taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E38780FF80FFCF6496FC6FFEE71CDB.taxon	description	Euodynerus Dalla Torre 1904: 38, name for section II of division III of subgenus Leionotus of genus Odynerus Latreille in de Saussure (1853: 177) (40 species); declared available from date of publication by Opinion 893 (ICZN 1970) (no. 1873 of Official List of Generic Names in Zoology). Type species: Vespa dantici Rossi, 1790, by subsequent designation of Blüthgen (1938: 277); confirmed by Opinion 893 (no. 2331 of Official List of Specific Names in Zoology).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF83FFCA6496FD9EFEF11CDB.taxon	description	Figs. 1, 7 A	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF83FFCA6496FD9EFEF11CDB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Readily distinguished from other African Euodynerus by the following characters: head and mesosoma with dense long golden setae and lacking pubescence, mandible robust, mesosoma depressed with flattened mesoscutum and scutellum, tegula about 1.7 × as long as wide with short posterior lobe, outer margin markedly curved, T 1 with ill-defined translucent margin and nearly impunctate, T 2 with punctures becoming progressively coarser apically, pattern red and black with longitudinal yellow bands on metasoma, male F 11 bacilliform and straight. Genitalia in Fig. 7 A.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF83FFCA6496FD9EFEF11CDB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♁, labeled “ NIGER / Gaya / 21. X. 75 / G. Popov // Euodynerus gaya / HOLOTYPUS ♁ / det. Marco Selis ” (MSNVE).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF83FFCA6496FD9EFEF11CDB.taxon	description	Description. Male holotype. Body length 12.3 mm; fore wing length 10.2 mm. Head 0.8 × as high as wide in frontal view. Clypeus 1.1 × as long as wide, apical margin deeply emarginate and with translucent lamellar margin, 0.2 × as wide as width of clypeus; apical teeth triangular and pointed, with short but strong carinae; clypeus in lateral view weakly and evenly convex. Interantennal space sharply carinate and slightly bulging in upper part. Distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin 0.7 × as long as distance between posterior ocelli; distance between posterior ocellus and occipital carina 2.15 × as long as distance between posterior ocellus and inner eye margin; ocelli disposed as an obtuse triangle, distance between posterior ocelli 3 × as long as distance between anterior ocellus and posterior ocellus. Gena 0.55 × as wide as eye at bottom of ocular sinus, furrowed along occipital carina; vertex distinctly sloping posteriorly in lateral view; occipital carina complete, distinct but weak on vertex, highly lamellate and sinuate on gena. F 1 2.15 × as long as wide and 1.4 × as long as F 2; F 2 – F 10 distinctly longer than wide, becoming progressively shorter; F 7 – F 9 slightly curved in lateral view; F 11 in lateral view nearly straight with shallowly depressed dorsal face, the apex weakly reflexed, in dorsal view parallel-sided and straight in basal fourth, then bent outwards with converging margins, apex flattened dorsoventrally and rounded, reaching base of F 8. Mandible short and robust, four-toothed with basalmost tooth very small and almost completely fused to third tooth. Mesosoma in dorsal view 1.3 × as long as wide; depressed dorsoventrally with an almost entirely flattened dorsal face. Pronotum in dorsal view with converging and weakly convex sides, shallowly depressed behind humeri; pronotal carina lamellate on dorsal face, slightly shorter on median line and almost disappearing just below humeri, then sharp but not lamellate on lateral faces; humeri rounded; pretegular carina very sharp on whole length; oblique humeral carina absent, but dorsal and lateral faces sharply separated, lateral faces depressed. Mesoscutum 0.95 × as long as wide, barely convex on anterior half and flattened posteriorly; notauli extremely shallow and barely visible only along posterior margin of mesoscutum. Scutellum flattened with anterior margin slightly bulging in the middle, forming an even surface with mesoscutum but separated from it by a deep furrow; axillary fossa narrow and elongate, elliptical. Metanotum angled, with short horizontal dorsal face and much longer vertical posterior face; dorsal face short and very deeply furrowed in the middle, posterior face dorsally projecting due to strongly denticulate transverse carina; lateral longitudinal carinae very high and lamellate, much higher than metanotum itself. Tegula 1.7 × as long as wide, outer margin evenly curved, posterior