Zetheumenidion

Zetheumenidion
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Zethinae
Genus:
Bequaert, 1926
Type species
Zetheumenidion femoratum
(Schultess, 1910)

Zetheumenidion is a small afrotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 11 species, one of them previously with two subspecies. The species are distributed through southern and eastern Africa.

  • Zetheumenidion abruptum Selis, 2024
  • Zetheumenidion celonitiforme (Giordani Soika, 1944)
  • Zetheumenidion concinnoide Selis, 2024
  • Zetheumenidion femoratum (Schulthess, 1910)
  • Zetheumenidion flavissimum Giordani Soika & Salt, 1987
  • Zetheumenidion hessei (Giordani Soika, 1944)
  • Zetheumenidion invertitum (Giordani Soika, 1944)
  • Zetheumenidion latum Selis, 2024
  • Zetheumenidion minimum Selis, 2024
  • Zetheumenidion paeneplanum (Bequaert, 1926)
  • Zetheumenidion pulchripenne (Cameron, 1910)

References

  • Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. (2010). A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus Fabricius 1804 and Species Incertae Sedis. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 95-315.
  • Selis, M. (2024). Revision of the Afrotropical genus Zetheumenidion Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5406(1): 37–65.