| Pseudacaromenes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
| Genus: | Pseudacaromenes Giordani Soika, 1978 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Pseudacaromenes alfkenii (Ducke, 1904) | |
| Species | |
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Pseudacaromenes is a small Neotropical genus of large potter wasps containing two known species: the Amazon basin endemic Pseudacaromenes alfkenii and the widespread (Mexico to Paraguay) Pseudacaromenes johnsoni .
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.
Cephalastor is a small neotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 14 species.
Plagiolabra is a neotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 2 species found in the Gran Chaco biogeographical province of central South America, in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
Brachymenes is a small neotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing two species, the primarily Andean species B. wagnerianus and the lowland species B. dyscherus.
Gamma is a small neotropical, primarily northern Andean genus of potter wasps currently containing 6 recognized species.
Minixi is a small neotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 4 species. One species is restricted to Southern United States, Mexico and Central America. The other three species are rather common and widespread through eastern South America.
Parazumia is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus of medium to large sized potter wasps. The Nearctic species of this genus have been treated for much of the 20th century as a separate genus named Paranortonia.
Hypalastoroides is a neotropical genus of potter wasps with a few nearctic and andean species. It differs from other New World genera by having a petiolate second submarginal cell. The genus contains the following subgenera and species:
Omicron is a quite diverse Neotropical genus of small potter wasps.
Santamenes is a small but widely distributed neotropical genus of potter wasp. It has been proposed that Santamenes, be merged into Pachymenes. .
Pachymenes is a small but widely distributed Neotropical genus of potter wasps, it has been proposed that another Neotropical genus, Santamenes, be merged into Pachymenes.
Pararhaphidoglossa is a moderately diverse neotropical genus of potter wasps.
Pirhosigma is a moderately small Neotropical genus of potter wasps.
Pachyminixi is a small southern Neotropical genus of potter wasps.
Pachodynerus is a fairly large neotropical and nearctic genus of potter wasps with higher diversity in central South America. At least one species has been introduced in other biogeographical regions, including several oceanic islands, while Pachodynerus erynnis occurs on Ascension Island as well as in North America. This genus is most closely related to the genus Euodynerus.
Sphaeromenes is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps.
Pseudodynerus is a small Neotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 16 species.
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.
Antonio Giordani Soika was an Italian entomologist, ecologist and director of the Civic Museum of Natural History of Venice. He had a long career in which he worked on various groups of insects but much of his work was on the Hymenoptera. He made great contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical wasps, especially potter wasps for which he produced many taxonomic keys and also monographs on the systematics of the wasp family Vespidae.