Eumenes is a genus of wasps in the subfamily Eumeninae. It is a large and widespread genus, with over 100 species and subspecies occurring worldwide. The genus was first proposed by Pierre André Latreille in 1802, with the type species later designated by Latreille in 1810.[1][2][3] All species make jug-like nests out of mud, usually attached to twigs. The larvae are fed with caterpillars.[4]

Eumenes
Eumenes pomiformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Eumenes
Latreille, 1802
Type species
Eumenes coarctatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

>100, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Alpha de Saussure, 1855
  • Eumenis Kriechbaumer, 1879
  • Eumemes Fox, 1899
  • Eumes Bertoni, 1910
  • Eumenidion von Schulthess, 1913
  • Eumenidium Sharp, 1914

Species

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Data sources: a = Giordani Soika (1978),[6] b = Carpenter et al. (2010)[7]

Notes: + = denotes species with described subspecies

References

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  1. ^ a b Grandinete, Yuri Campanholo; Noll, Fernando Barbosa; Carpenter, James (2018). "Taxonomic Review of Eumenes Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the New World". Zootaxa. 4459 (1). Magnolia Press: 1–52. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4459.1.1. PMID 30314130. S2CID 52976961.
  2. ^ Qin, Jiong; Chen, Bin; Li, Ting-Jing (2023). "Additions to the knowledge of the genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802 from China (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 96. Pensoft Publishers: 697–714. doi:10.3897/jhr.96.107701.
  3. ^ Kumar, Girish P.; Carpenter, James M.; Castro, Leopoldo; Sureshan, Pavittu M. (2017). "A taxonomic review of the Indian species of the genus Eumenes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)". Zootaxa. 4317 (3). Magnolia Press: 469–498. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.3.
  4. ^ Krombein, Karl V. (1979). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2. Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 1507–1508. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5074. LCCN 78606008. OCLC 3728758 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ Qin, Jiong; Chen, Bin; Li, Ting-Jing (2023-08-31). "Additions to the knowledge of the genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802 from China (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 96. Pensoft Publishers: 697–714. doi:10.3897/jhr.96.107701. ISSN 1314-2607.
  6. ^ Giordani Soika, A (1978). "Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Eumenes Latr., Omicron (Sauss.), Pararaphidoglossa Schulth. ed affini". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia. 29: 1–420.
  7. ^ Carpenter, James M.; Gusenleitner, J.; Madl, M. (2010). "A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus Fabricius 1804 and species incertae sedis". Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 42 (1): 95–315.
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