Anterhynchium

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Anterhynchium
File:Anterhynchium fallax on Jatropha gossypiifolia (6741400895).jpg
Anterhynchium fallax on Jatropha gossypiifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Anterhynchium
Saussure, 1863
Type species
Rygchium synagroides
de Saussure, 1852[1]
File:オオフタオビドロ八重山亜種 Anterhynchium flavomarginatum umenoi.jpg
Anterhynchium flavomarginatum umenoi. A female searching a caterpillar of moth. Iriomote Is., Japan

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]

Species

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

Elsewhere, under Anterhynchium synagroides

References

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