Zethinae

The Zethinae are a subfamily of wasps in the family Vespidae, the members of which are referred to as potter wasps owing to their method of nest construction.

Zethinae
Zethus spinipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Zethinae
Genera
Argentozethus Australozethus Calligaster Ctenochilus Deuterodiscoelius Discoelius Elimus Ischnocoelia Macrocalymma Pachycoelius Paramischocyttarus Protodiscoelius Psiliglossa Raphiglossa Zetheumenidion Zethus

Taxonomy

Zethines were formerly included in the subfamily Eumeninae, also known as potter wasps, until it was recognized that the zethine lineage rendered Eumeninae paraphyletic.^[1]