Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852:18, ♀.? (Musée de Genève); Stange, 1997Stange, L.A. 1997. The Zethus of Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Insecta Mundi 11 (3-4):311-324.:317, Holotype ♀ (MHNG); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, Holotype ♀ (MHNG). - Porter, 1975Porter, C.C. 1975. New records for Zethus from Texas (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). The Florida Entomologist 58 (4):303-306. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); West-Eberhard et al., 1995West-Eberhard, M.J., J.M. Carpenter & P.E. Hanson 1995. The vespid wasps (Vespidae). In: Hanson, P.E. & I.D. Gauld (Ed.). The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 561-587. (distribution); Stange, 1997Stange, L.A. 1997. The Zethus of Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Insecta Mundi 11 (3-4):311-324. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino & Coronado-Blanco, 2002Ruíz-Cancino, E. & J.M. Coronado-Blanco 2002. Artrópodos terrestres de los estados de Tamaulipas y Nuevo León, México. Serie Publicaciones Cientificas No. 4:1-376. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2005Ruíz-Cancino, E., J.M. Coronado-Blanco & J.V. Horta Vega 2005. Conocimiento actual de las avispas depredadoras (Hymenoptera) en Tamaulipas, México. In: Lozano, L. B., A.C. Sandoval, J.V.H. Vega & J.G. Jiménez (Ed.). Biodiversidad tamaulipeca: vol. 1. 164-170. (distribution); Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010Ruíz-Cancino, E., D.R. Kasparyan, J.M. Coronado-Blanco, S.N. Myartseva, V.A. Trjapitzin, S.G. Hernández Aguilar & J. García Jiménez 2010. Himenópteros de la Reserva “El Cielo”, Tamaulipas, México. Dugesiana 17 (1):53-71. (distribution); Carpenter et al., 2012Carpenter, J.M., B.R. Garcete-Barrett & Y.J.A.F. López 2012. Las Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) de Guatemala. In: Cano, E.B. & J.C. Schuster (Ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. 269-279. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro & H. Delfin-González 2014. Predatory Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomoloigst 39 (3):635-646. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro-Alberto & H. Delfín-González 2015. Avispas depredadoras de áreas naturales protegidas del estado de Yucatán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86:989-997. (distribution); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2019Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala-Barajas, H. Delfín-González & J.V. Horta-Vega 2019. Diversidad de avispas depredadoras en dos tipos de vegetación del estado de Yucatán en México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90:1-11. (distribution).
Zethus Zendalus Saussure, 1875:53, ♀.Mexico. The Oriental Cordillera (leg. Sumichrast); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, Holotype ♀ (MHNG). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1509 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852). - As Zethus zendulus: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution). - As Zethus zendulus: - Dalla Torre, 1894Dalla Torre, C.G. 1894. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, IX. Vespidae (Diploptera). Guilelmi Engelmann, 181. (distribution).
Zethus emarginatus Fox, 1899:429, ♂. Holotype ♂, Corumbá, April; Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, Holotype ♂ (CM). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1509 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852).
Zethus claripennis Cameron, 1907:63, ♂. Holotype ♂, North Mexico; Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, unknown. - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1509 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852).
Zethus punctinodus Cameron, 1907:79, ♂. Holotype ♂, Acapulco, Mexico; Bequaert, 1928Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10: v. 2 (7):138-176.:153, Holotype ♂ (British Museum); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, Holotype ♂ (NHM). - Bequaert, 1928Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10: v. 2 (7):138-176. (distribution). - As Zethus punctinodis: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1509 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852).
Discoelius brethesi Zavattari, 1911:42, Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, Lectotype ♀ (ZHMB). - Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852). - As Didymogastra brethesi: - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1509 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852).
Zethus pavidus Zavattari, 1912:72, ♀. Holotype ♀, Mexico (Mus. Berlin, leg. Ehrenberg); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, Holotype ♀ (ZHMB). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1509 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852).
Zethus binghami Zavattari, 1913:114, Bequaert, 1928Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 10: v. 2 (7):138-176.:154, Holotype ♀ (British Museum); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435, Lectotype ♀ (NHM). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1509 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852); Lopes et al., 2015Lopes, R.B., A.F. Kumagai, L.A. Stange & M.G. Hermes 2015. Cladistic analysis and systematic revision of the Zethus smithii (de Saussure) species-group sensu Bohart & Stange (Hymenoptera : Vespidae : Eumeninae). Invertebrate Systematics 29:421-443.:435 ( listed as synonym of Zethus miscogaster Saussure, 1852).