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Phimenes
Phimenes is an Indomalayan and Australasian genus of potter wasps. The genus was formerly regarded as a synonym of Delta. The genus was separated from Eumenes by the Italian hymenopterist Antonio Giordani Soika when he elevated division IV of Eumenes, which Saussure had given the name Phi to, to full generic status. However, Giordani Soika noted that the name Phi was preoccupied by a subgenus of the New World polistine genus Mischocyttarus and he therefore chose...
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Phimenes flavopictus
speciesPhimenes flavopictus
Phimenes arcuatus
speciesPhimenes arcuatus
Phimenes curvatus
speciesPhimenes curvatus
Phimenes fulvipennis
speciesPhimenes fulvipennis
Phimenes indosinensis
speciesPhimenes indosinensis
Phimenes andamanicus
speciesPhimenes andamanicus
Phimenes transmarinus
speciesPhimenes transmarinus
Phimenes incola
speciesPhimenes incola
Phimenes zimmermanni
speciesPhimenes zimmermanni
Phimenes wieneckei
speciesPhimenes wieneckei
Phimenes zamenes
speciesPhimenes zamenes
Phimenes nicobaricus
speciesPhimenes nicobaricus
Phimenes perplexus
speciesPhimenes perplexus
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
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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 322499.