Leptomenes
| Leptomenes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
| Genus: | Leptomenes Giordani Soika, 1939[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pachymenes congensis Bequaert, 1918) as a synonym of Odynerus eumenoides Smith, 1857[1] | |
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Leptomenes is a mainly Afrotropical genus of potter wasps. It was previously a much larger genus, though many species have been transferred to other genera such as Eumenidiopsis, Stroudia, and Tachymenes.[2]
Species
The following species are included in Leptomenes:
- Leptomenes convexus Giordani Soika, 1987
- Leptomenes cribratus Giordani Soika, 1983
- Leptomenes eumenoides (Smith, 1857)
- Leptomenes extremus Gusenleitner, 2005
- Leptomenes laethificus Giordani Soika, 1941
- Leptomenes major Giordani Soika, 1977
- Leptomenes pulawskii Gusenleitner, 1997
- Leptomenes richardsi Giordani Soika, 1975
- Leptomenes schulthessianus (de Saussure, 1890)
- Leptomenes stevensoni Giordani Soika, 1977
- Leptomenes ugandensis Giordani Soika, 1940
References
- ^ a b James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 93 (1–2): 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
- ^ J.M. Carpenter; J. Gusenleitner; M. Madl (2010). "A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de SAUSSURE 1885 to Zethus FABRICIUS 1804 and Species Incertae Sedis" (PDF). Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 42 (1): 95–315.