Eumenes is the type genus of the subfamily Eumeninae of Vespidae. It is a large and widespread genus, with over 100 taxa, mostly occurring in the temperate portions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most species are black or brown, and commonly marked with strikingly contrasting patterns of yellow, white, orange, or red. Like most vespids, their wings are folded longitudinally at rest. The first metasomal segment is narrow and elongated, creating a "bulbous" appearance to the abdomen.
Ischnocoelia is an Australian genus of potter wasps. The species currently recognised under this genus are:
Chlorodynerus is an old world genus of potter wasps. The following species are included in this genus:
Epsilon is an Indomalayan and Australasian genus of potter wasps. It contains the following species:
Ropalidia is a large genus of eusocial paper wasps in the tribe Ropalidiini distributed throughout the Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian biogeographical regions. The genus Ropalidia is unique because it contains both independent and swarm-founding species. Ropalidia romandi is one of the swarm founding species, meaning that new nests are founded by a large group of workers with a smaller number of inseminated females, while Ropalidia revolutionalis is independent-founding, meaning that each nest is founded by a single queen.
Stenodyneriellus is an Australasian and Indomalayan genus of potter wasps.
Subancistrocerus is an Australian, Indomalayan, African and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. Males of this genus used to have an enlarged antennal tip.
Eudiscoelius is an Australasian genus of potter wasps. They are notable for their strongly metallic green to violet bodies. The following species are among those included in Eudiscoelius:
Knemodynerus is a genus of potter wasps distributed through the Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian regions. The species currently classified in the genus are:
Kennetia is a small Indomalayan genus of potter wasps. It should be spelled Kennethia but Antonio Giordani Soika misspelled the name in his original description of the genus.
Stroudia is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.
Rhynchium is an Australian, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Eustenancistrocerus is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental genus of potter wasps. The species in this genus include:
Paravespa is an Afrotropical and Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Pareumenes is an Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental genus of potter wasps.
Paralastor is a very large Australian genus of potter wasps.
Pseudalastor is an Australian genus of potter wasps.
Pseudepipona is a genus of potter wasps found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical and Australian regions.
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
