Eumenes mediterraneus
| Eumenes mediterraneus | |
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| Eumenes mediterraneus. Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Vespoidea |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
| Genus: | Eumenes |
| Species: | E. mediterraneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eumenes mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879 | |
Eumenes mediterraneus is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae. [1]
Subspecies
- Eumenes mediterraneus cypricus Bluethgen, 1938
- Eumenes mediterraneus mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Distribution
This species can be found in most European countries, in the Near East and in North Africa. [2]
Description
Eumenes mediterraneus can reach a length of about 15 millimetres. Body is black with yellow markings. Clypeus is mainly yellow and scutellum has two large spots. Tergite I has a broad apical yellow band. Tergite II has two large yellow bands laterally and a pale and translucent apical lamella. Tergites V and VI have a yellow apical band. [3]
In males antennae are curled at tip. In females the segment between the compound eyes is yellow with black spots in inferior part. [4]
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Fauna europaea
- ↑ Taxonomic studies on Egyptian Eumenidae
- ↑ Roohollah Abbasi, Shahrokh Pashaei Rad, Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Masoud Sheidaei Faunistic study of vespid wasps in Zanjan Province (Northwest of Iran) with some ecological measures
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