Knemodynerus fabulosus Selis 2024, comb. nov.
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Knemodynerus fabulosus (Giordani Soika, 1979) comb. nov.
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Euodynerus fabulosus Giordani Soika 1979: 241, figs. 6–7, ♀ —“ Niger: Dosso ” (NHMUK).
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. 9C). Published as part of Selis, Marco, 2024, Revision of the Afrotropical species of Euodynerus Dalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), pp. 365-380 in Zootaxa 5399 (4) on pages 376-377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.4, zenodo.org