zethine

plural zethines

1. Any member of the family Zethinae of potter wasps.

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   Only Richards (1971), who speculated stenogastrines evolved from a Eumenes-like solitary ancestor, Spradbery (1975), who suggested evolution from an early vespoid ancestor, and Van der Vecht (1977), who argued they were closely related to zethines, had challenged the affinity of stenogastrines to the polistines and vespines. […] However, Z. miniatus is the only zethine known to be communal and can be extrapolated as a derived lineage within Zethinae […]

   2018, Patrick K Piekarski et al., “Phylogenomic Evidence Overturns Current Conceptions of Social Evolution in Wasps (Vespidae)”, in Molecular Biology and Evolution, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025

1. not comparableOf or relating to the family Zethinae of potter wasps.

   Deuterodiscoelius Dalla Torre, 1904, is a genus of zethine potter wasps comprising six extant species, all exclusive to the Australian Region.

   2024, Rogério Botion Lopes, The unnatural grouping of Deuterodiscoelius Dalla Torre, 1904, and Pachycoelius Giordani Soika, 1969 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), and a remarkable new species, page 1