A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)

The present work is an extension of a similar list in Carpenter (1983), and arose from preparatory work for a phylogenetic analysis of nearctic potter wasp genera (Carpenter and Cumming, 1985). The most recent available world list of genera is over 80 years old (Dalla Torre, 1904), and fully 57% of the genus-group names currently used in the Eumeninae have been proposed since Bluethgen (1938; for more detail on the history of eumenine taxonomy see Carpenter and Cumming, 1985). The following checklist includes all the currently recognized genera of Eumeninae sensu Carpenter (1981), with their synonyms and subgenera. The arrangement is alphabetical based upon most recent usage, and incorporates the decisions pertaining to eumenine generic nomenclature rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) in Opinions 747 (1965), 893 (1970) and 1363 (1985). The format is basically that of Krombein et al. (1979). The original citations are followed by the type species designation. Synonyms, and subgenera with their citations and synonyms, are listed after this; the nominotypical subgenera are not listed separately. Where two dates are listed, the first is the true date of publication, whereas the date listed in parentheses is that printed on the paper. A misspelling is indicated by (!), and quotation marks are used for incorrect names. No effort has been made to list all misspellings; only those occurring in works considered important. Nomenclatural changes derive from ongoing work on a catalog of neotropical eumeninae (with J. van der Vecht) and a generic reclassification of this group" Neodiscoelius Stange is a junior objective synonym of Protodiscoelius Dalla Torre (new synonymy); Cephalastor Soika is raised to genus (new status), and its type species, Hypalastoroides depressus Soika, synonymized with Odynerus relativus Fox. In addition, type species are designated for