Zethus spinipes is a species of stinging wasp in the family Vespidae found in the eastern United States.[1][2][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Zethus |
| Species: | Z. spinipes
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| Zethus spinipes Say, 1837
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Zethus spinipes:
- Zethus spinipes spinipes g b - ranges northward from Virginia to Massachusetts and westward to Kansas.[5]
- Zethus spinipes variegatus de Saussure, 1852 g b- ranges from Maryland southward to the tip of peninsular Florida and westward to Texas.[5]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[6] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Zethus spinipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b "Zethus spinipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b "Zethus spinipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ "Zethus spinipes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ^ a b Grissell, E. E. "EENY-402/IN725: Mason Wasps of Florida, Zethus spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)". edis.ifas.ufl.edu. University of Florida IFAS Extension. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Buck, Matthias; Marshall, Stephen A.; Cheung, David K.B. (2008). Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (HymenopteraAculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification].
- Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
External links
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