Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Apocrita Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenoptera Superfamily Vespoidea | |
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Similar Eumenes pedunculatus, Eumenes coarctatus, Eumenes pomiformis, Gymnomerus laevipes, Ancistrocerus trifasciatus | ||
eumenes mediterraneus
Eumenes mediterraneus is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.
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Distribution
This species can be found in most European countries, in the Near East and in North Africa.
Description
Eumenes 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.
In males antennae are curled at tip. In females the segment between the compound eyes is yellow with black spots in inferior part.
References
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