Subgenus Epiodynerus Giordani Soika

Epiodynerus Giordani Soika 1958 [1957]: 195, 209, subgenus of Pseudepipona de Saussure.

Type species: Odynerus alecto Lepeletier 1841, by original designation).

Taxonomy: Giordani Soika 1962 [1961]: 81–82 (key to species), 92 (subgenus of Pseudepipona de Saussure).—van der Vecht 1963a: 74 (key), 88 (subgenus of Anterhynchium de Saussure).— Giordani Soika 1971: 78 (genus).— Cardale 1985: 174–176 (cat. Australian species).— Giordani Soika 1986c: 74 (subgenus of Anterhynchium).

Distribution: This subgenus is found in Southeast Asia, Oceania and Australia, with two species in Madagascar.

Ethology: One species has been reported to nest in holes in a mud brick wall; prey: lepidopteran larvae. We have observed several Australian species bringing caterpillars to holes in an abandoned termite mound.