Pteromenes

Pteromenes is a monotypic Afrotropical genus of potter wasps known from Eastern Africa (Kenya and Somalia). Its only known species is Pteromenes paradisiacus (Giordani Soika 1941).[2]

Pteromenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Pteromenes
Giordani Soika, 1961[1]
Species:
P. paradisiacus
Binomial name
Pteromenes paradisiacus
(Giordani Soika, 1941)
Synonyms[1]

Pterochilus paradisiacus Giordani Soika, 1941

References

  1. James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche. 93: 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
  2. Simon van Noort (2017). "Eumeninae Classification and checklist of Afrotropical Potter wasps". WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the Afrotropical region. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 28 April 2017.


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