Santamenes

Santamenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Vespidae
Subfamily:	Eumeninae
Genus:	Santamenes; Giordani Soika, 1990
Type species
	Santamenes santanna; (Saussure, 1867)
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. .

References

1 2 3 Grandinete, Yuri Campanholo; Hermes, Marcel Gustavo; Noll, Fernando Barbosa (2015). "Systematics and phylogeny of the Neotropical Pachymenes de Saussure and Santamenes Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)". Systematic Entomology. 40 (2): 365–384. Bibcode:2015SysEn..40..365G. doi:10.1111/syen.12105.

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.

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[Grandinete-1] 1 2 3 Grandinete, Yuri Campanholo; Hermes, Marcel Gustavo; Noll, Fernando Barbosa (2015). "Systematics and phylogeny of the Neotropical Pachymenes de Saussure and Santamenes Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)". Systematic Entomology. 40 (2): 365–384. Bibcode:2015SysEn..40..365G. doi:10.1111/syen.12105.