(17) Apodynerus troglodytes troglodytes (de Saussure, 1855)

Figs 59-61, 147-149

Odynerus troglodytes de Saussure, 1855: 249, "le Sénégal” (likely an error), MRSN. Type: male.

Material examined.

CHINA: Hong Kong: 5♀, Pak Sha O, Malaise trap, 27.ix.-04.x.2004, 26.ix.-18.x.2009, 30.iv-15.v.2010, 15-31.v.2010 & 05-18.v.2018, UTM: 50Q KK 242849,70m, refs.: M024.C.Hy.3 [CBC], M067.C.Hy.13 [CBC], M075.C.Hy.7, leg. C. Barthélémy [AMNH], M076C.Hy.2 [CBC] & M346.C.Hy.2 [CBC]; 3♀, Mang Kung Wo, Malaise trap, 14-28.iv.2018, 12-26.v.2018 & 21.vii.-04.viii.2018, UTM: 50Q KK 174 760, 60m, refs.: M342. C.Hy. 2, M348. C.Hy. 6 & M356.C. Hy. 1 all [CBC] ; 1♀, Ping Shan Chai, Malaise trap, 14-28.vii.2018, UTM: 50Q KK 106 893, 140m, ref.: M354. D.Hy. 1 [CBC] .

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Yunnan); India; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Malaysia; Singapore; Indonesia; Philippines.

Remarks.

A frequent wasp in Hong Kong. It is a tube renter; Barthélémy (2012) reported on its nesting biology as Apodynerus sp.1.