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Pachodynerus nasidens

Keyhole Wasp

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Keyhole Wasp

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Lango Pātia (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Neotropics; EXOTIC EXOTIC Pacific, including New Caledonia - Societies

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group - common; N.Group - common; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest - household Nuisance

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++		+++			+++

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			++

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille, 1817)
SYNONYMS: Odynerus nasidens [O]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Vespoidea; VESPIDAE sf.Eumeninae. COMMENT: Other family names: Paper Wasp, Potter Wasp, Paper-nest Wasp, Pollen Wasp, Hornet, Yellow-jacket Wasp.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimens+photo, 1980s, G.McCormack with ID as Pachodynerus nasidens; specimens, Arorangi upper beach and fallow land, 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Pachodynerus nasidens; Mangaia: specimens, Ivirua on makatea 30m elev. & in Taro plots, 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Pachodynerus nasidens; Rarotonga: fieldspecimens+photo, c2000, G.McCormack with ID as Pachodynerus nasidens. Pukapuka: specimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Pachodynerus nasidens, to BPBM.

References:
Special Reference: Kuhlmann, M. (2006) Fauna and Biogeography of the Bees and Wasps of the Cook Islands (Hymenoptera Aculeata), J. Hym. Res. 15(1):26-37.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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