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Katamenes

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Katamenes
Katamenes arbustorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Katamenes
Meade-Waldo, 1910[1]
Type species
Katamenes watsoni
Meade-Waldo, 1910[1]
Species

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Katamenes is a genus of potter wasps with species distributed in Europe and Africa.[2] When originally named by Edmund Meade-Waldo, Katemenes was monotypic, containing only K. watsoni, but other species have since been moved from Eumenes to Katamenes.[1]

Species

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The following species are currently recognised as being classified within Katamenes:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ Encyclopedia of life
  3. ^ "Taxonomy Search Results scientific_name STARTS WITH Katamenes". Arctos Collaborative Collection Management Solution. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Taxonomy for Katamenes". insectoid.info. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
  • Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010a. 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. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 42 (1): 95-315.