Leptochilus (wasp)


Leptochilus is a large, mostly Holarctic genus of small sized potter wasps. The genus reaches its largest diversity in the Palearctic where there are more than 135 species belonging to 5 subgenera. However the division of The division of Leptochilus into subgenera can not be fully supported and the status of some of them is dubious.

Species

The following list sets out some of the species included in Leptichilus:

Subgenus ''Euleptochilus''

Leptochilus camurus Leptochilus cruentatus Leptochilus duplicatus Leptochilus fortunatus Blüthgen, 1958 Leptochilus limbiferus Leptochilus rubellulus Leptochilus somalicus Giordani Soika, 1987

''Leptochilus''

  • ''Leptochilus mauritanicus''

Subgenus ''Lionutus''

  • ''Leptochilus aterrimus''

Subgenus ''Neoleptochilus''

Leptochilus medanae Leptochilus tuareg Gusenleitner, 2006

Subgenus ''Sarochilus''

Leptochilus alterego Gusenleitner, 1970Leptochilus brussiloffi Leptochilus gayuboi Sanza 2003Leptochilus ibizanus Leptochilus leopoldoi Sanza, 2003

Subgenus ''Zendallia''

Leptochilus acolhuus
  • ''Leptochilus zendalus''