# Embolemus

Embolemus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae. There is debate regarding the status of the genus named Ampulicomorpha by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of Embolemus (e.g.,), as a few authorities dispute this (e.g.,).
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

## Species

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### Extant

* Embolemus africanus (Risbec, 1957)
* Embolemus ambrensis Olmi, 2004
* Embolemus andersoni Olmi, 1998
* Embolemus angustipennis (Kieffer, 1912)
* Embolemus apertus Azevedo & Amarante, 2005
* Embolemus australis (Olmi, 1996)
* Embolemus bestelmeyeri Olmi, 1997
* Embolemus boraceia Amarante, Brandão & Carpenter, 1999
* Embolemus brandaoi Azevedo & Amarante, 2005
* Embolemus brothersi Olmi, 2006
* Embolemus burundensis Olmi, 2011
* Embolemus capensis Olmi, 1998
* Embolemus collinsi (Olmi, 1996)
* Embolemus confusus (Ashmead, 1893)
* Embolemus dayi (Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014)
* Embolemus fisheri Olmi, 2010
* Embolemus gabonensis Olmi, 2004
* Embolemus gilli (Olmi, 1998)
* Embolemus gressitti (Olmi, 1998)
* Embolemus hachijoensis Hirashima & Yamagishi, 1975
* Embolemus harteni Olmi, 1997
* Embolemus honshuensis Olmi, Mita & Guglielmino, 2014
* Embolemus huberi Olmi, 1997
* Embolemus irwini (Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014)
* Embolemus kheeli Olmi, 2004
* Embolemus krombeini Olmi, 1996
* Embolemus latus Azevedo & Amarante, 2005
* Embolemus magnus (Olmi, 1996)
* Embolemus nearcticus (Brues, 1922)
* Embolemus neotropicus Olmi, 1996
* Embolemus nepalensis (Olmi, 1998)
* Embolemus niger van Achterberg, 2000
* Embolemus notogeicus Olmi, 1996
* Embolemus ogloblini Olmi, 1998
* Embolemus olmii van Achterberg & van Kats, 2000
* Embolemus pecki Olmi, 1998
* Embolemus poirieri (Olmi, Capradossi & Guglielmino, 2019)
* Embolemus reticulatus van Achterberg, 2000
* Embolemus ruddii Westwood, 1833
* Embolemus sanbornei Olmi, 1997
* Embolemus schajovskoyi (De Santis & Vidal, 1977)
* Embolemus sensitivus Xu, Olmi & Guglielmino, 2012
* Embolemus stangei Olmi, 1996
* Embolemus suavis (Olmi, 1998)
* Embolemus subtilis Olmi, 1996
* Embolemus tauricus Olmi, Belokobylskij & Guglielmino, 2014
* Embolemus viator (Olmi, 2017)
* Embolemus villemantae Contarini, Olmi, Capradossi & Guglielmino, 2020
* Embolemus walkeri Richards, 1951
* Embolemus wilhelmensis Olmi, Marletta & Guglielmino, 2016
* Embolemus wilkersoni (Olmi, 1998)
* Embolemus zealandicus Olmi, 1966

### Extinct

* †Embolemus antiquus Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Embolemus brachypterus Olmi et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Embolemus breviscapus (Brues, 1922) Baltic amber, Eocene
* †Embolemus burmensis Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Embolemus cretacicus Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Embolemus excitus Perrichot & Engel 2011 Baltic amber, Eocene
* †Embolemus janzeni (Olmi et al., 2014) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Embolemus micropterus Olmi et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Embolemus ohmkuhnlei Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
* †Embolemus perialla (Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011) Spanish amber, Albian
* †Embolemus quesnoyensis (Chény, Guillam, Nel & Perrichot, 2020) Oise amber, France, Ypresian
* †Embolemus succinalis (Brues, 1933) Baltic amber, Rovno amber, Eocene
* †Embolemus zherikhini Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian