Genus Eumenes Latreille, 1802
- Eumenes Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. Paris : F. Dufart xii + 13–467 + [1] pp. [An "X" (title page = 1802)] [360].
Type species:
Vespa coarctata Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considération Générales sur l'Order Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres Disposés en Familles. Paris : F. Schoell viii 444 pp. [this work is the subject of Opinions 11 and 136, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [438].
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
VESPIDAE: Eumenes fluctuans Saussure, 1852 [now placed in
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 1910, described from Australia but without locality label on the holotype, is from the Palaearctic Region, see van der Vecht & Fischer (1972)]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Worldwide.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
General References
van der Vecht, J. & Fischer, F.C.J. 1972. Palearctic Eumenidae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus 8: 1-199
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2023 | VESPIDAE | 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 20-Jul-2023 | Eumeninae | 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | VESPOIDEA | 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-May-2017 | Eumeninae | 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Mar-2015 | VESPOIDEA | 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-May-2014 | Eumeninae | 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Aug-2012 | 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Nov-2023 | MODIFIED |