lobe subtriangular, short and blunt, equaling parategula; parategula flattened and wide, curved with truncate apex. Mesepisternum convex; epicnemial carina exceeding transverse furrow above and reaching mesosternum below, where it bifurcates before disappearing, strongly lamellate below transverse furrow. Propodeum in lateral view forming a dorsal horizontal surface about as long as metanotum; dorsal faces strongly convex and laterally sloping; lateral faces flattened, shallowly furrowed above submarginal carina; posterior face evenly deeply concave, with a shallow longitudinal median carina dorsally replaced by a small subtriangular sclerite; dorsal carinae strong and shortly lamellate, gradually disappearing laterally and not reaching posterolateral corners, suddenly disappearing near metanotum; lateral carinae present as a strong fold on posterior half, but not sharp; inferior carinae strongly denticulate; submarginal carina dull, forming a sharp short lobe just above apex of valvula. T 1 in dorsal view trapezoidal with convex anterior margin, 1.95 × as wide as long; in lateral view with the weakly convex vertical face smoothly passing into the flattened horizontal face; apical margin translucent, more evidently on sides. S 1 crescent-shaped, with sharp basal carina separating it from basal petiole. T 2 0.8 × as long as wide in dorsal view, weakly convex with shallowly depressed preapical area; apical margin somewhat thickened and duplicated in median third. S 2 shallowly depressed, with slightly bulging basal corners; in lateral view bulging basally and then slightly convex to apex. S 7 flattened with broadly rounded apex. Genitalia in Fig. 7 A. Clypeus silky-shiny with sparse shallow punctures, interspaces larger than puncture diameter and with extremely fine shagreen. Frons shiny with deep dense punctures, interspaces mostly narrower than puncture diameter and very finely shagreened; ocular sinus mostly impunctate in lower half; vertex and gena with punctures larger and sparser than on frons. Scape weakly shiny and densely micropunctate, with sparse small punctures. Dorsal face of pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum sculpted similar to vertex, but punctures larger and deeper, partly arranged in irregular transverse or oblique series; lateral faces of pronotum largely impunctate in dorsal third, densely and coarsely punctate below; anterior face of pronotum smooth except for fine setae-bearing punctures along upper margin and on anterior part. Tegula shiny, with deep sparse punctures on anterior and posterior lobes, disc impunctate and shiny. Metanotum very densely and coarsely punctate, interspaces reduced to sharp ridges on dorsal face. Mesepisternum with large flat-bottomed punctures arranged in vertical series, with only some very short interspaces in lower half; epicnemium finely shagreened and silky-shiny; mesosternum sparsely punctate with irregular transverse striation. Metaepisternum weakly shiny and almost entirely smooth, except for few shallow punctures along ventral margin. Dorsal faces of propodeum with dense flat-bottomed punctures, interspaces shiny and large in anterior third, reduced to narrow ridges posteriorly; posterior face weakly shiny and shagreened, with some punctures along upper margin and obliquely striate along median carina; lateral faces matte with sparse shallow flat-bottomed punctures, Partly arranged in series. Metasoma velvety due to dense shagreen; T 1 mostly impunctate, with few scattered fine punctures along basal curvature and on disc, some coarse dense punctures along lateral margins; T 2 with sparse oblique punctures, coarser and denser on apical fourth, almost disappearing on lateral thirds; T 3 – T 6 sculpted similar to apex of T 2 but punctures progressively finer and sparser; T 7 shagreened and impunctate; S 1 irregularly punctate and rugose; S 2 with deep punctures, interspaces mostly wider than puncture diameter; S 3 – S 6 similar to respective tergites but punctures finer; S 7 silky-shiny with very dense shagreen and sparse very fine punctures. Head, mesosoma and legs with golden setae, longer than ocellar diameter on dorsal side of mesosoma and much shorter on legs, each seta originating from the bottom of a puncture, pubescence inconspicuous and barely visible at high magnification on dorsal side of mesosoma only; clypeus with short appressed whitish setae and inconspicuous pubescence on upper margin; propodeum with whitish pubescence on lateral faces and long white setae on inferior carinae; metasoma with extremely fine dark pubescence giving a velvety appearance to the tergites, less evident on sternites, points bearing short oblique setae, slightly longer on sternites; apical margin of S 7 with a brush of very dense black setae, preceded by a sparser series of golden setae. Head, mesosoma and legs entirely red, with most of face and lower side of scape yellow and irregular black markings around ocelli and on mesoscutum; metasoma black with lateral longitudinal yellow bands, starting as an isolate spot on T 1, red markings on sides of T 1, most of T 7 and nearly whole sternites. Wings bicolor, reddishhyaline in basal half, infuscate with purplish reflections in apical half. Female. Unknown.