- Synagris
Taxobox
name = "Synagris"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hymenoptera
familia =Vespid ae
subfamilia =Eumeninae
genus = "Synagris"
subdivision_ranks = Subgenera and species
subdivision ="Paragris"
*"Synagris abyssinica " Guerin, 1848
*"Synagris aestuans " (Fabricius, 1781)
*"Synagris analis " Saussure, 1856
*"Synagris calida " (Linne, 1758)
*"Synagris crassipes " Kohl, 1894
*"Synagris elephas " Andre, 1895
*"Synagris fasciata " Mocsary, 1903
*"Synagris huberti " Saussure, 1856
*"Synagris kohli " Maidl, 1914
*"Synagris maxillosa " Saussure, 1863
*"Synagris mirabilis " Guerin, 1848
*"Synagris negusi " Buysson, 1906
*"Synagris ornatissima " Maidl, 1914
*"Synagris parvula " Schulthess, 1928
*"Synagris rubescens " Soika, 1989
*"Synagris rufopicta " Tullgren, 1904
*"Synagris spiniventris " (Illiger, 1802)
*"Synagris spinosuscula " Saussure, 1852
*"Synagris stridens " Soika, 1987"Pseudagris"
*"Synagris aterrima " Maidl, 1914
*"Synagris carinata " Saussure, 1863
*"Synagris junodiana " Schulthess, 1899
*"Synagris versicolor " Schulthess, 1914"Rhynchagris"
*"Synagris mediocarinata " Soika, 1944
*"Synagris vicaria " Stadelmann, 1897"Synagris"
*"Synagris cornuta " (Linne, 1758)
*"Synagris proserpina " Gribodo, 1891
*"Synagris fulva " Mocsary, 1903"
Synagris " is aafrotropical genus of largepotter wasp s. Several "Synagris" wasps are strongly sexually dimorphic and males bear notable morphological secondary sexual traits includingmetasoma llamella r or angular protruding structures and hornlike ortusk like mandibular and/or clypeal projections.The few species of "Synagris" with known biology are also notable for guarding their nests and even attending and feeding their larvae during their development (
progressive provisioning ), a primitively social behavior unusual among eumenines, which normally practicemass provisioning .There are 4 subgenera and 28 species currently recognized.
References
*Bequaert, J. 1918. Vespidae of the Belgian Congo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 39: 1-384.
Links
*http://www.ucalgary.ca/~longair/synagris.html
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