Ovodynerus

Ovodynerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Ovodynerus
Giordani Soika, 1985
Type species
Ovodynerus capicola
(Meade-Waldo), 1915

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:

References

  1. 1 2 James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 93 (1–2): 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. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.