Leptomenes
Genus of wasps
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Leptomenes is a mainly Afrotropical genus of potter wasps. It was previously a much larger genus, though many species have been transferred to other genera such as Eumenidiopsis, Stroudia, and Tachymenes.[2]
| Leptomenes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumeninae |
| Genus: | Leptomenes Giordani Soika, 1939[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pachymenes congensis Bequaert, 1918) as a synonym of Odynerus eumenoides Smith, 1857[1] | |
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Species
The following species are included in Leptomenes:[3]
- Leptomenes baphomet Selis, 2020
- Leptomenes convexus Giordani Soika, 1987
- Leptomenes cribratus Giordani Soika, 1983
- Leptomenes eumenoides (Smith, 1857)
- Leptomenes laethificus Giordani Soika, 1941
- Leptomenes major Giordani Soika, 1977
- Leptomenes obliquepunctatus Selis, 2023
- Leptomenes pulawskii Gusenleitner, 1997
- Leptomenes richardsi Giordani Soika, 1975
- Leptomenes schulthessianus (de Saussure, 1890)
- Leptomenes stevensoni Giordani Soika, 1977
- Leptomenes ugandensis Giordani Soika, 1940