Eumenes Latreille, 1802, 1852

Sureshan, Pavittu M., 2017, A taxonomic review of the Indian species of the genus Eumenes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae), Zootaxa 4317 (3), pp. 469-498 : 470

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.3
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scientific name	Eumenes Latreille, 1802
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Genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802 View in CoL View at ENA

Eumenes Latreille, 1802: 360 View in CoL , genus. Type species: “ Eumenes coarctata Fab. ” [= Vespa coarctata Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL ], by subsequent designation of Latreille, 1810: 438.

Alpha de Saussure, 1855: 128 View in CoL , 137, name for division I of genus Eumenes Latreille in de Saussure, 1852: 28 View in CoL (invalid homonym of Alpha de Saussure, 1854 ). Type species: Vespa coarctata Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Bequaert, 1926: 485.

Eumenis Kriechbaumer, 1879: 57 (unjustified emendation of Eumenes Latreille View in CoL ).

Eumemes [!] Fox, 1899: 439 (incorrect spelling of Eumenes Latreille View in CoL ).

Eumes [!] Bertoni, 1910: 36 (incorrect spelling of Eumenes Latreille ).

Eumenidion von Schulthess, 1913: 2, subgenus of Eumenes Latreille. Type species: “ Eumenes coarctatus L.” [= Vespa coarctata Linnaeus, 1758 ], by original designation.

Eumenidium [!] Sharp, 1914: 275 (incorrect spelling of Eumenidion von Schulthess).

Diagnosis. MeSepiSternUm withoUt epicnemial carina; apical lamella of T2 not concaVe medially; pronotUm withoUt pretegUlar carina; tegUla Short, conVex and not eqUalling parategUla poSteriorly; propodeUm withoUt foVea or dentiform projectionS; axillary foSSa oVal, broader than long; metanotUm not bidentate; propodeal ValVUla Short, roUnded; SUbmarginal carina not projecting; Second SUbmarginal cell acUte baSally; metaSoma petiolate; midtibia with one SpUr.

Distribution. AUStralian, Ethiopian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regionS.