Eumenes (wasp)

Eumenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Eumenes; Latreille, 1802
Species
	many (>150 species + subspecies)

Eumenes is the type genus of the subfamily Eumeninae ("potter wasps") of Vespidae. It is a large and widespread genus, with over 100 taxa (species and subspecies), mostly occurring in the temperate portions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are black or brown, and commonly marked with strikingly contrasting patterns of yellow, white, orange, or red (or combinations thereof). Like most vespids, their wings are folded longitudinally at rest. The first metasomal segment is narrow and elongated, creating a "bulbous" appearance to the abdomen.

The genus was named after the Greek general Eumenes. The root of the name has been widely used to construct many other genus-level names for potter wasps with petiolated metasoma, such as Brachymenes, Santamenes, Oreumenes, Pachymenes, Katamenes, etc. Most of those groups have been treated as part of the genus Eumenes for a long time.

Species[]

Giordani Soika, 1992
de Saussure, 1856
Guiglia, 1951
de Saussure, 1852
Dalla Torre, 1894
Saussure, 1852
Bingham, 1898
Sk. Yamane, 1977
Smith, 1858
Bequaert, 1926
Gusenleitner, 1970
Meade-Waldo, 1910
(Fabricius, 1798)
Nugroho, 2010
Giordani Soika, 1973
Grandinete & Carpenter, 2018
Smith, 1861 +
Giordani Soika, 1941
Cresson, 1872 +
Cameron, 1898
Schulthess, 1910
(Linnaeus, 1758) +
Dover, 1925
Nguyen, 2016
Eumenes consobrinus de Saussure, 1856
(Panzer, 1799) +
Bohart, 1948
Provancher, 1888 +
Cresson, 1865
Blüthgen, 1938 +
Maindron, 1882
Smith, 1864
Maindron, 1882
Eumenes dubius de Saussure, 1852 +
Zhou, Chen & Li, 2012
de Saussure, 1856
Bohart, 1950
Smith, 1858
Giordani Soika, 1973
Dalla Torre, 1894
Eumenes fraternus Say, 1824
Schulthess, 1910 +
Giordani Soika, 1965
Nguyen, 2015
Giordani Soika, 1940
Guiglia, 1933 +
Giordani Soika, 1975
de Saussure, 1867
Giordani Soika, 1975
Smith, 1858 +
Smith, 1865
Gusenleitner, 1972
Blüthgen, 1938
Dover, 1925
Giordani Soika, 1941
Giordani Soika, 1992
Giordani Soika, 1941 +
Nguyen, 2016
de Saussure, 1852 +
de Saussure, 1852
Smith, 1870
Williams, 1928
Eumenes mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879 +
Cameron 1904
Giordani Soika, 1975 +
Gusenleitner, 2006
Morawitz, 1889
de Saussure, 1855
Zhou, Chen & Li, 2012
(Christ, 1791) +
Giordani Soika, 1939
(Panzer, 1799) +
Schulthess, 1913
Giordani Soika, 1960
Smith, 1857
de Saussure, 1862 +
Giordani Soika, 1986 +
Nurse, 1903
(Fabricius, 1781)
Gusenleitner, 1972
Giordani Soika 1943 +
de Saussure, 1852 +
Smith, 1852 +
Dover, 1925
Giordani Soika, 1941
Perez, 1905 +
(Fox, 1899)
Guiglia, 1951
André, 1884 +
Bohart, 1950
Gusenleitner, 1972
Giordani Soika, 1940 +
Walker, 1871
Giordani Soika, 1986
Giordani Soika, 1934
de Saussure, 1852 +
Gusenleitner, 1972
Blüthgen, 1938 +
Giordani Soika, 1941 +
Kurzenko, 1984
Smith, 1860
(Christ, 1791)
Nugroho, 2010
Giordani Soika, 1958
de Saussure, 1852
Say, 1824 +

References[]

Giordani Soika, A. 1978. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Eumenes Latr., Omicron (Sauss.), Pararaphidoglossa Schulth. ed affini. Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 29: 1-420.
Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010a. 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 Biologischer Beitrage 42 (1): 95-315.

External links[]

Eumenes wasps of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Eumenes, EOL

Gallery[]

Eumenes fraternus and mosquitoes collecting nectar on Solidago
Eumenes cf. coarctatus.