Gamma (wasp)

Gamma is a small neotropical, primarily northern andean genus of potter wasps currently containing 6 recognized species.

Gamma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Gamma
Zavattari, 1912
Type species
Pachymenes ventricosa Saussure, 1852
Species
  • Gamma bogotense (Zavattari, 1912)
  • Gamma bolivianum Giordani Soika, 1990
  • Gamma gulielmi Cooper, 1999
  • Gamma iuquipa Cooper, 1999
  • Gamma saussurei (Zavattari, 1912)
  • Gamma ventricosum(Saussure, 1852)

References
    • Giordani Soika, A. 1990. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Pachymenes Sauss., Santamenes n. gen., Brachymenes G. S., Pseudacaromenes G. S., Stenosigma G. S. e Gamma Zav. (Hymenoptera). Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 39: 71-172.
    • Cooper, M. 1999b. New species of Gamma Zavattari (Hym., Vespidae, Eumeninae). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 135: 183-186.


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