Eumenes mediterraneus is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.[1]
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| Eumenes mediterraneus. Female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Genus: | Eumenes |
| Species: | E. mediterraneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eumenes mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
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Subspecies
edit- Eumenes mediterraneus cypricus Bluethgen, 1938
- Eumenes mediterraneus mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Distribution
editThis species can be found in most European countries, in the Near East and in North Africa.[2]
Description
editEumenes 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
edit- ^ 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