Australia is home to many thousands of native species of wasps (and a few introduced and feral species), with some of the wasp species being solitary, whilst other live in groups.
Pictured here is a diurnal, robust orange and black, solitary wasp, genus Australodynerus, from the subfamily Eumeninae.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Vespoidea
- Family: Vespidae
- Subfamily: Eumeninae
- Genus: Australodynerus
- Species:
- Australodynerus aurantiacus Borsato, 1994
- Australodynerus bennettensis Borsato, 1996
- Australodynerus convexus Giordani Soika, 1977
- Australodynerus longicornis Borsato, 1996
- Australodynerus merredinensis Giordani Soika, 1962
- Australodynerus peculiaris Borsato, 1994
- Australodynerus punctiventris Giordani Soika, 1977
- Australodynerus pusilloides Giordani Soika, 1962
- Australodynerus pusillus (Saussure, 1855)
- Australodynerus rubiginosus Borsato, 1996
- Australodynerus unipunctatus Giordani Soika, 1993
Footnote & References
- Australodynerus wasp, Armadale WA © Jean and Fred Hort
- Australodynerus wasp, Midwest Geraldton WA © Gary Taylor
- Australodynerus Giordani Soika, 1962, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8572d237-b9b8-445f-b1be-8e53e63cc1e7
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