''Pseudodynerus'' is a small
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
genus of
potter wasp
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Mud dauber wasps, which al ...
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Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic.
Females typi ...
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Vespidae
The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as '' Polistes fuscatus'', '' Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Eac ...
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Eumeninae
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Mud dauber wasps, which also build their nests with m ...
) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
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Pseudodynerus auratoides''
(Bertoni)
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Pseudodynerus carpenteri
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
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Hermes & Melo
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Pseudodynerus crypticus
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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Hermes & Melo
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Pseudodynerus garcetei
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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Hermes
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Pseudodynerus griseolus
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
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( Brèthes)
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Pseudodynerus griseus
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized ...
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(Fox)
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Pseudodynerus hallinani
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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Bequaert
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Pseudodynerus luctuosus
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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(Saussure)
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Pseudodynerus maxillaris
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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(Saussure)
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Pseudodynerus migonei
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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(Bertoni)
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Pseudodynerus obesus
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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Hermes & Melo
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Pseudodynerus penicillatus''
(Zavattari)
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Pseudodynerus quadrisectus''
(Say)
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Pseudodynerus serratus
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized ...
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(Fox)
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Pseudodynerus singularis
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*'' Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*'' Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
*'' ...
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Hermes & Melo
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Pseudodynerus subapicalis''
(Fox)
References
Biological pest control wasps
Potter wasps
Taxa named by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
Hymenoptera genera
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