Genus Pseudabispa van der Vecht

Pseudabispa van der Vecht 1960: 102, genus.

Type species: Odynerus abispoides Perkins 1912, by original designation.

Bidentodynerus Giordani Soika 1977: 117, genus.

Type species: Odynerus bicolor de Saussure 1855, by original designation and monotypy.

Taxonomy: van der Vecht 1960: 103 (key to species).— Cardale 1985: 167–168 ( Bidentodynerus; cat.), 199 (cat.).— Giordani Soika 1993b: 126 (type species of Bidentodynerus transferred to Pseudabispa; synonymy not otherwise stated).

Distribution: Australia and New Guinea.

Ethology: One species is reported to nest in burrows excavated in the soil, with a mud entrance funnel; it has also been reported to use old wasp nest cells. Prey: caterpillars. Another species has been reported to usurp nests of Abispa ephippium, and provision the cells with caterpillars stolen from other nests.