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Zethus Fabricius 1804

Description

Genus Zethus Fabricius, 1804

Zethus Fabricius, 1804: xii, 282,. Type species: Zethus coeruleo-pennis Fab. [= Vespa coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798], by subsequent designation of Latreille 1810: 328, 438.

Diagnosis

Metasoma petiolate, TI in dorsal view with width half or less that of TII, and usually at least twice as long as wide. Propodeum with orifice acutely pointed dorsally, apical margin produced above valvulae, valvula elongate and quadrate. Labial palp four-segmented. Tegula moderately sized, not reaching much beyond anterior edge of scutellum

Notes

Published as part of Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen & James M. Carpenter, 2016, Taxonomic review of the genus Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam with descriptions of four new species, pp. 1-9 in Entomological Science 2016 on pages 1-2, DOI: 10.1111/ens.12218, http://zenodo.org/record/269807

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Eumenidae
Genus
Zethus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Zethus Fabricius, 1804 sec. Phuong & Carpenter, 2016

References

  • Fabricius JC (1804) Systema Piezatorum, secundum: Ordines, Genera, Species adiectis Synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Carolum Reichard, Brunsvigae.
  • Latreille PA (1810) Considerations Generales sur l ' Ordre Naturel des Animaux composant les Classes des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Methodique de leurs Genres, disposes en Familles. F. Schoell, Paris.