First data on the bionomics of Brachyodynerus magnificus magnificus (Morawitz, 1867) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) Author Budashkin, Yury I. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-08-29 4312 2 343 354 journal article 32267 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.2.9 64da3846-620e-4bfe-9012-76d9838ee76e 1175-5326 852930 E8D56748-C21D-4798-A562-24F4Dc9Cb1C3 Genus Brachyodynerus Blüthgen, 1938 Brachyodynerus Blüthgen 1938 : 450 . Type species: Odynerus magnificus Morawitz 1867 , by original designation (as “ Lionotus magnificus Mor. ”); Giordani Soika 1970 : 127 –131; van der Vecht & Fischer 1972 : 76 –77; Kurzenko 1977 : 560 – 561; 1981: 104; Tobias & Kurzenko 1978 : 170 ; Gusenleitner 2000 : 52 ; 2004: 1100–1101 ; 2011: 1128; 2013a: 19–20. Brachyodynerus Blüthgen, 1938 is a Palaearctic genus that includes nine species from East and South Europe, North Africa, Western and Central Asia (van der Vecht & Fischer 1972 ; Kurzenko 1981 ; Gusenleitner 2013a ); one species, Brachyodynerus perrarus Kurzenko, 1977 was described from China (west of Inner Mongolia). Representatives of the genus differ from other related genera of the tribe Odynerini ( sensu Hermes et al. 2014 ) by the extremely large tegula that is rounded posteriorly and coarsely sculpted, and by their propodeal valvula having a noticeable spine-like upper lobe. Species of this genus are small but usually brightly colored wasps. The bionomics of the genus were previously unknown. Species included. Brachyodynerus binominatus Blüthgen, 1939 ( Algeria , Israel ), B. chloroticus Gusenleitner, 2004 ( Turkey ) , B. djebaili Giordani Soika, 1983 ( Algeria , Tunisia , Jordan ), B. kopetdagicus ( Kostylev, 1940 ) ( Turkey , Turkmenistan ), B. kusdasi Gusenleitner, 1967 ( Turkey ) , B. magnificus luxorius ( Kostylev, 1929a ) ( Armenia , Turkmenistan ), B. magnificus magnificus ( Morawitz, 1867 ) ( Russia , Romania , Ukraine , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Turkey , Kazakhstan ), B. perrarus Kurzenko, 1977 ( Kazakhstan , China ), B. quadrimaculatus (André, 1884) ( Russia , Greece , Turkey , Azerbaijan ), B. zhelochovtzevi ( Kostylev, 1929b ) ( Iran , Central Asia, Kazakhstan ).