Eumenes (genus)

''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

* '' Eumenes achterbergi'' Giordani Soika, 1992
* '' Eumenes acuminatus'' de Saussure, 1856
* '' Eumenes aemilianus'' Guiglia, 1951
* '' Eumenes affinissimus'' de Saussure, 1852
* ''Eumenes agillimus'' Dalla Torre, 1894
* '' Eumenes americanus'' Saussure, 1852
* ''Eumenes antennatus'' Bingham, 1898
* ''Eumenes aquilonius'' Sk. Yamane, 1977
* '' Eumenes architectus'' Smith, 1858
* ''Eumenes arnoldi'' Bequaert, 1926
* '' Eumenes asiaticus'' Gusenleitner, 1970
* '' Eumenes assamensis'' Meade-Waldo, 1910
* '' Eumenes atrophicus'' (Fabricius, 1798)
* '' Eumenes batantanensis'' Nugroho, 2010
* '' Eumenes belli'' Giordani Soika, 1973
* '' Eumenes bequaerti'' Grandinete & Carpenter, 2018
* '' Eumenes blandus'' Smith, 1861 +
* '' Eumenes boettcheri'' Giordani Soika, 1941
* '' Eumenes bollii'' Cresson, 1872 +
* '' Eumenes buddha'' Cameron, 1898
* '' Eumenes capensis'' Schulthess, 1910
* '' Eumenes coarctatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) +
* '' Eumenes comberi'' Dover, 1925
* '' Eumenes congnatus'' Nguyen, 2016
* '' Eumenes consobrinus'' de Saussure, 1856
* '' Eumenes coronatus'' (Panzer, 1799) +
* '' Eumenes coyotae'' Bohart, 1948
* '' Eumenes crucifera'' Provancher, 1888 +
* ''Eumenes cubensis'' Cresson, 1865
* '' Eumenes cyrenaicus'' Blüthgen, 1938 +
* '' Eumenes dichrous'' Maindron, 1882
* '' Eumenes diligens'' Smith, 1864
* '' Eumenes dorycus'' Maindron, 1882
* '' Eumenes dubius'' de Saussure, 1852 +
* '' Eumenes ferrugiantennus'' Zhou, Chen & Li, 2012
* '' Eumenes filiformis'' de Saussure, 1856
* '' Eumenes flavitinctus'' Bohart, 1950
* '' Eumenes floralis'' Smith, 1858
* '' Eumenes formosensis'' Giordani Soika, 1973
* '' Eumenes fraterculus'' Dalla Torre, 1894
* '' Eumenes fraternus'' Say, 1824
* '' Eumenes fuellebornianus'' Schulthess, 1910 +
* '' Eumenes fulvopilosellus'' Giordani Soika, 1965
* '' Eumenes gibbosus'' Nguyen, 2015
* '' Eumenes glacialis'' Giordani Soika, 1940
* ''Eumenes gribodianus'' Guiglia, 1933 +
* '' Eumenes guillarmodi'' Giordani Soika, 1975
* '' Eumenes humbertianus'' de Saussure, 1867
* ''Eumenes improvisus'' Giordani Soika, 1975
* ''Eumenes inconspicuus'' Smith, 1858 +
* '' Eumenes insolens'' Smith, 1865
* '' Eumenes interpositus'' Gusenleitner, 1972
* '' Eumenes jarkandensis'' Blüthgen, 1938
* '' Eumenes kangrae'' Dover, 1925
* '' Eumenes kiangsuensis'' Giordani Soika, 1941
* '' Eumenes koriensis'' Giordani Soika, 1992
* '' Eumenes labiatus'' Giordani Soika, 1941 +
* '' Eumenes longus'' Nguyen, 2016
* '' Eumenes lucasius'' de Saussure, 1852 +
* '' Eumenes macrops'' de Saussure, 1852
* '' Eumenes mainpuriensis'' Smith, 1870
* '' Eumenes makilingi'' Williams, 1928
* '' Eumenes mediterraneus'' Kriechbaumer, 1879 +
* '' Eumenes micado'' Cameron 1904
* '' Eumenes micropunctatus'' Giordani Soika, 1975 +
* '' Eumenes modestus'' Gusenleitner, 2006
* '' Eumenes mongolicus'' Morawitz, 1889
* '' Eumenes multipictus'' de Saussure, 1855
* '' Eumenes nigriscutatus'' Zhou, Chen & Li, 2012
* '' Eumenes papillarius'' (Christ, 1791) +
* '' Eumenes parisii'' Giordani Soika, 1939
* '' Eumenes pedunculatus'' (Panzer, 1799) +
* ''Eumenes peringeyanus'' Schulthess, 1913
* '' Eumenes persimilis'' Giordani Soika, 1960
* '' Eumenes pictus'' Smith, 1857
* '' Eumenes piriformis'' de Saussure, 1862 +
* '' Eumenes pius'' Giordani Soika, 1986 +
* '' Eumenes placens'' Nurse, 1903
* '' Eumenes pomiformis'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* '' Eumenes pseudubius'' Gusenleitner, 1972
* '' Eumenes punctaticlypeus'' Giordani Soika 1943 +
* '' Eumenes punctatus'' de Saussure, 1852 +
* ''Eumenes quadratus'' Smith, 1852 +
* '' Eumenes relatus'' Dover, 1925
* ''Eumenes rubrofemoratus'' Giordani Soika, 1941
* '' Eumenes rubronotatus'' Perez, 1905 +
* '' Eumenes rufomaculatus'' (Fox, 1899)
* '' Eumenes sardous'' Guiglia, 1951
* '' Eumenes sareptanus'' André, 1884 +
* '' Eumenes sculleni'' Bohart, 1950
* '' Eumenes separatus'' Gusenleitner, 1972
* '' Eumenes septentrionalis'' Giordani Soika, 1940 +
* '' Eumenes signicornis'' Walker, 1871
* '' Eumenes sikkimensis'' Giordani Soika, 1986
* '' Eumenes simplicilamellatus'' Giordani Soika, 1934
* '' Eumenes smithii'' de Saussure, 1852 +
* '' Eumenes solidus'' Gusenleitner, 1972
* '' Eumenes subpomiformis'' Blüthgen, 1938 +
* '' Eumenes tosawae'' Giordani Soika, 1941 +
* '' Eumenes transbaicalicus'' Kurzenko, 1984
* ''Eumenes tricolor'' Smith, 1860
* '' Eumenes tripunctatus'' (Christ, 1791)
* '' Eumenes truncatus'' Nugroho, 2010
* '' Eumenes variepunctatus'' Giordani Soika, 1958
* '' Eumenes versicolor'' de Saussure, 1852
* '' Eumenes verticalis'' 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

Image:Potter wasp 4932.jpg, '' Eumenes fraternus'' and mosquitoes collecting nectar on '' Solidago''
Image:Wasp_November_2009-1.jpg, ''Eumenes'' cf. ''coarctatus''.

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