Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904

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Genus Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904

Euodynerus Dalla Torre 1904: 38 , name for section II of division III of subgenus Leionotus of genus Odynerus Latreille in de Saussure 1853: 177 (40 species). Type species: Vespa dantici Rossi, 1790 . Raised to generic rank by Blüthgen 1938a: 277. Euodynerus: Kim 2012: 162 .

Diagnosis. Mandibles longer than length of clypeus, distinctly cross each other. Clypeus wider than long, usually apically emarginate, sometimes truncate. Cephalic fovea present in depression on vertex of females. Vertex slightly sloping behind ocelli. Anterior vertical face of pronotum has no foveae/transverse striae ( Fig. 19 ). Pronotal carina usually well developed. Mesepisternum with epicnemial carina present. Pretegular carina well developed. Tegula as wide as long, emarginate adjoining parategula, not reaching posterior end of later. Mesoscutum and scutellum extensively punctate, without prescutal furrows. Axillary fossa narrow. Posterior margin of horizontal face of metanotum carinate and dentate (almost precipitous). Propodeal dorsum below plane of metanotum. Propodeal orifice wide dorsally. Superior carina generally well developed. Submarginal carina not produced as pointed/ rounded process above valvula, propodeal valvula not free from submarginal carina posteriorly. Metasoma sessile, T1 almost as broad as T2 and much broader than long. T1 with an apical transparent or translucent apical border ( Fig. 81 ), also sometime present on T2 and T3. T1 without basal transverse carina. Prestigma shorter than pterostigma. SMC2 basally acute. Mid tibia with one apical spur. Ƌ: F11 hook like, rounded apically; F10, F11 shorter than previous ones; no cavity on inner margin of flagellomeres. Body length usually 10–12 mm.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. New report from south India.

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 24. Anterior face of pronotum. 19, Euodynerus sp.; 20, Parancistrocerus sp.; 21, Paraleptomenes m. miniatus; 22, Pseudonortonia sp.; 23, Apodynerus t. troglodytes; 24, Stenodyneriellu s wickwari.

FIGURES 79 – 85. Metasoma, dorsal view. 79, Paraleptomenes m. miniatus; 80, Parancistrocerus sp. (base of T 2 with acarinarium); 81, Euodynerus sp.; 82, Antepipona sp.; 83, Stenodyneriellus wickwari; 84, Rhynchium b. brunneum; 85, Apodynerus t. troglodytes.