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Genus Eumenes
Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps and allies)
Family Vespidae (Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps)
Subfamily Eumeninae (Potter and Mason Wasps)
Genus Eumenes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes New World fauna reviewed in (1)Explanation of Names prob. from the name of winged goddesses of vengeance in Greek mythology; literally means 'gracious, kind'
Numbers 8 spp. in our area, 16 in the New World (all Eumenes s.str.), ~110 (and ~50 sspp.) in 2 subgenera total (1)
1. E. americanus: AZ, AR, CO, KS, MO, NE, NM, TX
2. E. bequaerti Grandinete & Carpenter 2018 (=brunneus Isely 1917 nec Spinola 1851), not yet in the guide: CO
3. E. bollii: western (AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, MD, MN, MO, MT, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA)
4. E. consobrinus: western (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA WY)
5. E. crucifera: transcontinental (Canada: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, QC, ON; United States: AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PE, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY)
6. E. fraternus: eastern (Canada: NT, ON; United States: AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, LA, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NB, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OR, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)
7. E. smithii: eastern (AL, FL, GA, KS, MS, NC, OK, TN, TX)
8. E. verticalis: transcontinental (Canada: AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK; United States: AZ, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, MN, MO, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SD, UT, VA, WI, WV, WY) Identification key to Nearctic species in (1)(2)
Food Larvae feed on caterpillars or beetle larvae Life Cycle Female makes a pot of clay as a nest, places eggs on wall of cell, then provisions it with moth and beetle larvae
Larva (with caterpillars) -- pupa -- adult
Pupal development Works Cited | 3. | Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the Northeastern Nearctic Region
Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K. B. Cheung. 2008. Biological Survey of Canada [Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification]. | |
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