Rhynchium brunneum

Rhynchium brunneum
R. b. brunneum from Karnataka, India
From Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Genus:	Rhynchium
Species:	R. brunneum
Binomial name
Rhynchium brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)

Rhynchium brunneum is a species of potter wasp found in Asia. Across the wide distribution range, they show considerable variation in the patterning and several subspecies have been described, including: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• R. b. brunneum (Fabricius, 1793)
• R. b. ceylonicum Giordani Soika, 1994
• R. b. maladivum Gusenleitner, 2003

References

1. Pannure, Arati; Belavadi, Vasuki V.; Carpenter, James M. (2016). "Taxonomic studies on potter wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) of south India". Zootaxa. 4171 (1): 1–50. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4171.1.1. PMID   27701247.
2. Kumar, P. Girish; Sharma, Gaurav (2013). "A taxonomic study of the genus Rhynchium Spinola (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from the Indian Subcontinent". Rec. Zool. Surv. India. 113: 105–122. doi:10.26515/rzsi/v113/i2/2013/121836.
3. Pham, Phong Huy; Kumar, P. Girish (2016). "Taxonomic notes on the genus Rhynchium Spinola (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from Vietnam, with a first checklist of the species worldwide". Ecologica Montenegrina. 7: 530–537. doi: 10.37828/em.2016.7.22 .