Biology:Ovodynerus

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Short description: Genus of wasps

Ovodynerus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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. 1.0 1.1 James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 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. https://www.gbif.org/species/107200713. Retrieved 23 April 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7114193 entry