Psenulus
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| Psenulus | |
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| File:Fuscipennis.jpg | |
| Psenulus fuscipennis | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Psenidae |
| Genus: | Psenulus Kohl, 1897 |
| Type species | |
| Psenulus fuscipennis (Dahlbohm, 1843)
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Psenulus is a genus of wasps in the family Psenidae. The 173 species are found worldwide, but are best represented in the Indomalayan realm with 68. The Palearctic has 26, the Nearctic 4, and the Australasian realm 3. Psenulus is largely absent from South America (1 species) and entirely absent from Melanesia and Polynesia.[1] A recent phylogenetic analysis provided strong evidence that this genus is the closest living relative to bees.[2]
Species of Europe
[edit | edit source]- Psenulus berlandi Beaumont, 1937
- Psenulus concolor (Dahlbom, 1843)
- Psenulus cypriacus van Lith, 1973
- Psenulus fulvicornis (Schenck, 1857)
- Psenulus fuscipennis (Dahlbom, 1843)
- Psenulus hidalgo Guichard, 1990
- Psenulus laevigatus (Schenck, 1857)
- Psenulus meridionalis Beaumont, 1937
- Psenulus pallipes (Panzer, 1798)
- Psenulus schencki (Tournier, 1889)
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Psenulus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity
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