Megaodynerus Gusenleitner, 2012, 1048

Bai, Yue, Chen, Bin & Li, Ting-Jing, 2021, Two newly recorded genera Malayepipona Giordani Soika and Megaodynerus Gusenleitner, with eight new species from China (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), Zootaxa 5060 (3), pp. 371-391 : 388-389

Genus Megaodynerus Gusenleitner, 2012

Megaodynerus Gusenleitner, 2012: 1048 , genus.

Type species Megaodynerus maximus Gusenleitner, 2012 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. This genus is related to the genus Symmorphus , sharing with it the following characters: elongate body and dorsal surface of T1 with a longitudinal furrow on the horizontal area. It can be separated from the related genus by the following character combination: larger body (known species are more than 16 mm), clypeus ( Fig. 78 ) broad, and convex at basal half, apical margin slightly emarginated, T1 ( Fig. 83 ) basally without a transverse raised carina, and broad part of S1 with strong horizontal striae ( Fig. 84 ).

Distribution. Oriental Region.

Figures

FIGURES 77–84. Megaodynerus bimaculus sp. nov., holotype, ♀. 77. Habitus, dorsal view; 78. Head, frontal view; 79. Head, dorsal view; 80. Mesosoma, lateral view; 81. Mesosoma, dorsal view; 82. Propodeum, posterior view; 83. Metasoma, dorsal view; 84. Metasoma, ventral view.