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Zethus spinipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Genus:	Zethus
Species:	Z. spinipes
Binomial name
Zethus spinipes Say, 1837

Zethus spinipes is a species of stinging wasp in the family Vespidae found in the eastern United States.

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Zethus spinipes:

• Zethus spinipes spinipes - ranges northward from Virginia to Massachusetts and westward to Kansas.
• Zethus spinipes variegatus de Saussure, 1852- ranges from Maryland southward to the tip of peninsular Florida and westward to Texas.

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

1. ^ "Zethus spinipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
2. ^ "Zethus spinipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
3. ^ "Zethus spinipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
4. "Zethus spinipes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
5. ^ 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.
6. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-11.

Further reading

• 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 .
• 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

• Media related to Zethus spinipes at Wikimedia Commons

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• Vespidae
• Insects described in 1837
• Taxa named by Thomas Say
• Endemic insects of the United States
• Fauna of the Eastern United States
• Hymenoptera of North America
• Potter wasp stubs