Mimumesa Explained

Mimumesa is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. The species are found in the Holarctic. 32 species are known to exist.^[1]

Species (Asia)

• Mimumesa melanosomatica (Ma and Q. Li 2009)
• Mimumesa mishimae (Tsuneki 1984)
• Mimumesa nonstriata (Ma and Q. Li 2009)
• Mimumesa scutiprotruberantis (L. Ma, X. Chen and Q. Li 2010)
• Mimumesa vanlithi (Tsuneki 1954)

Species (Europe)

• Mimumesa atratina (F. Morawitz 1891)
• Mimumesa beaumonti (van Lith 1949)
• Mimumesa dahlbomi (Wesmael 1852)
• Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit 1934)
• Mimumesa sibiricina (R. Bohart 1976)
• Mimumesa spooneri (Richards 1948)
• Mimumesa unicolor (Vander Linden 1829)
• Mimumesa wuestneii (Faester 1951)

Species (North America)

• Mimumesa bermudensis (Malloch 1933)
• Mimumesa canadensis (Malloch 1933)
• Mimumesa clypeata (W. Fox 1898)
• Mimumesa coloradensis (Cameron 1908)
• Mimumesa cylindrica (W. Fox 1898)
• Mimumesa fuscipes (Packard 1867)
• Mimumesa interstitialis (Cameron 1908)
• Mimumesa johnsoni (Vierick 1901)
• Mimumesa leucopus (Say 1837)
• Mimumesa longicornis (W. Fox 1898)
• Mimumesa mandibularis (H. Smith 1908)
• Mimumesa mellipes (Say 1837)
• Mimumesa mixta (W. Fox 1898)
• Mimumesa modesta (Rohwer 1915)
• Mimumesa nigra (Packard 1867)
• Mimumesa petiolata (F. Smith 1863)
• Mimumesa propinqua (Kincaid 1900)
• Mimumesa psychra (Pate 1856)
• Mimumesa regularis (W. Fox 1898)

External links

• Mimumesa images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity

Notes and References

1. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/entomology_resources/Hymenoptera/sphecidae/Genera/Mimumesa.pdf California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity pdf