Eumenes (wasp)

Eumenes (wasp)
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 b
Eumenes aemilianus Guiglia, 1951
Eumenes affinissimus de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes agillimus Dalla Torre, 1894
Eumenes americanus Saussure, 1852 a
Eumenes antennatus Bingham, 1898
Eumenes aquilonius Sk. Yamane, 1977
Eumenes architectus Smith, 1858
Eumenes arnoldi Bequaert, 1926 b
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 + a
Eumenes buddha Cameron, 1898
Eumenes capensis Schulthess, 1910 b
Eumenes coarctatus (Linnaeus, 1758) +
Eumenes comberi Dover, 1925
Eumenes congnatus Nguyen, 2016
Eumenes consobrinus de Saussure, 1856 a
Eumenes coronatus (Panzer, 1799) +
Eumenes coyotae Bohart, 1948
Eumenes crucifera Provancher, 1888 +
Eumenes cubensis Cresson, 1865 a
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 + b
Eumenes fulvopilosellus Giordani Soika, 1965
Eumenes gibbosus Nguyen, 2015
Eumenes glacialis Giordani Soika, 1940
Eumenes gribodianus Guiglia, 1933 + b
Eumenes guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1975
Eumenes humbertianus de Saussure, 1867
Eumenes improvisus Giordani Soika, 1975 b
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 + b
Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes mainpuriensis Smith, 1870
Eumenes makilingi Williams, 1928
Eumenes mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879 + b
Eumenes micado Cameron 1904
Eumenes micropunctatus Giordani Soika, 1975 + b
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 b
Eumenes persimilis Giordani Soika, 1960
Eumenes pictus Smith, 1857 a
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 b
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 a
Eumenes verticalis Say, 1824 +
Data sources: a = Giordani Soika (1978), b = Carpenter et al. (2010)
Notes: + = denotes species with described subspecies
References
External links
Eumenes wasps of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
Eumenes, EOL
Gallery
Biological pest control wasps
Potter wasps