Genus Pseudepipona de Saussure, 1856

Pseudepipona de Saussure 1856: 309, 893; Blüthgen 1951: 186-194; Giordani Soika 1957: 129-137; van der Vecht and Fischer 1972: 82-87; van der Vecht and Carpenter 1990: 1-62. Type species: Odynerus herrichii de Saussure 1856 by monotypy.

Leptepipona Blüthgen 1951: 171, 194. Type species: " Pseudepipona tripunctata (Fabricius)" [= Vespa tripunctata Fabricius, 1787], by original designation.

Metepipona Blüthgen 1951: 193. Type species: Odynerus (Lionotus) peculiaris Morawitz, 1895, by original designation.

Trichepipona Blüthgen 1951: 171, 193. Type species: Odynerus lativentris de Saussure 1855, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Body black, largely with yellow or ferruginous or white markings (Figs 8-9, 26-27, 35-36, 46), or even the whole body almost ferruginous or yellow in some species (Figs 1, 18, 53-54); vertex with one fovea in female; propodeum with a raised horizontal carina between dorsal and posterior surfaces (Figs 5, 12, 23, 32, 42, 50, 59-60); propodeum with lateral tooth-like carina in subgenus Pseudepipona (Figs 5, 12, 23, 42, 50, 59-60); in male of subgenus Pseudepipona, mandible with three teeth, and with a deep tooth gap between the first one and the second one (Figs 4, 14, 31, 40, 58); T1 narrower than T2 and basally without a transverse carina.

Distribution.

Palearctic region.