The overwhelming morphological diversity of the potter wasp species is reflected in the proliferation of genera described to group them into more manageable groups. The following 200 genera are recognized as valid. An additional 16 genera previously treated under this subfamily have been split into the Zethinae.
Genera
Tribe Eumenini
- Afreumenes
- Alphamenes
- Cyphomenes
- Delta
- Eumenes
- Ischnogasteroides
- Katamenes
- Laevimenes
- Minixi
- Omicroides
- Omicron
- Oreumenes
- Pachymenes
- Pachyminixi
- Pararhaphidoglossa
- Phimenes
- Pirhosigma
- Santamenes
- Sphaeromenes
- Stenosigma
- Zeta
Tribe Odynerini (paraphyletic)
- Abispa
- Acanthodynerus
- Acarepipona
- Acarodynerus
- Acarozumia
- Aethiopicodynerus
- Afrepipona
- Afrepsilon
- Afrodynerus
- Afrogamma
- Afroxanthodynerus
- Alastor
- Alastoroides
- Alastorynerus
- Allepipona
- Allodynerus
- Allorhynchium
- Ancistroceroides
- Ancistrocerus
- Antamenes
- Antepipona
- Anterhynchium
- Antezumia
- Antodynerus
- Apodynerus
- Archancistrocerus
- Aruodynerus
- Asiodynerus
- Astalor
- Australodynerus
- Brachymenes
- Brachyodynerus
- Brachypipona
- Carinstrocerus
- Cephalastor
- Cephalochilus
- Cephalodynerus
- Chelodynerus
- Chlorodynerus
- Coeleumenes
- Convextrocerus
- Cuyodynerus
- Cyphodynerus
- Cyrtalastor
- Cyrteumenes
- Cyrtolabulus
- Diemodynerus
- Dolichodynerus
- Ectopioglossa
- Elisella
- Emeryrhynchium
- Epiodynerus
- Epsilon
- Erodynerus
- Eudiscoelius
- Eumenidiopsis
- Eumicrodynerus
- Euodynerus
- Eustenancistrocerus
- Extreuodynerus
- Flammodynerus
- Flavoleptus
- Gamma
- Gastrodynerus
- Gibberrhynchium
- Gioiella
- Giordania
- Globepipona
- Globodynerus
- Gribodia
- Gymnomerus
- Hemipterochilis
- Hemipterochilus
- Hirtocoelius
- Hypalastoroides
- Hypancistrocerus
- Hypodynerus
- Immutatus
- Incodynerus
- Indodynerus
- Intereuodynerus
- Interzumia
- Irianmenes
- Jucancistrocerus
- Knemodynerus
- Labochilus
- Labus
- Lamellodynerus
- Latimenes
- Leptochiloides
- Leptochilus
- Leptodynerus
- Leptomenes
- Leptomenoides
- Leptomicrodynerus
- Leucodynerus
- Lissepipona
- Lissodynerus
- Malagassodynerus
- Malayepipona
- Malgachemenes
- Maricopodynerus
- Megaodynerus
- Micreumenes
- Microdynerus
- Mitrodynerus
- Monobia
- Monodynerus
- Montezumia
- Nesodynerus
- Nestocoelius
- Nirtenia
- Nortozumia
- Odynerus
- Okinawepipona
- Omicrabulus
- Onychopterocheilus
- Orancistrocerus
- Oreumenoides
- Orientalicesa
- Ovodynerus
- Pachodynerus
- Paragymnomerus
- Paralastor
- Paraleptomenes
- Paralionotulus
- Parancistrocerus
- Pararrhynchium
- Paravespa
- Parazumia
- Pareumenes
- Parifodynerus
- Parodontodynerus
- Parodynerus
- Plagiolabra
- Polistepipona
- Postepipona
- Proepipona
- Pseudabispa
- Pseudacaromenes
- Pseudagris
- Pseudalastor
- Pseudepipona
- Pseudochilus
- Pseudodontodynerus
- Pseudodynerus
- Pseudoleptochilus
- Pseudonortonia
- Pseudosymmorphus
- Pseudozumia
- Pseumenes
- Pterocheilus
- Raphiglossoides
- Rhynchagris
- Rhynchalastor
- Rhynchium
- Rugomenes
- Smeringodynerus
- Spinilabochilus
- Stellepipona
- Stenancistrocerus
- Stenodyneriellus
- Stenodynerus
- Stenonartonia
- Stroudia
- Subancistrocerus
- Symmorphoides
- Symmorphus
- Synagris
- Syneuodynerus
- Tachyancistrocerus
- Tachymenes
- Trachyodynerus
- Tricarinodynerus
- Tropidodynerus
- Tuleara
- Ubirodynerus
- Xanthodynerus
- Xenorhynchium
References
- Carpenter, J.M. 1986. A synonymic generic checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Psyche 93: 61–90.
- Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2009. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part I: Introduction, Key to Genera, Genera Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner 1997 to Cyrtolabulus van der Vecht 1969. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 41 (1): 513-638.
- Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010a. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de Saussure 1885 to Zethus Fabricius 1804 and species incertae sedis. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 42 (1): 95-315.
- Carpenter, J.M., J. Gusenleitner & M. Madl. 2010b. A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part III: Classification, additions, corrections and index. Linzer Biologischer Beitrage 42 (2): 919-1004.