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Species Euodynerus megaera

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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
No Taxon (foraminatus-group)
Species megaera (Euodynerus megaera)
Identification
The female of the similar species schwarzi differs from megaera in having white tibiae stripes, although schwarzi males are difficult to separate from megaera males because the latter can also have white tibiae stripes.
See Also
Euodynerus schwarzi is very similar and often difficult to separate
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].