Phimenes is an Indomalayan and Australasian genus of potter wasps. The genus was formerly regarded as a synonym of Delta.[2] 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 to compound Phi with Eumenes into Phimenes as the name for the new taxon.[1]

Phimenes
Phimenes sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Phimenes
Giordani Soika, 1992[1]
Type species
Phimenes arcuatus
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Species

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Species

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The following species are classified as being members of the genus Phimenes:[3][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d P. Girish Kumar (2013). "A Taxonomic Revision of Phimenes Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera: Vespidae : Eumeninae) of Indian Subcontinent" (PDF). Records of the Zoological Survey of India. 113 (3): 119–135.
  2. ^ "Taxonomy for Phimenes". insectoid.info. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Phimenes Giordani Soika 1992". GBIF.org. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  • Vecht, J.v.d. & J.M. Carpenter. 1990. A Catalogue of the genera of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen 260: 3 - 62.