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.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Anterhynchium:
  • Anterhynchium abdominale
  • Anterhynchium aestuans Saussure, 1863
  • Anterhynchium alecto
  • Anterhynchium andreanum
  • Anterhynchium argenteopilosellum
  • Anterhynchium astrophilum Giordani Soika, 1996
  • Anterhynchium auromaculatum
  • Anterhynchium basimacula
  • Anterhynchium bugandanum Giordani Soika, 1987)
  • Anterhynchium cariosum Giordani Soika, 1987
  • Anterhynchium coracinum Vecht, 1963
  • Anterhynchium decoratum
  • Anterhynchium denticulatum
  • Anterhynchium fallax
  • Anterhynchium flavolineatum
  • Anterhynchium flavomarginatum Smith, 1852
  • Anterhynchium flavopunctatum Smith, 1852
  • Anterhynchium fulvipenne Smith, 1859
  • Anterhynchium gibbifrons Yamane et Murota 2015
  • Anterhynchium grandidieri
  • Anterhynchium grayi
  • Anterhynchium hamatum Vecht, 1963
  • Anterhynchium inamurai
  • Anterhynchium indosinense Gusenleitner, 1998
  • Anterhynchium madecassum
  • Anterhynchium melanopterum Sk. Yamane, 1981
  • Anterhynchium mellyi
  • Anterhynchium mephisto Gribodo, 1892
  • Anterhynchium nigrocinctum
  • Anterhynchium nimbosum Giordani Soika, 1987
  • Anterhynchium osborni
  • Anterhynchium pacificum
  • Anterhynchium pensum Giordani Soika, 1937
  • Anterhynchium rufipes
  • Anterhynchium sulphureomaculatum Schulthess, 1928
  • Anterhynchium synagroide
  • Anterhynchium tamarinum
  • Anterhynchium tasmaniense
  • Anterhynchium townesi van der Vecht, 1963
  • Anterhynchium vastator Giordani Soika, 1983
  • Anterhynchium woodfordi Meade-Waldo, 1910
  • Anterhynchium yunnanense Giordani Soika, 1973
Elsewhere, under Anterhynchium synagroides