Embolemus Explained

Embolemus is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Embolemidae.^[1] There is debate regarding the status of the genus named Ampulicomorpha by Ashmead in 1893, generally considered now to be a junior synonym of Embolemus (e.g.,^[2]), as a few authorities dispute this (e.g.,^[3]).

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species

Source:^[4]

Extant

• Embolemus africanus (Risbec, 1957)
• Embolemus ambrensis Olmi, 2004
• Embolemus andersoni Olmi, 1998
• Embolemus angustipennis (Kieffer, 1912)
• Embolemus apertus Azevedo & Amarante, 2005
• Embolemus australis (Olmi, 1996)
• Embolemus bestelmeyeri Olmi, 1997
• Embolemus boraceia Amarante, Brandão & Carpenter, 1999
• Embolemus brandaoi Azevedo & Amarante, 2005
• Embolemus brothersi Olmi, 2006
• Embolemus burundensis Olmi, 2011
• Embolemus capensis Olmi, 1998
• Embolemus collinsi (Olmi, 1996)
• Embolemus confusus (Ashmead, 1893)
• Embolemus dayi (Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014)
• Embolemus fisheri Olmi, 2010
• Embolemus gabonensis Olmi, 2004
• Embolemus gilli (Olmi, 1998)
• Embolemus gressitti (Olmi, 1998)
• Embolemus hachijoensis Hirashima & Yamagishi, 1975
• Embolemus harteni Olmi, 1997
• Embolemus honshuensis Olmi, Mita & Guglielmino, 2014
• Embolemus huberi Olmi, 1997
• Embolemus irwini (Guglielmino & Olmi, 2014)
• Embolemus kheeli Olmi, 2004
• Embolemus krombeini Olmi, 1996
• Embolemus latus Azevedo & Amarante, 2005
• Embolemus magnus (Olmi, 1996)
• Embolemus nearcticus (Brues, 1922)
• Embolemus neotropicus Olmi, 1996
• Embolemus nepalensis (Olmi, 1998)
• Embolemus niger van Achterberg, 2000
• Embolemus notogeicus Olmi, 1996
• Embolemus ogloblini Olmi, 1998
• Embolemus olmii van Achterberg & van Kats, 2000
• Embolemus pecki Olmi, 1998
• Embolemus poirieri (Olmi, Capradossi & Guglielmino, 2019)
• Embolemus reticulatus van Achterberg, 2000
• Embolemus ruddii Westwood, 1833
• Embolemus sanbornei Olmi, 1997
• Embolemus schajovskoyi (De Santis & Vidal, 1977)
• Embolemus sensitivus Xu, Olmi & Guglielmino, 2012
• Embolemus stangei Olmi, 1996
• Embolemus suavis (Olmi, 1998)
• Embolemus subtilis Olmi, 1996
• Embolemus tauricus Olmi, Belokobylskij & Guglielmino, 2014
• Embolemus viator (Olmi, 2017)
• Embolemus villemantae Contarini, Olmi, Capradossi & Guglielmino, 2020
• Embolemus walkeri Richards, 1951
• Embolemus wilhelmensis Olmi, Marletta & Guglielmino, 2016
• Embolemus wilkersoni (Olmi, 1998)
• Embolemus zealandicus Olmi, 1966

Extinct

• †Embolemus antiquus Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Embolemus brachypterus Olmi et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Embolemus breviscapus (Brues, 1922) Baltic amber, Eocene
• †Embolemus burmensis Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Embolemus cretacicus Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Embolemus excitus Perrichot & Engel 2011 Baltic amber, Eocene
• †Embolemus janzeni (Olmi et al., 2014) Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Embolemus micropterus Olmi et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Embolemus ohmkuhnlei Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
• †Embolemus perialla (Ortega-Blanco et al., 2011) Spanish amber, Albian
• †Embolemus quesnoyensis (Chény, Guillam, Nel & Perrichot, 2020) Oise amber, France, Ypresian
• †Embolemus succinalis (Brues, 1933) Baltic amber, Rovno amber, Eocene
• †Embolemus zherikhini Perkovsky et al., 2021 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Embolemus Westwood, 1833 . www.gbif.org . 22 March 2021 . en.
2. van Achterberg, Cornelis & Kats, R.. (2000). Revision of the Palaearctic Embolemidae (Hymenoptera). Zoöl. Med. 74 (2000), 17: 251-269.
3. Perkovsky. Evgeny E.. Olmi. Massimo. Müller. Patrick. Guglielmino. Adalgisa. Jarzembowski. Edmund A.. Capradossi. Leonardo. Rasnitsyn. Alexandr P.. November 2020. A review of the fossil Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with description of seven new species and history of the family. Cretaceous Research. 121 . en. 104708. 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104708. 229502829 . subscription.
4. Martynova. Kate V.. Martynov. Alexander V.. December 2019. First record of Embolemus tauricus (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae) at continental Ukraine. Ukrainian Entomological Journal. 17. 2. 36–40. 10.15421/281911. 219148067 . 2226-4272. ResearchGate.