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Eumeninae (potter wasp)

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Taxonomy
Eumenidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Eumenidinae by Statz (1936); it was reranked as the subfamily Eumeninae by Carpenter (2000) and Antropov (2014).

It was assigned to Vespoidea by Cockerell (1906) and Rasnitsyn (1975); to Hymenoptera by Zhang (1989); to Apocrita by Carpenter (1992); and to Vespidae by Statz (1936), Carpenter (2000) and Antropov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Eumenidae Leach p. 153
1906Eumenidae Cockerell p. 56
1936Eumenidinae Statz p. 280
1975Eumenidae Rasnitsyn
1989Eumenidae Zhang p. 438
1992Eumenidae Carpenter
2000Eumeninae Carpenter
2014Eumeninae Antropov p. 397

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyEumeninae(Leach 1815)
subfamilyEumeninae(Leach 1815)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Eumeninae Leach 1815 [potter wasp]
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G. Alastor Lepeletier 1841
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Alastor rottensis Meunier 1915
Alastor solidescens Scudder 1890
G. Ancistrocerus Wesmael 1836
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Ancistrocerus berlandi Piton 1940
G. Eumenes Latreille 1802
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Eumenes projaponica Piton 1940
Eumenes shanwangensis Hong 1984
Invalid names: Pseudoperla Hong 1984 [synonym]
G. †Eunortonia Carpenter 1986
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Eunortonia sepulta Timon-David 1944
Invalid names: Pseudonortonia Timon-David 1944 [replaced]
G. †Harmorhynchium Zhang et al. 1994
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Harmorhynchium reflexum Zhang et al. 1994
G. Odynerus Latreille 1802
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Odynerus manevali Piton 1940
Odynerus oligopunctatus Theobald 1937
Odynerus palaeophilus Cockerell 1906
Odynerus percontusus Cockerell 1915
Odynerus praesepultus Cockerell 1906
Odynerus terryi Cockerell 1909
Odynerus wilmattae Cockerell 1915
G. Rhynchium Spinola 1806
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Rhynchium andrei Piton 1940
G. †Rotundipetiolus Zhang 1989
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G. Rygchium Spinola 1806
G. †Sphaerancistrocerus Antropov 2014
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G. Symmorphus Wesmael 1836
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Symmorphus senex Carpenter 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 93.90000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Symmorphus senex (110895)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Rygchium andrei, Odynerus manevali, Ancistrocerus eocenicus, Ancistrocerus berlandi, Eumenes projaponica (113685)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Eumeninae indet. (123850)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Didineis solidescens (122090)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Eumeninae indet. (123960) Sphaerancistrocerus petiolatus (123959)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Odynerus percontusus (113749) Odynerus praesepultus, Odynerus palaeophilus (106384) Odynerus terryi (122742) Odynerus wilmattae (106381)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Rhynchium sp., Odynerus oligopunctatus (122535)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Pseudonortonia sepulta (155869)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Alastor rottensis (122010)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Harmorhynchium reflexum (138944) Pseudoperla shanwangensis (128550) Rotundipetiolus longiantennus (128551)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Thailand Eumeninae indet. (140983)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Eumenidae indet. (117672)