Genus Epsilon de Saussure, 1855

Epsilon de Saussure 1855: 229, 252; Giordani Soika 1994: 270-285; Girish Kumar et al. 2014: 5380-5385.

Type species.

Odynerus dyscherus de Saussure, 1853, by subsequent designation of van der Vecht, 1967: 31.

Diagnosis.

Clypeus much wider than long, with sparse or dense punctures (Figs 2, 13); cephalic fovea of female with two contiguous, deep pits (Figs 3, 12); tegula with broad lobe posteriorly, almost equal to parategula (Figs 9, 17); metanotum (Figs 7, 21) narrow and very protruding, with a vertical posterior face, flat or gently convex, and a horizontal dorsal face; propodeum (Figs 7, 21) short, without superior carina and with weak lateral carina; second submarginal cell with second recurrent vein nearly or completely interstitial with third submarginal cell (Figs 5, 14); tergum I without transverse carina basally, very short, ca. 2 × as wide as long, and slightly narrower than tergum II (Fig. 20); tergum II (Figs 6, 20) usually with apical lamella (Giordani Soika 1994; Girish Kumar et al. 2014).

Distribution.

Oriental and Australian regions.