Ovodynerus
| Ovodynerus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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
- ^ a b James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche. 93: 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
- ^ Simon van Noort (2017). "Eumeninae Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Potter wasps". WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 23 April 2017.