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF83FFCA6496FD9EFEF11CDB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Niger (Fig. 8).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF83FFCA6496FD9EFEF11CDB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is in reference to the locality where the holotype was collected, Gaya. It is a noun in apposition.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF85FFC86496FB33FCB01B43.taxon	description	Figs. 2, 7 B	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF85FFC86496FB33FCB01B43.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Readily distinguished from other African Euodynerus by the following characters: head and mesosoma with sparse short pale setae and pubescence, mandible robust, mesosoma depressed with flattened mesoscutum and scutellum, tegula about 2 × as long as wide with long posterior lobe, outer margin weakly curved, T 1 with ill-defined translucent margin and nearly impunctate, T 2 with punctures becoming progressively coarser apically, pattern red and black without yellow markings, male F 11 bacilliform and straight. Genitalia in Fig. 7 B.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF85FFC86496FB33FCB01B43.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. HOLOTYPE OF RHYNCHIUM HISTRIONICUM: “ histrionicum / Gerst. / (caput falsum!) // Type // Mozambique / Tette / Peters S. // 2662 ” (ZMHB). ANGOLA: Bruco, 26. II – 2. III. 1972, 1 ♁ (MSNVE); ERITREA: Cheren, 1894, leg. D. F. Derchi, 1 ♁ (MSVI); MALAWI: Salima, Grand Beach Hotel, 25. II. 1975, leg. G. G. M. Schulthen, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); MOZAΜBIQUE: Port. E. Africa, Valley of Kola R., near E Mt. Chiperone, 1500 – 2000 ft., 6. IV. 1913, leg. S. A. Neave, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); Zambesi, Caia, 10. XI. 1910, leg. H. Swale, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); SOUTH AFRICA: Transvaal, Punda Milia, 900 ft., Kruger P., 22. II. 1969, leg. R. T. Simon Thomas, 1 ♁ 1 ♀ (MSNVE); Zululand, Mfongosi, IV. 1923, leg. Jones, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); TANZANIA: SE edge Ruaha N, Mkwawa, 13 - 17. XII. 2014, leg. S. Prepsl, 1 ♁ 1 ♀ (MSVI); ZAΜBIA: N. E. Rhodesia, Mid-Luangwa Valley, 1800 ft., 23 – 31. VIII. 1910, leg. S. A. Neave, 1 ♀ (MSNVE).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF85FFC86496FB33FCB01B43.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Angola, Botswana, Eritrea *, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Bequaert 1918; Carpenter et al. 2009; Gerstäcker 1857, 1862; Gribodo 1895; Radoszkovsky 1881; Selis & Carpenter 2023; von Schulthess 1899, 1922 a, 1922 b) (Fig. 8). Notes. Carpenter et al. (2009) reported this species as present in Namibia, citing von Schulthess (1922 b) as source of this occurrence. In fact, the cited paper only reports localities in Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique and South Africa. The species is expected to be found in Namibia too, but we currently do not have any confirmed occurrence from that country. The male from Cheren (Eritrea) could represent a different species, being collected very far away from the rest of the distributional area of the species and having some differences in clypeus, F 11 and propodeal denticulation. The differences are rather subtle and could be consequences of the reduced size of the specimen, therefore they are tentatively regarded as intraspecific variation; moreover, no differences could be found in the genitalia. More material is needed to ascertain whether the Eastern African population represents a different species or just a local form of Euodynerus histrionicus. Euodynerus histrionicus and the newly described E. gaya form a rather peculiar group inside of Euodynerus, currently known from sub-Saharan Africa only and well-differentiated from the Palaearctic taxa, including the other species included in the present revision. This group is characterized by more robust mandibles, markedly depressed