Biology:Gamma (wasp)

Short description: Genus of wasps

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

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.

Wikidata ☰ Q4039255 entry