Embolemus

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]).

Embolemus
Embolemus zealandicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Embolemidae
Genus:	Embolemus Westwood, 1833
Synonyms
Myrmecomorphus Westwood, 1833 Polyplanus Nees, 1834 Embolimus Agassiz, 1846 (Emend.) Formila de Romand, 1846 Pedinomma Förster, 1856 Ampulicomorpha Ashmead, 1893 Ampulicimorpha Brues, 1933 (missp.)

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species

Source:^[2][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