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Zethus Fabricius

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Vespidae; Subfamily: Eumeninae)

Zethus Fabricius, 1804. Type species: Vespa coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798.

  Zethus delagoensis Dalla Torra, 1904
  Zethus madecassus von Schulthess Rechberg, 1907 (Madagascar)
  Zethus pubescens Smith, 1857
  Zethus rodhaini Bequaert, 1918
  Zethus rothschildanus (du Buysson, 1906) (Kenya)

Distribution

 

Biology

 

Reference

Bequaert J., 1918. A Revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo Based on the Collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, With A List of Ethiopian Diplopterous Wasps. Bulletin A. M. N. H, Vol. 39: 2-384.

Carpenter J. M., 1986. A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche, Vol 93: 61-90.

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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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