Biology:Zetheumenidion

Short description: Genus of wasps

Zetheumenidion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Zethinae
Genus:	Zetheumenidion Bequaert, 1926
Type species
Zetheumenidion femoratum (Schultess, 1910)
Species
Zetheumenidion celonitiforme (Giordani Soika, 1944) Zetheumenidion femoratum femoratum (Schulthess, 1910) Zetheumenidion femoratum flavissimum Giordani Soika & Salt, 1987 Zetheumenidion hessei (Giordani Soika, 1944) Zetheumenidion invertitus (Giordani Soika, 1944) Zetheumenidion pulchripenne (Cameron, 1910)

Zetheumenidion is a small afrotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 5 species, one of them with two recognized subspecies. The species are distributed through southern and eastern Africa.

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.

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