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.