Leptochilus (wasp)

Leptochilus is a large, mostly Holarctic genus of small sized potter wasps. The genus reaches its largest diversity in the Palearctic where there are more than 135 species belonging to 5 subgenera. However the division of The division of Leptochilus into subgenera can not be fully supported and the status of some of them is dubious.

Species
The following list sets out some of the species included in Leptichilus:

Subgenus Euleptochilus

 * Leptochilus camurus (Giordani Soika, 1938)
 * Leptochilus cruentatus (Brullé, 1840)
 * Leptochilus duplicatus (Klug, 1835)
 * Leptochilus fortunatus Blüthgen, 1958
 * Leptochilus limbiferus (Moravitz, 1867)
 * Leptochilus rubellulus (Kohl, 1907)
 * Leptochilus somalicus Giordani Soika, 1987

Leptochilus

 * Leptochilus mauritanicus (Lepeletier, 1841)

Subgenus Lionutus

 * Leptochilus aterrimus (Kirby, 1900)

Subgenus Neoleptochilus

 * Leptochilus medanae (Gribodo, 1886)
 * Leptochilus tuareg Gusenleitner, 2006

Subgenus Sarochilus

 * Leptochilus alterego Gusenleitner, 1970
 * Leptochilus brussiloffi (Dusmet 1917)
 * Leptochilus gayuboi Sanza 2003
 * Leptochilus ibizanus (Schulthess, 1934)
 * Leptochilus leopoldoi Sanza, 2003

Subgenus Zendallia

 * Leptochilus acolhuus (Saussure, 1857)
 * Leptochilus zendalus (Saussure, 1870)