Brachymenes

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Brachymenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Vespidae Subfamily: Eumeninae Genus: Brachymenes
Species
Brachymenes dyscherus (de Saussure, 1852) Brachymenes wagnerianus (de Saussure, 1875)

Brachymenes is a small neotropical genus of potter wasps currently containing 2 species: The primarily andean species Brachymenes wagnerianus and the lowland species Brachymenes dyscherus.

[edit] References

• Giordani Soika, A. 1990. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Pachymenes Sauss., Santamenes n. gen., Brachymenes G. S., Pseudacaromenes G. S., Stenosigma G. S. e Gamma Zav. (Hymenoptera). Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 39: 71-172.