Zethus (genus)

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Zethus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Zethus
Species

About 300 species

Zethus is a very large, mainly neotropical genus of potter wasps with some species representation also in the Nearctic, Afrotropical and Indomalayan regions. The genus is presently subdivided into a few subgenera which nevertheless need a phylogenetic analysis in order to recognize their natural limits.

[edit] Species of Zethus

See the separate list of Zethus species.

[edit] References

  • Bohart, R. M. and L. A. Stange. 1965. A revision of the genus Zethus Fabricius in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 40: 1-208.