''Cyphomenes anisitsii'' is a species of
insect in the
genus ''
Cyphomenes'' and the
family Eumenidae
Potter wasps (or mason wasps), the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Recognition
Most eumenine species are black or brown, ...
native to
Mexico,
Guatemala
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, and
Venezuela first described by
Juan Brèthes
Juan (Jean) Brèthes, also known as Frère Judulien Marie or Juan Brethes (24 February 1871, in Saint-Sever, Landes – 2 July 1928, in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine scientist, naturalist, entomologist, ornithologist, zoologist and geologist ...
in 1906. As of 2018, one
subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
is listed in the
Catalogue of Life, ''Cyphomenes anisitsii ornatissmus''.
Female ''Cyphomenes anisitsii'' make mud nests in lichen growing on tree trunks and camouflage their nests with additional lichen.
References
Hymenoptera of South America
Potter wasps
Insects described in 1906
Taxa named by Juan Brèthes
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