and relatively elongate mesosoma, translucent margin of T 1 not distinct, and F 11 of male bacilliform and dorsally depressed. Similar characters are observed in another Afrotropical genus related to Euodynerus, Proepipona Giordani Soika, in which Giordani Soika considered E. histrionicus to belong according to labels pinned under specimens in his collection. However, E. histrionicus and E. gaya show several characters observed in Euodynerus but not in Proepipona: vertex of female without large transverse impunctate area, mesepisternum with strongly developed epicnemial carina, tegula elongate with long posterior lobe and weakly curved outer margin, metanotum markedly angled and with denticulate transverse carina, and propodeum strongly carinate. It is possible that E. histrionicus and E. gaya will prove to not belong to Euodynerus s. str., but a thorough revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus is needed to ascertain the relationships between Euodynerus, Proepipona and these two aberrant species; for this reason, they are kept in Euodynerus for the time being.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF87FFC96496FC4BFCFC191F.taxon	description	Figs. 3, 7 C	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF87FFC96496FC4BFCFC191F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Readily distinguished from other African Euodynerus by the following characters: occipital carina and pronotal carina bent on sides, mesosoma not depressed, T 1 with sharply defined translucent margin, T 1 – 2 densely and evenly punctate with very narrow interspaces, pattern black and orange with entirely orange T 1, T 2 entirely black or orange spotted, T 3 and following tergites black, male F 11 digitiform and weakly curved. Genitalia in Fig. 7 C.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF87FFC96496FC4BFCFC191F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CHAD: Tibesti, Deli 50 km S Fada, 18. IX. 1949, leg. De Mirè, 2 ♁ (MSNVE); EGYPT: Wadi Hussein, 31. V. 1919, leg. Adair, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); ERITREA: Africa or., Katona, Assab, 10. III – 3. IV. 1907, 1 ♁ 1 ♀ (MSNVE); Massaua, I. 1900, leg. P. Magretti, 2 ♁ 1 ♀ (MSNVE); JORDAN: Araba Reserve, Wadi Araba Camp Site (N. R. A. Camp), 31. III. 1995, leg. D. P. I. T., 1 ♀ (MSVI); OΜAN: Masirah Is., RAF camp, 15 – 19. IV. 1976, leg. K. Guichard, 2 ♁ 1 ♀ (MSNVE); PAKISTAN: Karachi, 15. VIII. 1932, 1 ♁ 1 ♀ (MSNVE); Karachi, leg. T. R. Bell, 1 ♁ (MSNVE); SAUDI ARABIA: Madain Salih, IV. 1946, 1 ♀ (MSNVE, paratype of Pseudepipona nilotica saudita); SUDAN: Khartum, 10 – 21. IX. 1935, leg. A. Mochi, 1 ♁ 3 ♀ (MSNVE); Wadi Halfa, 11. II. 1962, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); 2. Nilkatarakt, 10. II. 1962, 1 ♁ (MSNVE); YEΜEN: Aden, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); Socotra, Hadibo Plain, 0 – 500 m, 30. IV. 1967, leg. K. Guichard, 1 ♀ (MSNVE); Socotra, Hadibo Plain, 19. III. 1967, leg. K. Guichard, 1 ♀ (MSNVE).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF87FFC96496FC4BFCFC191F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan *, Oman * (including Masirah), Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (including Socotra) (de Saussure 1855; Giordani Soika 1934, 1935, 1940, 1954, 1957, 1970, 1974; Guichard 1986; von Schulthess 1921, 1922, 1928) (Fig. 8). Notes. Other than the nominotypical one, two other subspecies of E. niloticus are currently recognized: E. niloticus ebneri (von Schulthess), ranging from northeast Africa to Pakistan, and E. niloticus sauditus (Giordani Soika), from the Arabian Peninsula. The three subspecies are differentiated by the extension of red markings on the sides of T 2, but examination of several specimens proved this character to be highly variable even in the same locality and did not allow finding any morphological difference. For these reasons, all the subspecies are synonymized under the nominal one. Giordani Soika (1957) stated the holotype of Pseudepipona nilotica saudita to be in his collection, now housed in MSNVE, but only a female paratype was found during the recent reorganization of the collection (cf. Dal Pos et al. 2022). It could be lost or housed in NHMUK, as happens for other types of Palaearctic Eumeninae (e. g. Leptochilus locuples Giordani Soika; A. Fateryga pers. comm.).