The potter wasps of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) Author Cassar, Thomas Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta thomas.m.cassar.19@um.edu.mt Author Mifsud, David Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta Author Selis, Marco Via dei Tarquini, 22 - 01100 Viterbo, Italy text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2022 2022-04-29 90 201 212 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.90.79373 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.90.79373 1314-2607-90-201 1170E62DD9D4422DAC60843EB114B10E 408DFE09202B5A5C9B7C10DE0470A29E 6508934 Eumenes mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879 Material examined. Malta • 1♂ , Buskett , 5 Jul. 2020 , T. Cassar leg. ; 1♀ , Mqabba , 4 Jul. 2015 , D. Mifsud leg. ; 4♂♂ , Zebbuġ , 20 May 2020 , T. Cassar leg.; 1♀ , Zebbuġ , 4 Jun. 2020 , T. Cassar leg. Notes. Recorded from the Maltese Islands by Valletta (1971) , Erlandsson (1972) , Cilia (1975) and Schembri (1980) . The latter recorded the nominate subspecies, a taxon distributed from South Central to southern Europe, east to Central Asia and south to North Africa. Colour is very variable in this species, and some of the bright yellow markings may be more reduced in some individuals than others, especially those on the first abdominal tergite ( Gusenleitner 1999 ).