Ovodynerus

Ovodynerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Vespidae
Subfamily:Eumeninae
Genus:Ovodynerus
Giordani Soika, 1985[1]
Type species
Ovodynerus capicola (Meade-Waldo), 1915[1]

Ovodynerus is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps which contains eleven species.

Potter wasps are solitary builders of 'flask-shaped' nests of mud, each containing an egg and larval food supply.

Species

The following species are classified as belonging to the genus Ovodynerus:[2]

  • Ovodynerus ashtonensis Gusenleitner, 2005
  • Ovodynerus capicola (Meade-Waldo, 1915)
  • Ovodynerus chapini (Bequaert, 1918)
  • Ovodynerus ferrugineimaculatus Giordani Soika, 1985
  • Ovodynerus humeralis Giordani Soika, 1989
  • Ovodynerus kabarensis (Bequaert, 1918)
  • Ovodynerus leviclypeus Gusenleitner, 1999
  • Ovodynerus sjoestedti (Cameron, 1910)
  • Ovodynerus tricoloratus Gusenleitner, 2003
  • Ovodynerus willowmorensis Giordani Soika, 1985
  • Ovodynerus yngvei (Cameron, 1910)

References

  1. 1 2 James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche. 93: 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
  2. ↑ Simon van Noort (2017). "Eumeninae Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Potter wasps". WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 23 April 2017.


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