Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Author Carpenter, James M. Author Brown, Graham R. 0000-0002-4101-3823 thynnini@outlook.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-26 4919 1 1 68 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1 journal article 8654 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1 c95b424f-11b6-4d97-a30f-b6b36dd1b8ed 1175-5326 4473370 8537A0E1-5F78-47B3-916B-D4B988DC86E1 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.