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Definition of Genus Eumenes
1. Noun. Mason wasps.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Vespidae, Vespidae
Member holonyms: Mason Wasp, Potter Wasp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Eumenes
Literary usage of Genus Eumenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synopsis of American Wasps by Henri de Saussure, Edward Norton (1875)
"This same character also presents itself and much in the same way in the genus
Eumenes where it forms the Division Omicron, resuming the species with simple ..."
2. The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development by Levi Leonard Conant (1896)
"In the genus Eumenes the males are much smaller than the females. ... If the egg
is male, she supplies five ; if female, 10 victims. Does she count ? ..."
3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1912)
"... being crushed in the mass of caterpillars which may not be completely deprived
of motion, which Fabre states is the case in a related genus (Eumenes). ..."
4. The Psychic Life of Insects by E.-L. Bouvier (1922)
"feet sphere of food; and certain wasps of the genus Eumenes mold earth into
pottery of the most charming design. In the presence of these phenomena which ..."
5. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"This sort of wasp is of the genus Eumenes. The wood selected is generally such
as is soft, or in a state of decay; ..."
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