''Pachodynerus'' is a fairly large (about 50 species)
neotropical and
nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
genus of
potter wasp
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Recognition
Most eumenine species are black or brown, ...
s with higher diversity in central
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
. At least one species (''
Pachodynerus nasidens'') has been introduced in other biogeographical regions, including several
oceanic islands
Oceanic may refer to:
*Of or relating to the ocean
*Of or relating to Oceania
** Oceanic climate
** Oceanic languages
**Oceanic person or people, also called "Pacific Islander(s)"
Places
* Oceanic, British Columbia, a settlement on Smith Island ...
, while ''
Pachodynerus erynnis'' occurs on
Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory o ...
as well as in North America.
This genus is most closely related to the genus ''
Euodynerus
''Euodynerus'' is a genus of potter wasps with a mainly Holarctic distribution, though a number of species extend through Indomalayan, Australasian, Afrotropical and northern Neotropical regions. Also, a single species is reported from Hawaii ...
''.
References
* Willink, A. and A. Roig-Alsina. 1998. Revisión del género ''Pachodynerus'' Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae). Contrib. Am. Entomol. Inst. 30 (5): 1–117.
Biological pest control wasps
Potter wasps
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