Synagris

Synagris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Synagris
Subgenera and species
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 an afrotropical genus of large potter wasps. Several Synagris wasps are strongly sexually dimorphic and males bear notable morphological secondary sexual traits including metasomal lamellar or angular protruding structures and hornlike or tusklike 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 practice mass 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.

External links

• ucalgaryca