Pachodynerus

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Pachodynerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Pachodynerus
Species
  • Pachodynerus alayoi
  • Pachodynerus argentinus
  • Pachodynerus atrata
  • Pachodynerus brachygaster
  • Pachodynerus brevithorax
  • Pachodynerus californicus
  • Pachodynerus cinerascens
  • Pachodynerus corumbae
  • Pachodynerus cubensis
  • Pachodynerus cubensis
  • Pachodynerus cubensis
  • Pachodynerus diabolicus
  • Pachodynerus erynnis
  • Pachodynerus gaullei
  • Pachodynerus gayi
  • Pachodynerus gianellii
  • Pachodynerus guadulpensis
  • Pachodynerus jamaicensis
  • Pachodynerus laplatae
  • Pachodynerus linda
  • Pachodynerus mimicus
  • Pachodynerus nasidens
  • Pachodynerus nigriculus
  • Pachodynerus peruensis
  • Pachodynerus praecox
  • Pachodynerus punctulatus
  • Pachodynerus rhachiphorus
  • Pachodynerus scrupeus
  • Pachodynerus sericeus
  • Pachodynerus tibialis
  • Pachodynerus trailii
  • Pachodynerus validus

Pachodynerus is a fairly large (about 50 species) neotropical and nearctic genus of potter wasps with higher diversity in central South America. At least one species (Pachodynerus nasidens) have been introduced in other biogeographical regions, including several oceanic islands. This genus is most closelly related to the genus Euodynerus.

[edit] References

  • Willink, A. and A. Roig-Alsina. 1998. Revisión del género Pachodynerus Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae). Contrib. Am. Entomol. Inst. 30 (5): 1-117.