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF89FFC66496FF56FCFE1A9C.taxon	description	Figs. 4, 7 D	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF89FFC66496FF56FCFE1A9C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Readily distinguished from other African Euodynerus by the following characters: occipital carina strongly developed and lamellate on sides, outer margin of tegula strongly curved, dorsal carina of propodeum strongly lamellate, body size small (body length 5.0 – 7.5 mm) and pattern with rich yellow markings, male F 11 subtriangular and straight. Genitalia in Fig. 7 D.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF89FFC66496FF56FCFE1A9C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. SAUDI ARABIA: El Riyadh, 18. IX. 1958, leg. Dr. Diehl, 1 ♁ (MSNVE); El Riyadh, 8. IV. 1959, leg. Dr. Diehl, 1 ♁ (MSNVE).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF89FFC66496FF56FCFE1A9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Chad, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (Giordani Soika 1952, 1954; Guichard 1986; Gusenleitner 2010) (Fig. 8). Notes. Giordani Soika (1973) stated the lectotype to be in his collection, now housed in MSNVE, but it was not found during the recent reorganization of the collection (cf. Dal Pos et al. 2022). It could be lost or housed in NHMUK, as happens for other types of Palaearctic Eumeninae.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF88FFC46496FF56FC071A1B.taxon	description	Figs. 5, 7 E	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF88FFC46496FF56FC071A1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Readily distinguished from other African Euodynerus by the following characters: mesosoma not depressed, T 1 with sharply defined translucent margin, T 1 – 2 sparsely punctate with interspaces as wide as several punctures, S 2 strongly bulging with a basal vertical face, pattern black with few whitish markings, male F 11 digitiform and weakly curved. Genitalia in Fig. 7 E.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF88FFC46496FF56FC071A1B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. CAPE VERDE: S. Thiago, Orgaos Grandes, V. 1898, leg. L. Fea, 1 ♁ 1 ♀ (MSNVE, paralectotypes of Odynerus semiaethiopicus).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF88FFC46496FF56FC071A1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cape Verde (Giordani Soika 1943; Gusenleitner 2000) (Fig. 8). Notes. Gusenleitner (2000) described Euodynerus albomaculatus comparing it to the unrelated Nearctic species E. megaera (Lepeletier) and stating that the shape of S 2 was not known in other Euodynerus species, overlooking the Cape Verde endemic E. semiaethiopicus. Photos of the holotype of E. albomaculatus were examined and compared with a pair of paralectotypes of E. semiaethiopicus, allowing the finding of subtle differences in the width of the apical margin of clypeus and density of punctures at apex of T 2 only. These differences are here regarded as simple intraspecific variability, making E. albomaculatus a junior synonym.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF8BFFC56496FD73FD3E1EA4.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF8BFFC56496FD73FD3E1EA4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Readily distinguished from other African Euodynerus by the following characters: occipital carina and pronotal carina evenly curved on sides, mesosoma not depressed, T 1 with sharply defined translucent margin, T 1 – 2 densely and evenly punctate with interspaces at least as wide as punctures, pattern black and orange with T 1 and T 2 orange at apex and on sides, T 3 and following segments almost entirely orange, male F 11 digitiform and weakly curved.	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF8BFFC56496FD73FD3E1EA4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. YEΜEN: Socotra, Hadibo, 21. II. 1953, leg. G. Popov, 1 ♀ (MSNVE) (Fig. 8).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF8BFFC56496FD73FD3E1EA4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Yemen: Socotra (Giordani Soika 1934, 1940; Kohl 1907). Species erroneously placed in Euodynerus	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF8AFFC26496F8CAFCFC1883.taxon	description	Fig. 9	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
03E38780FF8AFFC26496F8CAFCFC1883.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. NIGER: Gaya, 20. XI. 1976, 1 ♀ (MSNVE, paratype). Distribution. Niger (Giordani Soika 1979). Notes. This species was described as Euodynerus fabulosus by Giordani Soika (1979), but examination of a paratype showed that this species should be transferred to the genus Knemodynerus Blüthgen, having an elongate tegula with the posterior lobe covering the parategula (Fig. 9 C).	en	Selis, Marco (2024): Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5399 (4): 365-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4
