Genus Phimenes Giordani Soika 1992

Phimenes Giordani Soika 1992: 41, 66, genus, replacement name for Phi de Saussure, 1855, non de Saussure, 1854. Phi de Saussure 1855: 132, name for division IV of genus Eumenes Latreille 1820 in de Saussure 1852: 63, 145, nom. praeocc., nec Phi de Saussure, 1854). Type species: Vespa arcuata Fabricius 1775, by subsequent designation of Bequaert 1926: 487.

Phimenes was proposed by Giordani Soika (1992) as a replacement name for Phi de Saussure 1855, non de Saussure 1854. Carpenter (1986) pointed out this homonymy and synonymized Phi de Saussure 1855 under Delta de Saussure 1855, but this nomenclatural act had been overlooked by subsequent authors (Giordani Soika 1987; Giordani Soika & Kojima 1988; Gusenleitner 1988) until van der Vecht and Carpenter (1990) reconfirmed the homonymy and Giordani Soika (1992) proposed the replacement name.