)
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.Vespidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Puerto Rico, West Indies
Carpenter J.M., Genaro J.A. 2011. Insecta Mundi 0202: 1-35.
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 September, 2004 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 22 August, 2023 - 11:23am

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