Synagris

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Synagris

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Synagris

Subgenera and species

Paragris

Synagris abyssinica Guerin, 1848
Synagris aestuans (Fabricius, 1781)
Synagris analis Saussure, 1856
Synagris calida (Linne, 1758)
Synagris crassipes Kohl, 1894
Synagris elephas Andre, 1895
Synagris fasciata Mocsary, 1903
Synagris huberti Saussure, 1856
Synagris kohli Maidl, 1914
Synagris maxillosa Saussure, 1863
Synagris mirabilis Guerin, 1848
Synagris negusi Buysson, 1906
Synagris ornatissima Maidl, 1914
Synagris parvula Schulthess, 1928
Synagris rubescens Soika, 1989
Synagris rufopicta Tullgren, 1904
Synagris spiniventris (Illiger, 1802)
Synagris spinosuscula Saussure, 1852
Synagris stridens Soika, 1987

Pseudagris

Synagris aterrima Maidl, 1914
Synagris carinata Saussure, 1863
Synagris junodiana Schulthess, 1899
Synagris versicolor Schulthess, 1914

Rhynchagris

Synagris mediocarinata Soika, 1944
Synagris vicaria Stadelmann, 1897

Synagris

Synagris cornuta (Linne, 1758)
Synagris proserpina Gribodo, 1891
Synagris fulva Mocsary, 1903

Synagris is a afrotropical genus of large potter wasps. Several Synagris wasps are strongly sexually dimorphic and males bear notable morphological secondary sexual traits including metasomal lamellar or angular protruding structures and hornlike or tusklike mandibular and/or clypeal projections.

The few species of Synagris with known biology are also notable for guarding their nests and even attending and feeding their larvae during their development (progressive provisioning), a primitively social behavior unusual among eumenines, which normally practice mass provisioning.

There are 4 subgenera and 28 species currently recognized.