Anterhynchium

Anterhynchium is an Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australian and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. As in many species of wasp, female wasps defend against predation using a modified ovipositor to sting predators. Like some other wasps in the Vespidae family, male wasps can produce a "pseudo-sting" with two sharp spines on either side of their genitals; however, unlike in the females, this "sting" is venomless.[2]

Anterhynchium
Anterhynchium fallax on Jatropha gossypiifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Anterhynchium
Saussure, 1863
Type species
Rygchium synagroides
de Saussure, 1852[1]

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Anterhynchium:[3]

  • Anterhynchium abdominale (Illiger, 1802)
  • Anterhynchium aestuans Saussure, 1863
  • Anterhynchium alecto (Lepeletier, 1841)
  • Anterhynchium andreanum (de Saussure, 1890)
  • Anterhynchium argenteopilosellum (Giordani Soika, 1937)
  • Anterhynchium astrophilum Giordani Soika, 1996
  • Anterhynchium auromaculatum (de Saussure, 1852)
  • Anterhynchium basimacula (Cameron, 1897)
  • Anterhynchium bugandanum Giordani Soika, 1987)
  • Anterhynchium cariosum Giordani Soika, 1987
  • Anterhynchium coracinum Vecht, 1963
  • Anterhynchium decoratum (de Saussure, 1856)
  • Anterhynchium denticulatum (Mocsáry, 1903)
  • Anterhynchium fallax (de Saussure, 1855)
  • Anterhynchium flammeus Giordani Soika, 1937
  • Anterhynchium flavolineatum (Smith, 1857)
  • Anterhynchium flavomarginatum Smith, 1852
  • Anterhynchium flavopunctatum Smith, 1852
  • Anterhynchium fulvipenne Smith, 1859
  • Anterhynchium gamma Schulthess, 1928
  • Anterhynchium gibbifrons Yamane et Murota 2015
  • Anterhynchium grandidieri (de Saussure, 1890)
  • Anterhynchium grayi (de Saussure, 1853)
  • Anterhynchium hamatum Vecht, 1963
  • Anterhynchium histrionicum (Gerstaecker, 1857)
  • Anterhynchium inamurai (Sonan, 1937)
  • Anterhynchium indosinense Gusenleitner, 1998
  • Anterhynchium luctuosum (Gerstaecker, 1857)
  • Anterhynchium madecassum (de Saussure, 1852)
  • Anterhynchium melanopterum Sk. Yamane, 1981
  • Anterhynchium mellyi (de Saussure, 1853)
  • Anterhynchium mephisto Gribodo, 1892
  • Anterhynchium natalense (de Saussure, 1855)
  • Anterhynchium nigrocinctum (de Saussure, 1853)
  • Anterhynchium nimbosum Giordani Soika, 1987
  • Anterhynchium osborni (Bequaert, 1918)
  • Anterhynchium pacificum (Kirsch, 1878)
  • Anterhynchium pensum Giordani Soika, 1937
  • Anterhynchium rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Anterhynchium rufonigrum Bequaert, 1918
  • Anterhynchium sulphureomaculatum Schulthess, 1928
  • Anterhynchium synagroides (de Saussure, 1852)
  • Anterhynchium tamarinum (de Saussure, 1853)
  • Anterhynchium tasmaniense (de Saussure, 1853)
  • Anterhynchium uncatum (Tullgren, 1904)
  • Anterhynchium vastator Giordani Soika, 1983
  • Anterhynchium woodfordi Meade-Waldo, 1910
  • Anterhynchium yunnanense Giordani Soika, 1973

Elsewhere, under Anterhynchium synagroides

  • Odynerus synagroides var. alpha Schulthess, 1924 (see Anterhynchium alpha)
  • Odynerus synagroides var. beta Schulthess, 1924(see Anterhynchium beta)

References
  1. Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen (2015). "Taxonomic notes on the species of the genus Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3915 (1): 132–8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.7. PMID 25662115.
  2. Sugiura, Shinji; Tsujii, Misaki (December 2022). "Male wasp genitalia as an anti-predator defense". Current Biology. 32 (24): R1336–R1337. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.030. PMID 36538881. S2CID 254874084.
  3. "Anterhynchium". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 February 2022.


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