Superfamily VESPOIDEA 1509 



Didymogastra Perty, 1833. Delect, anim. artic. Brasil, p. 145. 



Type-species: Didymogaster fusca Perty. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902. 



Lethus (!) Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 209. Misspelling. 



Heros Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 115. 

 Type-species: Zethus gigas Spinola. Monotypic. 



Wettstehda Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 13. 



Type-species: Labus sichelianus Saussure. Desig. by Bohart and Stange, 1965. 



Euzethus Dalla Torre, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 19, p. 14. N. name. 



Laboides Zavattari, 1912. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 78, Abt. A, H. 4: 65. 



Type-species: Labus sichelianus Saussure. Desig. by Bohart and Stange, 1965. 

 miscogaster Saussure. Tex. (Hidalgo Co.), Ariz. (Baboquivari Mts.); Mexico to Argentina. 



Zethus Miscogaster Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 18. 9. 



Zethtis Zendalus Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 53. 9. 



Zethus emarginatus Fox, 1899. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 429. 9. 



Zethus claripennis Cameron, 1907. Entomologist 40: 63. 6. 



Zethus punctinodis Cameron, 1907. Entomologist 40: 79. 9 . 



Didymogastra brethesi Zavattari, 1911. Zool. Jahrb. 31: 42. 9. 



Zethus pavidus Zavattari, 1912. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 78, Abt. A, 4: 72. 9. 



Zethus binghami Zavattari, 1913. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 79, Abt. A, 1: 114. cJ. 

 montezuma Saussure. Tex. (Hidalgo Co.) south to Colombia. 



Zethus montezuma Saussure, 1857. Rev. Zool. (2) 9: 270. 9. 

 spinipes spinipes Say. Mass. to N. C. west to III, Kans., Ark. 



Lethus (!) spinipes Say, 1837. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 387. 9. 



Eunienes substricta Haldeman, 1844. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 2: 54. 



Eumenes pensilvanica Haldeman, 1853. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 6: 365. 



Zethus pensylvanica Saussure, 1875. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 254: 29. Emend. 



Zethus Pennsylvanica Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 9, p. 14. Emend. 

 spinipes variegatus Saussure. Md. to Fla., Ala., La., Tex., Okla. Prey: Rhyacionia frustrana 

 (Comst.). 



Zethus variegatus Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 13. 9. 



Zethus bicolor Saussure, 1852. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 1, p. 17. 6. 



Biology: Lashomb and Steinhauer, 1975. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77: 164 (prey capture). 

 Genus ZETHUS Subgenus ZETHUSCULUS Saussure 



Zethusculus Saussure, 1855. Etudes sur la famille des Vespides, v. 3, p. 118. 

 Type-species: Zethus jurinei Saussure. Desig. by Ashmead, 1902. 

 slossonae Fox. Southern Fla. Ecology: Nests in twigs. 

 Zethus slossonae Fox, 1892. Ent. News 2: 29. S, 9. 



Biology: Bohart and Stange, 1965. Univ. Calif., Pubs. Ent. 40: 16 (nest). 



Genus ZETHUS Subgenus ZETHOIDES Fox 



Zethoides Fox, 1899. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 436. 

 Type-species: Zethoides smithii Fox. Monotypic. 

 Baeoprymna Cameron, 1912. Timehri 2: 225. 



Type-species: Baeoprymna rufooi-nata Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Protozethus Bertoni, 1925. Soc. Cient. Paraguay, Rev. 2: 75. 

 Type-species: Zethus olmecus Saussure. Orig. desig. 

 aztecus Saussure. Tex. (Hidalgo Co.) south to Guatemala and El Salvador. 

 Zethus aztecus Saussure, 1857. Rev. Zool. (2) 9: 270. i. 



Zethus campestris Zavattari, 1913. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 79, Abt. A, h 1: 108. 9. 

 guerreroi arizonensis Bohart. Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa). Typical guerreroi 

 Zavattari occurs in Mexico and El Salvador. 

 Zethus (Zethusculus) arizonensis Bohart, 1950. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 77. 6, 9. 



Unplaced Taxa of Eumenidae 



Odynerus bimaculatus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 157. 9. Type in Laval Univ., Que. 



