Odynerus

Odynerus
Odynerus spinipes (Linnaeus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Odynerus
Latreille, 1802
Type species
Vespa spinipes
Linnaeus, 1758

Odynerus is a primarily Holarctic genus of potter wasps.

The name of this genus has been widely used as a root to construct many other genus-level names for potter wasps with non-petiolated metasoma, such as Euodynerus, Acarodynerus, Stenodynerus, Parodontodynerus and Incodynerus.

Species

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A partial species list of the hundreds of species classified under Odynerus is set out below:

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References

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  1. ^ FOX, W. J. 1902. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, Nº. 8.- Eumenidae, continued (Genus Odynerus). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1902:44-69.