Pseudacaromenes

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Pseudacaromenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Pseudacaromenes
Species
  • Pseudacaromenes alfkenii
  • Pseudacaromenes johnsoni

Pseudacaromenes is a small neotropical genus of large potter wasps containing two known species: the Amazon basin endemic Pseudacaromenes alfkenii and the widespread (Mexico to Paraguay) Pseudacaromenes johnsoni.

[edit] References

  • Giordani Soika, A. 1990. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Pachymenes Sauss., Santamenes n. gen., Brachymenes G. S., Pseudacaromenes G. S., Stenosigma G. S. e Gamma Zav. (Hymenoptera). Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 39: 71-172.
  • Garcete-Barrett, B. R. 2001. Notes on Neotropical Eumeninae I (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Parag., 13 : 38 - 40.