Afreumenes is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.

Taxonomy and distribution Species and subspecies:Carpenter, J. M., Gusenleitner, J., & Madl, M. (2009). A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian region excluding Malagasy subregion. Part I: introduction, key to genera, genera Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner 1997 to Cyrtolabulus van der Vecht 1969. Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 41(1), 513-638 PDF

Afreumenes aethiopicus Afreumenes aethiopicus aethiopicus (de Saussure, 1852) - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia Afreumenes aethiopicus affinis (von Schulthess, Rechberg, 1910) - Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania Afreumenes aethiopicus longirostris (Gerstäcker,1857) - Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe Afreumenes aethiopicus longitudinalis Giordani Soika, 1968 - Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Afreumenes aterrimus Afreumenes aterrimus aterrimus (von Schulthess, Rechberg, 1910) - Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe Afreumenes aterrimus bicoloratus Giordani Soika, 1987 - Kenya Afreumenes aterrimus pseudomelanosoma Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Afreumenes erythrosoma (Giordani Soika, 1940) - Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia

Afreumenes melanosoma Afreumenes melanosoma melanosoma (de Saussure, 1852) - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda Afreumenes melanosoma ealensis Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo

Afreumenes moseri Afreumenes moseri moseri (Schulz, 1906) - Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Togo, Uganda Afreumenes moseri bimidiatus Giordani Soika, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo

Afreumenes nigrorufus Giordani Soika, 1968 - Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia

Afreumenes violaceus Afreumenes violaceus violaceus (Giordani Soika, 1941) - Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Afreumenes violaceus paramelanosoma Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Uganda Afreumenes violaceus rugosopunctatus Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe Afreumenes violaceus trifasciatus Giordani Soika, 1987 - South Africa

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