The overwhelming morphological diversity of the
potter wasp
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Mud dauber wasps, which al ...
species is reflected in the proliferation of genera described to group them into more manageable groups. The following 200 genera are recognized as valid. An additional 16 genera previously treated under this subfamily have been split into the
Zethinae.
Genera
Tribe
Eumenini
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Afreumenes''
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Alphamenes''
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Cyphomenes''
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Delta
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
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Eumenes
Eumenes (; ; ) was a Ancient Greece, Greek general, satrap, and Diadoch, Successor of Alexander the Great. He participated in the Wars of Alexander the Great, serving as Alexander's personal secretary and later on as a battlefield commander. Eume ...
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Ischnogasteroides''
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Katamenes''
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Laevimenes''
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Minixi''
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Omicroides''
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Omicron
Omicron (, ; uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, ) is the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. This letter is derived from the Phoenician letter ayin: . In classical Greek, omicron represented the close-mid back rounded vowel in contrast to '' o ...
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Oreumenes''
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Pachymenes
''Pachymenes'' is a small but widely distributed Neotropical genus of potter wasp
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan wasp group currently considered a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometime ...
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Pachyminixi''
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Pararhaphidoglossa''
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Phimenes''
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Pirhosigma''
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Santamenes''
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Sphaeromenes''
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Stenosigma''
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Zeta
Zeta (, ; uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; , , classical or ''zē̂ta''; ''zíta'') is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician letter zay ...
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Tribe
Odynerini (paraphyletic)
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Abispa''
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Acanthodynerus''
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Acarepipona''
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Acarodynerus''
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Acarozumia''
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Aethiopicodynerus''
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Afrepipona''
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Afrepsilon''
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Afrodynerus''
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Afrogamma''
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Afroxanthodynerus''
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Alastor
Alastor (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλάστωρ, English translation: "avenger") refers to a number of people and concepts in Greek mythology:
*Alastor, an epithet of the Greek God Zeus, according to Hesychius of Alexandria and the ''Etymologicum Ma ...
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Alastoroides''
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Alastorynerus''
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Allepipona''
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Allodynerus''
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Allorhynchium''
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Ancistroceroides''
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Ancistrocerus
''Ancistrocerus'' is a widely distributed genus of potter wasps present in many biogeographical regions of the world. They are nonpetiolate eumenine wasps with a transverse ridge at the bending summit of the first metasomal tergum and with a l ...
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Antamenes''
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Antepipona''
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Anterhynchium''
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Antezumia''
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Antodynerus''
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Apodynerus''
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Archancistrocerus''
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Aruodynerus''
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Asiodynerus''
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Astalor''
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Australodynerus''
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Brachymenes''
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Brachyodynerus''
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Brachypipona''
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Carinstrocerus''
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Cephalastor''
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Cephalochilus''
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Cephalodynerus''
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Chelodynerus''
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Chlorodynerus''
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Coeleumenes''
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Convextrocerus''
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Cuyodynerus''
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Cyphodynerus''
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Cyrtalastor''
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Cyrteumenes''
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Cyrtolabulus''
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Diemodynerus''
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Dolichodynerus''
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Ectopioglossa''
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Elisella''
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Emeryrhynchium''
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Epiodynerus''
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Epsilon
Epsilon (, ; uppercase , lowercase or ; ) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a mid front unrounded vowel or . In the system of Greek numerals it also has the value five. It was derived from the Phoenic ...
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Erodynerus''
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Eudiscoelius''
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Eumenidiopsis''
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Eumicrodynerus''
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Euodynerus
''Euodynerus'' is a genus of potter wasps with a mainly Holarctic distribution, though a number of species extend through Indomalayan, Australasian, Afrotropical and northern Neotropical regions. Also, a single species is reported from Hawaii.
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Eustenancistrocerus''
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Extreuodynerus''
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Flammodynerus''
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Flavoleptus''
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Gamma
Gamma (; uppercase , lowercase ; ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter normally repr ...
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Gastrodynerus''
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Gibberrhynchium''
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Gioiella''
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Giordania''
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Globepipona''
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Globodynerus''
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Gribodia''
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Gymnomerus''
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Hemipterochilis''
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Hemipterochilus''
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Hirtocoelius''
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Hypalastoroides''
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Hypancistrocerus
''Hypancistrocerus'' is a rather small neotropical genus of potter wasps which is very close to the Genus ''Stenodynerus''. The species included in the genus are:
* '' Hypancistrocerus abdominalis'' (Fox, 1902)
* '' Hypancistrocerus advena'' (Sa ...
