Anterhynchium
# Anterhynchium

Anterhynchium is an Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australian and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. As in many species of wasp, female wasps defend against predation using a modified ovipositor to sting predators. Like some other wasps in the Vespidae family, male wasps can produce a "pseudo-sting" with two sharp spines on either side of their genitals; however, unlike in the females, this "sting" is venomless.

## Species

The following species are classified within the genus Anterhynchium:

* Anterhynchium abdominale (Illiger, 1802)
* Anterhynchium aestuans Saussure, 1863
* Anterhynchium alecto (Lepeletier, 1841)
* Anterhynchium andreanum (de Saussure, 1890)
* Anterhynchium argenteopilosellum (Giordani Soika, 1937)
* Anterhynchium astrophilum Giordani Soika, 1996
* Anterhynchium auromaculatum (de Saussure, 1852)
* Anterhynchium basimacula (Cameron, 1897)
* Anterhynchium bugandanum Giordani Soika, 1987)
* Anterhynchium cariosum Giordani Soika, 1987
* Anterhynchium coracinum Vecht, 1963
* Anterhynchium decoratum (de Saussure, 1856)
* Anterhynchium denticulatum (Mocsáry, 1903)
* Anterhynchium fallax (de Saussure, 1855)
* Anterhynchium flammeus Giordani Soika, 1937
* Anterhynchium flavolineatum (Smith, 1857)
* Anterhynchium flavomarginatum Smith, 1852
* Anterhynchium flavopunctatum Smith, 1852
* Anterhynchium fulvipenne Smith, 1859
* Anterhynchium gamma Schulthess, 1928
* Anterhynchium gibbifrons Yamane et Murota 2015
* Anterhynchium grandidieri (de Saussure, 1890)
* Anterhynchium grayi (de Saussure, 1853)
* Anterhynchium hamatum Vecht, 1963
* Anterhynchium histrionicum (Gerstaecker, 1857)
* Anterhynchium inamurai (Sonan, 1937)
* Anterhynchium indosinense Gusenleitner, 1998
* Anterhynchium luctuosum (Gerstaecker, 1857)
* Anterhynchium madecassum (de Saussure, 1852)
* Anterhynchium melanopterum Sk. Yamane, 1981
* Anterhynchium mellyi (de Saussure, 1853)
* Anterhynchium mephisto Gribodo, 1892
* Anterhynchium natalense (de Saussure, 1855)
* Anterhynchium nigrocinctum (de Saussure, 1853)
* Anterhynchium nimbosum Giordani Soika, 1987
* Anterhynchium osborni (Bequaert, 1918)
* Anterhynchium pacificum (Kirsch, 1878)
* Anterhynchium pensum Giordani Soika, 1937
* Anterhynchium rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)
* Anterhynchium rufonigrum Bequaert, 1918
* Anterhynchium sulphureomaculatum Schulthess, 1928
* Anterhynchium synagroides (de Saussure, 1852)
* Anterhynchium tamarinum (de Saussure, 1853)
* Anterhynchium tasmaniense (de Saussure, 1853)
* Anterhynchium uncatum (Tullgren, 1904)
* Anterhynchium vastator Giordani Soika, 1983
* Anterhynchium woodfordi Meade-Waldo, 1910
* Anterhynchium yunnanense Giordani Soika, 1973

Elsewhere, under Anterhynchium synagroides

* Odynerus synagroides var. alpha Schulthess, 1924 (see Anterhynchium alpha)
* Odynerus synagroides var. beta Schulthess, 1924(see Anterhynchium beta)
