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Potter and Mason Wasps
Eumeninae
Potter wasps (or mason 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.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Ancistrocerus
genusAncistrocerus

Eumenes
genusEumenes

Euodynerus
genusEuodynerus
Monobia
genusMonobia

Delta
genusDelta

Parancistrocerus
genusParancistrocerus

Pachodynerus
genusPachodynerus

Symmorphus
genusSymmorphus

Zethus
genusZethus

Rhynchium
genusRhynchium

Phimenes
genusPhimenes

Pseudodynerus
genusPseudodynerus

Zeta
genusZeta

Paralastor
genusParalastor

Large Australasian Mason Wasps
genusAbispa

Stenodynerus
genusStenodynerus

Odynerus
genusOdynerus

Parazumia
genusParazumia

Anterhynchium
genusAnterhynchium

Hypodynerus
genusHypodynerus

Allorhynchium
genusAllorhynchium

Oreumenes
genusOreumenes

Synagris
genusSynagris

Leptochilus Wasps
genusLeptochilus

Paraleptomenes
genusParaleptomenes

Pterocheilus
genusPterocheilus

Pseudabispa
genusPseudabispa

Antepipona
genusAntepipona

Orancistrocerus
genusOrancistrocerus

Apodynerus
genusApodynerus

Gymnomerus
genusGymnomerus

Discoelius
genusDiscoelius

Katamenes
genusKatamenes

Stenodyneriellus
genusStenodyneriellus

Epsilon
genusEpsilon
Antodynerus
genusAntodynerus

Microdynerus
genusMicrodynerus

Montezumia
genusMontezumia

Subancistrocerus
genusSubancistrocerus

Parodontodynerus
genusParodontodynerus

Tricarinodynerus
genusTricarinodynerus

Alastor
genusAlastor

Afreumenes
genusAfreumenes

Pachymenes
genusPachymenes

Pseumenes
genusPseumenes

Dolichodynerus
genusDolichodynerus

Maricopodynerus
genusMaricopodynerus

Pseudepipona
genusPseudepipona

Australozethus
genusAustralozethus

Pareumenes
genusPareumenes

Calligaster
genusCalligaster

Brachymenes
genusBrachymenes

Omicron
genusOmicron

Allodynerus
genusAllodynerus

Pseudozumia
genusPseudozumia

Ancistroceroides
genusAncistroceroides

Protodiscoelius
genusProtodiscoelius

Knemodynerus
genusKnemodynerus

Xenorhynchium
genusXenorhynchium

Eustenancistrocerus
genusEustenancistrocerus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Eumeninae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119344.