Gamma (wasp)

Gamma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Gamma Zavattari, 1912
Type species
Pachymenes ventricosa Saussure, 1852
Species
Gamma bogotense (Zavattari, 1912) Gamma bolivianum Giordani Soika, 1990 Gamma gulielmi Cooper, 1999 Gamma iuquipa Cooper, 1999 Gamma saussurei (Zavattari, 1912) Gamma ventricosum (Saussure, 1852)

Gamma is a small neotropical, primarily northern Andean genus of potter wasps currently containing 6 recognized species.

References

• Giordani Soika, A. 1990. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Pachymenes Sauss., Santamenes n. gen., Brachymenes G. S., Pseudacaromenes G. S., Stenosigma G. S. e Gamma Zav. (Hymenoptera). Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 39: 71–172.
• Cooper, M. 1999b. New species of Gamma Zavattari (Hym., Vespidae, Eumeninae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 135: 183–186.