Psenulus Explained

Psenulus is a genus of wasps in the family Psenidae. The 173 species are found worldwide, but are best represented in the Indomalayan realm with 68. The Palearctic has 26, the Nearctic 4, and the Australasian realm 3. Psenulus is largely absent from South America (1 species) and entirely absent from Melanesia and Polynesia. A recent phylogenetic analysis provided strong evidence that this genus is the closest living relative to bees.

Species of Europe

• Psenulus berlandi
• Psenulus concolor
• Psenulus cypriacus
• Psenulus fulvicornis
• Psenulus fuscipennis
• Psenulus hidalgo
• Psenulus laevigatus
• Psenulus meridionalis
• Psenulus pallipes
• Psenulus schencki

External links

• Psenulus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity
• 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2000.00140.x . Nesting biology of the stem-nesting wasp Psenulus interstitialis Cameron (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) on Magnetic Island, Queensland . Australian Journal of Entomology . 39 . 1 . 25–8 . 2000 . Matthews . Robert W .
• 10.5635/KJSZ.2010.26.3.361 . New Record of Psenulus carinifrons iwatai (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae) in Korea . Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity . 26 . 3 . 361–3 . 2010 . Yang . Hyeon-Woo . Kim . Jeong-Kyu . free .