title: Anterhynchium
text: # 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)
  