Eumenes is a genus of wasps in the subfamily Eumeninae. It is a large and widespread genus, with over 100 species and subspecies occurring worldwide. The genus was first proposed by Pierre André Latreille in 1802, with the type species later designated by Latreille in 1810. All species make jug-like nests out of mud, usually attached to twigs. The larvae are fed with caterpillars.

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 ferruapiculus Chen & Li, 2023 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 massarum Polašek, 2025 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 selisi Fateryga, 2024 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

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References

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