Gamma (wasp)

Gamma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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) ;

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

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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