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Zethus (wasp)
Genus of wasps / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zethus is a very large, mainly neotropical genus of potter wasps with some species representation also in the Nearctic, Afrotropical, Australian and Indomalayan regions.
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Zethus | |
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Zethus slossonae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Vespidae |
Subfamily: | Zethinae |
Genus: | Zethus Fabricius, 1804[1] |
Type species | |
Vespa coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798 | |
Species | |
About 300 species see List of Zethus species |
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The genus is subdivided into a few subgenera which nevertheless need a phylogenetic analysis in order to recognize their natural limits.