Zethus (wasp)
| Zethus | |
|---|---|
| Zethus slossonae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Zethinae |
| Genus: | Zethus Fabricius, 1804 |
| Type species | |
| Vespa coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798 | |
| Species | |
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About 300 species see List of Zethus species | |
Zethus is a very large, mainly neotropical genus of potter wasps with some species representation also in the Nearctic, Afrotropical, Australian and Indomalayan regions.
The genus is subdivided into a few subgenera which nevertheless need a phylogenetic analysis to recognize their natural limits.