BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Odynerus melanocephalus (Gmelin) (Black Headed Mason Wasp)
Suggested Literature
Odynerus melanocephalus may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Odynerus melanocephalus is associated with:
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female | Curculionidae - weevils (Coleoptera) | female stocks nest with larva | 
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Macdonald, M.A., in prep. |
There may be more taxa associated with Odynerus melanocephalus listed at higher taxonomic level
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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) |
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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
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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 |
