Anterhynchium

thumb|Anterhynchium flavomarginatum umenoi. A female searching a caterpillar of moth. Iriomote Is., Japan 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 flavolineatum (Smith, 1857) Anterhynchium flavomarginatum Smith, 1852 Anterhynchium flavopunctatum Smith, 1852 Anterhynchium fulvipenne Smith, 1859 Anterhynchium gibbifrons Yamane et Murota 2015 Anterhynchium grandidieri (de Saussure, 1890) Anterhynchium grayi (de Saussure, 1853) Anterhynchium hamatum Vecht, 1963 Anterhynchium inamurai (Sonan, 1937) Anterhynchium indosinense Gusenleitner, 1998 Anterhynchium madecassum (de Saussure, 1852) Anterhynchium melanopterum Sk. Yamane, 1981 Anterhynchium mellyi (de Saussure, 1853) Anterhynchium mephisto Gribodo, 1892 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 sulphureomaculatum Schulthess, 1928 Anterhynchium synagroide (de Saussure, 1852) Anterhynchium tamarinum (de Saussure, 1853) Anterhynchium tasmaniense (de Saussure, 1853) Anterhynchium townesi van der Vecht, 1963 Anterhynchium vastator Giordani Soika, 1983 Anterhynchium woodfordi Meade-Waldo, 1910 Anterhynchium yunnanense Giordani Soika, 1973