Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
Author
Carpenter, James M.
Author
Brown, Graham R.
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text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-26
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1
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Stenodyneriellus
and
Syneuodynerus
The diagnostic character of
Syneuodynerus
in
Giordani Soika’s (1962
[1961])
Pseudepipona
key is spiniform teeth on the propodeum behind the metanotum. In this respect, the Australian species placed in
Syneuodynerus
form a continuum with
Stenodyneriellus
; the latter has species with propodeal teeth beside the metanotum, and the dorsal surface of the propodeum variably developed. Thus,
Borsato (2003: 551)
stated of
Syneuodyneru aurantiacus
Giordani Soika 1993b
: “The shape of the upper carinae of the propodeum and of the scutellum would induce to place this taxon in the genus
Stenodyneriellus
. Only with a revision of the Australian species it will be possible to attribute correctly the taxa, characterized by upper carinae of the propodeum developed and ending with two teeth placed behind the postscutellum, to the genus
Stenodyneriellus
.”
In the keys by
Gusenleitner (2000)
,
Ebrahimi & Carpenter (2008)
and Carpenter
et al.
(2010) the Australian species do not run to
Syneuodynerus
, because they lack a transparent or translucent apical border on the first metasomal tergum. In the key of
Giordani Soika (1978)
they fail because the metanotum is not regularly convex. The Australian species do not really key out in these works. The similarities to species of
Stenodyneriellus
lead to reassignment of the species placed in
Syneuodynerus
to
Stenodyneriellus
.