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Hypodynerus''
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Immutatus''
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Incodynerus''
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Indodynerus''
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Intereuodynerus''
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Interzumia''
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Irianmenes''
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Jucancistrocerus''
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Knemodynerus''
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Labochilus''
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Labus''
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Lamellodynerus''
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Latimenes''
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Leptochiloides''
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Leptochilus''
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Leptodynerus''
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Leptomenes''
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Leptomenoides''
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Leptomicrodynerus''
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Leucodynerus''
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Lissepipona''
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Lissodynerus''
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Malagassodynerus''
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Malayepipona''
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Malgachemenes''
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Maricopodynerus''
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Megaodynerus''
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Micreumenes''
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Microdynerus''
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Mitrodynerus''
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Monobia''
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Monodynerus''
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Montezumia''
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Nesodynerus''
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Nestocoelius''
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Nirtenia''
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Nortozumia''
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Odynerus
''Odynerus'' is a primarily Holarctic genus of potter wasps.
The name of this genus has been widely used as a root to construct many other genus-level names for potter wasps with non-petiolated metasoma, such as ''Euodynerus'', ''Acarodynerus'', ...
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Okinawepipona''
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Omicrabulus''
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Onychopterocheilus''
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Orancistrocerus''
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Oreumenoides''
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Orientalicesa ''
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Ovodynerus''
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Pachodynerus''
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Paragymnomerus''
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Paralastor''
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Paraleptomenes''
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Paralionotulus''
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Parancistrocerus
''Parancistrocerus'' is a rather large genus of potter wasps whose distribution spans the Nearctic, eastern Palearctic, Oriental and Neotropical regions. A pair of medial pits on the anterior face of the pronotum and the expansion of the tegula ...
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Pararrhynchium''
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Paravespa''
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Parazumia''
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Pareumenes''
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Parifodynerus''
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Parodontodynerus''
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Parodynerus''
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Plagiolabra''
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Polistepipona''
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Postepipona''
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Proepipona''
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Pseudabispa''
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Pseudacaromenes''
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Pseudagris''
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Pseudalastor''
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Pseudepipona''
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Pseudochilus''
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Pseudodontodynerus''
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Pseudodynerus
''Pseudodynerus'' is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) currently containing 16 species.
The known species are:
*''Pseudodynerus auratoides'' (Bertoni)
*''Pseudodynerus carpenteri'' Hermes & Melo
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Pseudoleptochilus''
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Pseudonortonia''
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Pseudosymmorphus''
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Pseudozumia''
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Pseumenes''
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Pterocheilus''
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Raphiglossoides''
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Rhynchagris''
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Rhynchalastor''
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Rhynchium''
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Rugomenes''
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Smeringodynerus''
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Spinilabochilus''
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Stellepipona''
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Stenancistrocerus''
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Stenodyneriellus''
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Stenodynerus
''Stenodynerus'' is a rather large genus of potter wasps whose distribution spans the Nearctic, Palearctic, Oriental and Neotropical regions. Most of its species lack a transverse carina on the first metasomal tergum. A pair of medial pits on ...
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Stenonartonia''
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Stroudia''
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Subancistrocerus''
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Symmorphoides''
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Symmorphus''
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Synagris
''Synagris'' is an Afrotropical genus of large potter wasps. Several ''Synagris'' wasps are strongly sexually dimorphic and males bear notable morphological secondary sexual traits including metasomal lamellar or angular protruding structures a ...
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Syneuodynerus''
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Tachyancistrocerus''
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Tachymenes''
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Trachyodynerus''
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Tricarinodynerus''
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Tropidodynerus''
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Tuleara''
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Ubirodynerus''
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Xanthodynerus''
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Xenorhynchium''
References
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*Carpenter, J.M. 1986. A synonymic generic checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche 93: 61–90.
*Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2009. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part I: Introduction, Key to Genera, Genera ''Aethiopicodynerus'' Gusenleitner 1997 to ''Cyrtolabulus'' van der Vecht 1969. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 41 (1): 513-638.
*Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010a. 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 Biologischer Beitrage 42 (1): 95-315.
*Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010b. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part III: Classification, additions, corrections and index. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 42 (2): 919-1004.
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