Leptomenes

Leptomenes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Leptomenes ; Giordani Soika, 1939
Type species
	Pachymenes congensis Bequaert, 1918) as a synonym of Odynerus eumenoidesSmith, 1857;
Species
	See text

Last updated May 27, 2025

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 .^[2]

Species

The following species are included in Leptomenes:^[3]

Leptomenes baphomet Selis, 2020
Leptomenes convexus Giordani Soika, 1987
Leptomenes cribratus Giordani Soika, 1983
Leptomenes eumenoides (Smith, 1857)
Leptomenes laethificus Giordani Soika, 1941
Leptomenes major Giordani Soika, 1977
Leptomenes obliquepunctatus Selis, 2023
Leptomenes pulawskii Gusenleitner, 1997
Leptomenes richardsi Giordani Soika, 1975
Leptomenes schulthessianus (de Saussure, 1890)
Leptomenes stevensoni Giordani Soika, 1977
Leptomenes ugandensis Giordani Soika, 1940

References

1 2 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 .
↑ J.M. Carpenter; J. Gusenleitner; M. Madl (2010). "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" (PDF). Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 42 (1): 95–315.
↑ Selis, Marco (2023-01-17). "Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, with description of a new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)" . Zootaxa. 5228 (5): 584–594. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 37044638.

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[Carpenter-1] 1 2 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 .

[CGM-2] J.M. Carpenter; J. Gusenleitner; M. Madl (2010). "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" (PDF). Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 42 (1): 95–315.

[3] Selis, Marco (2023-01-17). "Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genus Leptomenes Giordani Soika, with description of a new species from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)" . Zootaxa. 5228 (5): 584–594. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.3. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 37044638.

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