| Katamenes arbustorum | |
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| Katamenes arbustorum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Katamenes |
| Species: | K. arbustorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Katamenes arbustorum (Panzer, 1799) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Katamenes arbustorum is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. [2] [3]
Katamenes arbustorum can reach a length of 18–20 millimetres (0.71–0.79 in) in the females, of 15–18 millimetres (0.59–0.71 in) in the males. The body has a black and yellow pattern. Petiole and postpetiole are strongly divided.
The flight time is from early June until the end of July. The females build their nests on rocks using small stones and clay. Katamenes arbustorum are parasitized by the chrysidid wasps Stilbum calens and Stilbum cyanurum .
This species is present is in North Africa, in southern Europe north to the southern valleys of the Alps. [1] [4]
Potter wasps, the Eumeninae, are a cosmopolitan wasp group presently treated as a subfamily of Vespidae, but sometimes recognized in the past as a separate family, Eumenidae.
Katamenes is a genus of potter wasps with species distributed in Europe and Africa. 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.
Knemodynerus is a genus of potter wasps distributed through the Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian regions. The species currently classified in the genus are:
Stroudia is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.
Omicrabulus is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.
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.
Eumenidiopsis is an afrotropical genus of Afrotropical potter wasps with eight known species, which are set out below:
Eustenancistrocerus is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental genus of potter wasps. The species in this genus include:
Ischnogasteroides is an Afrotropical and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. It currently includes the following species:
Micreumenes is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps with 30 described species.
Paravespa is an Afrotropical and Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Microdynerus is a genus of potter wasps in the family Vespidae.
Gibberrhynchium is a small Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.
Rhynchalastor is a moderately large afrotropical genus of potter wasps with 25 species currently known. Some authorities expand the genus to include species otherwise classified under related genera such as Stenodynerus
Jucancistrocerus is a Palearctic genus of potter wasps. The currently species assigned to Jucancistrocerus are:
Labochilus is a Palearctic genus of potter wasps. It contains the following species:
Labus is an Indomalayan genus of potter wasps. It contains the following species:
Onychopterocheilus is a Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Delta emarginatum is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.
Ancistrocerus nigricornis is a species of potter wasp.