Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904, 2017

Ma, Zhenxia, Chen, Bin & Li, Tingjing, 2017, Four new species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species, Zootaxa 4300 (2), pp. 245-258 : 246

Genus Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904

Euodynerus Dalla Torre 1904: 38 ; Blüthgen 1938: 277; van der Vecht 1967: 29, 31; Giordani Soika 1994: 246.

Type species Vespa dantici Rossi 1790 , by subsequent designation ( Blüthgen 1938).

Diagnosis. Cephalic fovea medium-sized to large (Figs 7, 29, 39, 48, 57, 62, 66); pronotal carina generally complete; pretegula and epicnemial carina well developed; posterior end of parategula not reaching apex of tegula ( Figs 60, 61 ); posterior margin of horizontal face carinate and dentate on metanotum (Figs 12, 32); in dorsal view, T1 broader than length, without transverse carinae basally, and with semitransparent apical lamella (Figs 1–2, 15, 21–22, 25–26, 33–34, 42–43, 51–52); apical flagellomere of male bent backward (Figs 6, 13, 19, 31, 38, 47, 56).

Distribution. Worldwide.

Figures

FIGURES 60 – 69. 60. Euodynerus variegatus kruegeri; 61. E. caspicus; 62 – 65. E. n. notatus; 66 – 69. E. q. quadrifasciatus. 62, 66, ♀; 63 – 65, 67 – 69, ♂. 60, 61. Tegula; 62, 66. Head, dorsal view; 63, 67. T 2, apex; 64, 68. Metasoma, ventral view; 65, 69. Genitalia, ventral view.