''Zetheumenidion'' is a small
afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
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 sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Mud dauber wasps, which al ...
s currently containing 11 species, one of them previously with two subspecies. The species are distributed through southern and eastern
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
.
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Zetheumenidion abruptum''
Selis, 2024
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Zetheumenidion celonitiforme''
( Giordani Soika, 1944)
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Zetheumenidion concinnoide''
Selis, 2024
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Zetheumenidion femoratum''
(Schulthess Schulthess is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anna Pestalozzi-Schulthess (1738–1815), Swiss educator and philanthropist
* Barbara Schulthess (1745–1818), Swiss Salonnière
*Edmund Schulthess (1868–1944), Swiss politician ...
, 1910)
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Zetheumenidion flavissimum''
Giordani Soika & Salt, 1987
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Zetheumenidion hessei''
( Giordani Soika, 1944)
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Zetheumenidion invertitum''
( Giordani Soika, 1944)
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Zetheumenidion latum''
Selis, 2024
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Zetheumenidion minimum''
Selis, 2024
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Zetheumenidion paeneplanum''
(Bequaert, 1926)
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Zetheumenidion pulchripenne''
(Cameron
Cameron may refer to:
People
* Clan Cameron, a Scottish clan
* Cameron (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
* Cameron (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
;Mononym
* Cam'ron (born 19 ...
, 1910)
References
* Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. (2010). 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 Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 95-315.
* Selis, M. (2024). Revision of the Afrotropical genus ''Zetheumenidion'' Bequaert (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae). Zootaxa 5406(1): 37–65.
Hymenoptera genera
Potter wasps
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