The overwhelming morphological diversity of the potter wasp species is reflected in the proliferation of genera described to group them into more manageable groups. The following 200 genera are recognized as valid. An additional 16 genera previously treated under this subfamily have been split into the Zethinae.
Tribe Eumenini
Tribe Odynerini (paraphyletic)
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.
Elisella is a monotypic South African genus of potter wasps. The sole species is Elisella linae.
Euodynerus is a genus of potter wasps with a mainly Holarctic distribution, though a number of species extend through Indomalayan, Australasian, Afrotropical and northern Neotropical regions. Also, a single species is reported from Hawaii.
Knemodynerus is a genus of potter wasps distributed through the Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan and Australasian regions. The species currently classified in the genus are:
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:
Extreuodynerus is an Afrotropical genus of potter wasps with a single described species Extreuodynerus mirificus.
Gioiella is an afrotropical genus of potter wasps with three described species.
Globepipona is an afrotropical genus of potter wasps with a single species, Globepipona zairensis.
Globodynerus is an afrotropical genus of potter wasps with a single species, Globodynerus globosus.
Interzumia is an afrotropical genus of potter wasps with a single species, Interzumia rufonigra.
Ischnogasteroides is an Afrotropical and Palearctic genus of potter wasps. It currently includes the following species:
Paravespa is an Afrotropical and Palearctic genus of potter wasps.
Zetheumenidion is a small afrotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 11 species, one of them previously with two subspecies. The species are distributed through southern and eastern Africa.
Emeryrhynchium is a monotypical afrotropical genus of potter wasps known from Equatorial Africa. Its only known species is Emeryrhynchium emeryanus.
Gibberrhynchium is a small Afrotropical genus of potter wasps.
Delta emarginatum is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.
Katamenes arbustorum is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.