Anterhynchium is an Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australian and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. As in many species of wasp, female wasps defend against predation using a modified ovipositor to sting predators. Like some other wasps in the Vespidae family, male wasps can produce a "pseudo-sting" with two sharp spines on either side of their genitals; however, unlike in the females, this "sting" is venomless.[2]

Anterhynchium
Anterhynchium fallax on Jatropha gossypiifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Anterhynchium
Saussure, 1863
Type species
Rygchium synagroides
de Saussure, 1852[1]

Species

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The following species are classified within the genus Anterhynchium:[3]

Elsewhere, under Anterhynchium synagroides

References

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  1. ^ Lien Thi Phuong Nguyen (2015). "Taxonomic notes on the species of the genus Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3915 (1): 132–8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.7. PMID 25662115.
  2. ^ Sugiura, Shinji; Tsujii, Misaki (December 2022). "Male wasp genitalia as an anti-predator defense". Current Biology. 32 (24): R1336–R1337. Bibcode:2022CBio...32R1336S. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.030. PMID 36538881. S2CID 254874084.
  3. ^ "Anterhynchium". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 February 2022.