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Odynerus melanocephalus (Gmelin) (Black Headed Mason Wasp)

Suggested Literature

Odynerus melanocephalus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
VESPOIDEA EUMENIDAE
(potter and mason wasps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Odynerus melanocephalus is associated with:

Photos female Curculionidae - weevils (Coleoptera) female stocks nest with larva UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

There may be more taxa associated with Odynerus melanocephalus listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Odynerus melanocephalus:

food store food store is kleptoparasitised larva Pseudospinolia neglecta - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chrysis viridula - a rubytail wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) Archer, M.E., 2000

Odynerus melanocephalus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
EUMENIDAE
(potter and mason wasps)

References

Archer, M.E., 2000 The British Potter and Mason Wasps (Hymeoptera: Vespidae; Eumeninae) - A Handbook
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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