Santamenes

Santamenes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Santamenes Giordani Soika, 1990[1]
Type species
Santamenes santanna (Saussure, 1867)[1]
Species
Santamenes novarae (Saussure, 1867) Santamenes olympicus (Zavaratti, 1912) Santamenes peregrinus (Zavaratti, 1912) Santamenes santanna (Saussure, 1867)

Santamenes is a small but widely distributed neotropical genus of potter wasp. It has been proposed that Santamenes, be merged into Pachymenes.^[1] .