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Anterhynchium (Epiodynerus) rufipes

Red-legged Mason-Wasp

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Red-legged Mason-Wasp

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE PNG/Australia - Marquesas

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - widespread; N.Group - unknown; Land

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest - household Nuisance

KEY FEATURES: Purple-black wasp with dark wings, orange legs and large orange jaws. Female to 17mm, male to 13mmTBL.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Orange legs are distinctive.

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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
P		P			P

Northern Group:
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

Anterhynchium (Epiodynerus) rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)
SYNONYMS: Odynerus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775); Epiodynerus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)

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: 2 specimens, 1925, G.Wilder, in BPBM ID Carpenter 1986 as Epiodynerus rufipes; specimens,1977, Krauss, in BPBM ID J.Carpenter 1986, as Epiodynerus rufipes; specimen+photo, 1999, BESO #415, ID GMcC from BPBM specimens as Epiodynerus rufipes; specimens, Arorangi upper beach and on fallow land, 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Anterhynchium (Epiodynerus) rufipes. Mangaia: 8 specimens, Ivirua on makatea 30m elev., 2004/9, M.Kuhlmann, in 2006 paper as Anterhynchium (Epiodynerus) rufipes, 2 males had phoretic mites. Atiu: 2 specimens, 1925, G.Wilder, in BPBM ID J.Carpenter 1986 as Epiodynerus rufipes; specimens 1976 Krauss, in BPBM ID J.Carpenter as Epiodynerus rufipes. Aitutaki: specimens, 1960 & 1976, Krauss, in BPBM ID J.Carpenter as Epiodynerus rufipes.

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, zD02

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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