Yellow-spotted Mason Wasp

Apodynerus sp.

Description:

ID changed to Apodynerus sp. First IDd as Odynerus bicinctus or Parodynerus bicinctus (Fabricius, 1781) synonym: Pachymenes bicinctus, called Yellow-spotted Mason Wasp, of family Vespidae, subfamily Eumeninae. Black potter or mason wasp, about 1cm in length, with yellow lines at the thorax and abdomen. Potter or mason wasps are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.

Habitat:

Backyard, spotted on white ginger lily leaf.

Notes:

Reference: http://www.academia.edu/5303450/A_taxono... http://www.pensoft.net/journals/jhr/arti... http://species-id.net/wiki/Apodynerus_gr... http://insectahk.com/hymenoptera/Apodyne... http://insectahk.com/hymenoptera/Apodyne...

Species ID Suggestions

11 Comments

AgnesAdiqueTalavera 10 years ago

Thank you for the ID lead, Wen-ChiYeh.

Wen-ChiYeh 10 years ago

This is more probably a Apodynerus and definitely not the genus you suggested!

AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thanks iGo!

@next, I compared with Stenodynerus spp. and Parancistrocerus spp., close but no perfect match. I can go only as far as Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps). I'll just update when there's further ID. Thanks again for the tip.

iGo Sugiarto 11 years ago

Nexttogone, BugGuide is cool!. Nice spotting Agnes.

AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thanks next! I'll look into these types of wasps. Thanks again!

nexttogone 11 years ago

I know that this is not your wasp but check out the resemblance.

http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/spec...

I can't find anything beyond this when doing a search in your area and especially not on BugGuide. I feel that yours is a mason wasp and maybe even a potter wasp, but I could be wrong.

http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&a...

AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thank you nexttogone.

nexttogone 11 years ago

They are like us.... Everything has to be unique. ") I'll see what I can do to help.

AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thanks Adarsha and nexttogone for your nice comments, and Nuwan for the fave. I appreciate them a lot! I think this is a Polistes sp., but just like in my earlier spotting (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/147...), my wasps have less yellow rings compared to other Polistes species with IDs. Not giving up and I am still looking to find matching IDs for them. :)