Zethus Fabricius, 1804

Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen & James M. Carpenter, 2016, Taxonomic review of the genus Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam with descriptions of four new species, Entomological Science 2016, pp. 1-9 : 1-2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/ens.12218
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5411890
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scientific name	Zethus Fabricius, 1804
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Treatment

Genus Zethus Fabricius, 1804 View in CoL View at ENA

Zethus Fabricius, 1804 View in CoL : xii, 282,. Type species: “ Zethus View in CoL coeruleo-pennis Fab. ” [= Vespa coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798 ], by subsequent designation of Latreille 1810: 328, 438.

Diagnosis

Metasoma petiolate, TI in dorsal view with width half or less that of TII, and usually at least twice as long as wide. Propodeum with orifice acutely pointed dorsally, apical margin produced above valvulae, valvula elongate and quadrate. Labial palp four-segmented. Tegula moderately sized, not reaching much beyond anterior edge of scutellum