Eumenes maxillosus

Eumenes maxillosus
Eumenes maxillosus from Guinea-Bissau. Male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Eumenes
Species: E. maxillosus
Binomial name
Eumenes maxillosus
(De Geer, 1773)

Eumenes maxillosus is a species of potter wasp in the subfamily Eumeninae of the family Vespidae.[1]

Subspecies

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Description

Eumenes maxillosus can reach a length of about 35 millimetres (1.4 in) in males.

Distribution

This species can be found in Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gaboon, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Central Sahara, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Zaire. [3]

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