Afreumenes

Afreumenes
Afreumenes aethiopicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Afreumenes Bequaert, 1926
Species
Afreumenes aethiopicus [1] Afreumenes aterrimus Afreumenes erythrosoma Afreumenes melanosoma Afreumenes moseri Afreumenes nigrorufus Afreumenes violaceus

An Afreumenes potter wasp building a nest

Afreumenes is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.

Taxonomy and distribution

Species and subspecies: ^[2]

• Afreumenes aethiopicus
  • Afreumenes aethiopicus aethiopicus (de Saussure, 1852) - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia
  • Afreumenes aethiopicus affinis (von Schulthess, Rechberg, 1910) - Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
  • Afreumenes aethiopicus longirostris (Gerstäcker,1857) - Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Afreumenes aethiopicus longitudinalis Giordani Soika, 1968 - Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe

• Afreumenes aterrimus
  • Afreumenes aterrimus aterrimus (von Schulthess, Rechberg, 1910) - Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
  • Afreumenes aterrimus bicoloratus Giordani Soika, 1987 - Kenya
  • Afreumenes aterrimus pseudomelanosoma Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

• Afreumenes erythrosoma (Giordani Soika, 1940) - Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia

• Afreumenes melanosoma
  • Afreumenes melanosoma melanosoma (de Saussure, 1852) - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda
  • Afreumenes melanosoma ealensis Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo

• Afreumenes moseri
  • Afreumenes moseri moseri (Schulz, 1906) - Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Togo, Uganda
  • Afreumenes moseri bimidiatus Giordani Soika, 1968 (Democratic Republic of Congo

• Afreumenes nigrorufus Giordani Soika, 1968 - Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia

• Afreumenes violaceus
  • Afreumenes violaceus violaceus (Giordani Soika, 1941) - Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
  • Afreumenes violaceus paramelanosoma Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Uganda
  • Afreumenes violaceus rugosopunctatus Giordani Soika, 1968 - Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe
  • Afreumenes violaceus trifasciatus Giordani Soika, 1987 - South Africa

References

1. "Host Relations". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. v.10-11 (2001-2002). International Society of Hymenopterists. 2001.
2. Carpenter, J. M., Gusenleitner, J., & Madl, M. (2009). A catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian region excluding Malagasy subregion. Part I: introduction, key to genera, genera Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner 1997 to Cyrtolabulus van der Vecht 1969. Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 41(1), 513-638 PDF