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Leptomenes

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Leptomenes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Leptomenes
Giordani Soika, 1939[1]
Type species
Pachymenes congensis Bequaert, 1918) as a synonym of Odynerus eumenoides Smith, 1857[1]
Species

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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

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The following species are included in Leptomenes:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  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.