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Euodynerus Dalla Torre 1904

Description

Genus Euodynerus Dalla Torre

Euodynerus Dalla Torre 1904: 38, name for section II of divisionn III of subgenus Leionotus of genus Odynerus Latreille in de Saussure 1853: 177; declared available from date of publication by Opinion 893.

Type species: Vespa dantici Rossi, 1790, by subsequent designation of Blüthgen 1938 a [1937]: 277; confirmed by Opinion 893.

Taxonomy: Blüthgen 1938 a [1937]: 277 (genus; authorship attributed to himself).— Giordani Soika 1962 [1961]: 81–83 (Pseudepipona; key to Australian species).—van der Vecht 1967: 29, 31 (proposal to place on Official List).— ICZN 1970, Opinion 893: 187–189 (placed on Official List).— Cardale 1985: 201–202 (Pseudepipona; cat. Australian species).

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Ethology: No reports on Australian species. Elsewhere the nesting habits are diverse. The majority of species nest in pre-existing cavities, in twigs, stems, human structures, or in old nests of other wasps. A few species make mud cells on rocks, and a few dig burrows. Prey: caterpillars.

Notes

Published as part of Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4919 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4473370

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dalla Torre
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Vespidae
Genus
Euodynerus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Euodynerus Torre, 1904 sec. Carpenter & Brown, 2021

References

  • Dalla Torre, K. W. (1904) Hymenoptera Fam. Vespidae. In: Wytsma, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, 19, pp. 1 - 108.
  • Bluthgen, P. (1938 a [" 1937 "]) Systematisches Verzeichnis der Faltenvespen Mitteleuropas, Skandinaviens und Englands. Konowia, 16, 270 - 295.
  • Giordani Soika, A. (1937) Description of three new Stenodynerus recently collected by R. E. Turner in W Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 20 (117), 356 - 360. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933708655350
  • Giordani Soika, A. (1962 [" 1961 "]) Gli Odynerus sensu antiquo del continente australioano e della Tasmania. Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 14, 57 - 202.
  • Vecht, J. van der (1967) The status of certain genus-group names in the Eumenidae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) Z. N. (S.) 1689. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 24, 27 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 15358
  • ICZN. (1970) Opinion 893. Eumenidae names of Saussure (Hymenoptera): Grant of availability to certain names proposed for secondary divisions of genera. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 26, 187 - 191.
  • Cardale, J. C. (1985) Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 2, 150 - 303.