''Santamenes'' is a small but widely distributed
neotropical genus of
potter wasp
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, ...
. It has been proposed that ''Santamenes'', be merged into ''
Pachymenes''.
.
References
* Giordani Soika, A. 1990. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi ''Pachymenes'' Sauss., ''Santamenes'' n. gen., ''Brachymenes'' G. S., ''Pseudacaromenes'' G. S., ''Stenosigma'' G. S. e ''Gamma'' Zav. (Hymenoptera). Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 39: 71–172.
Potter wasps
Hymenoptera genera
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