Stenonartonia

Stenonartonia
Stenonartonia perdita Garcete-Barrett
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Stenonartonia
Species
Stenonartonia apicipennis (Fox) Stenonartonia cooperi Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia flavotestacea (Giordani Soika) Stenonartonia grossa Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia guaranitica (Bertoni) Stenonartonia guaraya Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia hasyva Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia hermetica Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia mimica (Kohl) Stenonartonia occipitalis Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia perdita Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia polybioides (Schulthess) Stenonartonia rejectoides Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia tanykaju Garcete-Barrett Stenonartonia tekoraava Garcete-Barrett

Stenonartonia is a South American genus of potter wasps. The 15 known species of Stenonartonia are distributed across forested areas east of the Andes, with diversity concentrated on two areas: the Amazon basin and South-eastern Brazil. The distribution of Stenonartonia apicipennis seems to correspond with the distribution of the semideciduous dry forest system that crosses diagonally between the two above cited areas. Stenonartonia belongs to a group of genera with axillary fossa tending to be closed by the nearby structures. Those species in the group of Stenonartonia polybioides have further developed transparent pockets visible under the surface of the scutellum. Symbiotic mites get sheltered into those pockets and are sometimes visible under the cuticle.

References

• Garcete-Barrett, B.R. (2011). "A revision of the genus Stenonartonia Giordani Soika 1973 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2868: 1–50.
• Garcete-Barrett, B.R. (2014). "Stenonartonia tekoraava sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), a new member of a typical Amazonian mimicry ring" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3860 (1): 97–100.