Zethinae
| Zethinae | |
|---|---|
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| Zethus spinipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Zethinae |
| Genera | |
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16 genera (see text) | |
The Zethinae are a subfamily of wasps in the family Vespidae, the members of which are referred to as potter wasps owing to their method of nest construction.
Taxonomy
[edit]Zethines were formerly included in the subfamily Eumeninae, also known as potter wasps, as the tribe Zethini until it was recognized that the zethine lineage rendered Eumeninae paraphyletic.[1]
Genera
[edit]- Argentozethus Stange, 1979
- Australozethus Giordani Soika, 1969
- Calligaster de Saussure, 1852
- Ctenochilus de Saussure 1856
- Deuterodiscoelius Dalla Torre, 1904
- Discoelius Latreille, 1809
- Elimus de Saussure, 1852
- Ischnocoelia Perkins, 1908
- Macrocalymma Perkins, 1908
- Pachycoelius Giordani Soika, 1969
- Paramischocyttarus Magretti, 1884
- Protodiscoelius Dalla Torre, 1904
- Psiliglossa Saunders, 1872
- Raphiglossa Saunders, 1850
- Zetheumenidion Bequaert, 1926
- Zethus Fabricius, 1804
References
[edit]- ↑ PK Piekarski, JM Carpenter, AR Lemmon, E Moriarty-Lemmon, BJ Sharanowski (2018) Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution. doi:10.1093/molbev/msy124