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Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Apis surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758:575, sex not indicated.America (leg. Rolander); Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348, Holotype ♂ (UK (Museu Nacional Railway)). - Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358. (distribution), 348 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)).
Apis mexicana Linnaeus, 1767:953,America (leg. Rolander); Stange, 1997Stange, L.A. 1997. The Zethus of Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Insecta Mundi 11 (3-4):311-324.:319, Syntypes (Stockholm?). - As Zethus mejicanus: - As Zethus mexicanus: - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp. (distribution); Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution); Cameron, 1912Cameron, P. 1912. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum. Part III. Timehri 3rd ser. (2):207-231. (distribution); Bodkin, 1918Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII. (distribution); Starr & Hook, 2003Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31. (distribution); Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358. (distribution). - As Zethus mexicanus mexicanus: - Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272. (distribution); Stange, 1997Stange, L.A. 1997. The Zethus of Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Insecta Mundi 11 (3-4):311-324. (distribution); Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78. (distribution).
Vespa recurvirostris De Geer, 1773:579, pl. 29, fig. 4, sex not indicated.Surinam (leg. M. Rolander); Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348, Lectotype ♂ (Stocolm (Swedish Museum of Natural History)). - Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.:11 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)); Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)). - As Vespa recurvirostra: - Schulz, 1912Schulz, W.A. 1912. Aelteste und alte Hymenopteren skandinavischer Autoren. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 57:52-102.:60 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mejicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)); Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272.:16 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)).
Vespa cyanipennis Fabricius, 1793:277,Cajennae (Mus. Dom. Bose); Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348, Lectotype ♀ (Denmark (Museum Zoologist Universidad of Copenhague)). - Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272.:16 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)); Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)). - As Polistes cyanipennis: - As Zethus cyanipennis: - Schomburgk, 1848Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig. (distribution); Smith, 1857Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.:11 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)).
Zethus lugubris Perty, 1833:144, Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348, Holotype ♀, examined (France (MNHN)). Synonymized with Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767) by Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348. - Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272.:17 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)). - As Zethus mexicanus lugubris: - Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272. (distribution).
Zethus magnus Saussure, 1852:11 - Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272.:17 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)).
Zethus medius Brèthes, 1908:6 - Zavattari, 1912Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272.:17 ( listed as synonym of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)).
Zethus mexicanus erythrogena Bohart & Stange, 1965:128 (key), Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348, Holotype ♂, examined (USA (Cornell University)). Synonymized with Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767) by Golfetti et al., 2020Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.:348.

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Area distribution map

map of Zethus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Dalla Torre, 1894; Zavattari, 1912; Zavattari, 1912 [as Zethus mexicanus lugubris Perty, 1833]; Golfetti et al., 2020 [as Zethus lugubris Perty, 1833]; Golfetti et al., 2020 [as Zethus mexicanus erythrogena Bohart & Stange, 1965]; Golfetti et al., 2020; Golfetti et al., 2020 [as Vespa recurvirostris De Geer, 1773])
COLColombia
 (Zavattari, 1912; Golfetti et al., 2020)
GUFFrench Guiana
 (Fabricius, 1793 [as Vespa cyanipennis Fabricius, 1793]; Smith, 1857; Dalla Torre, 1894; Zavattari, 1912; Golfetti et al., 2020 [as Vespa cyanipennis Fabricius, 1793]; Golfetti et al., 2020; Golfetti et al., 2020 [as Apis surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758])
GUYGuyana
 (Schomburgk, 1848 [as Zethus cyanipennis (Fabricius, 1793)]; Cameron, 1912; Bodkin, 1918; Golfetti et al., 2020)
MEXMexico
 (Zavattari, 1912)
PERPeru
 (Rasmussen & Asenjo, 2009; Golfetti et al., 2020)
PRYParaguay
 (Zavattari, 1912)
SURSuriname
 (De Geer, 1773 [as Vespa recurvirostris De Geer, 1773]; Zavattari, 1912; Stange, 1997; Golfetti et al., 2020 [as Apis surinamensis Linnaeus, 1758]; Golfetti et al., 2020)
TTOTrinidad and Tobago
 (Starr & Hook, 2003; Golfetti et al., 2020)
VENVenezuela
 (Stange, 1997; Golfetti et al., 2020)

Literature

  • Bodkin, G.E. 1918. Notes on some British Guiana Hymenoptera (exclusive of the Formicidae). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917:297-321, pls. XXI-XXIII.
  • Bohart, R.M. & L.A. Stange 1965. A revision of the genus Zethus Fabricius in the Western Hemisphere (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 40:1-208.
  • Cameron, P. 1912. The Hymenoptera of the Georgetown Museum. Part III. Timehri 3rd ser. (2):207-231.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181.
  • De Geer, C. 1773. . Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. 1-696, 44 pls.
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 2. Christian Gottlieb Proft, Hafniae. viii + 519 pp.
  • Golfetti, I.F., R.B. Lopes & F.B. Noll 2020. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the species of Zethus mexicanus group (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Bohart & Stange, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae). Zootaxa 4743 (3):337-358.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima Reformata. [4] + [5] + 823 + [1] p.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1767. . 533-1327.
  • Rasmussen, C. & A. Asenjo 2009. A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). ZooKeys 15:1-78.
  • Schomburgk, R. 1848. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Dritter Theil. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Webre, Leipzig.
  • Schulz, W.A. 1912. Aelteste und alte Hymenopteren skandinavischer Autoren. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 57:52-102.
  • Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London. 147 pp.
  • Stange, L.A. 1997. The Zethus of Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Insecta Mundi 11 (3-4):311-324.
  • Starr, C.K. & Hook, A.W. 2003. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers o the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies 12:1-31.
  • Zavattari, E. 1912. Materialien für eine Monographie der Neotropischen Eumeniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78:1-272.