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Zethus

Zethus may refer to:

  • Zethus, the wife of the nymph Thebe in Greek mythology
  • Zethus (wasp), a genus of potter wasps
  • Zethus Crater, a crater on Jupiter's moon Thebe
Zethus (wasp)

Zethus is a very large, mainly neotropical genus of potter wasps with some species representation also in the Nearctic, Afrotropical, Australian and Indomalayan regions.

The genus is subdivided into a few subgenera which nevertheless need a phylogenetic analysis in order to recognize their natural limits.