Santamenes is a small but widely distributed neotropical genus of potter wasp. It has been proposed that Santamenes, be merged into Pachymenes.[1] .
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^ a b c Grandinete, Yuri Campanholo; Hermes, Marcel Gustavo; Noll, Fernando Barbosa (2015). "Systematics and phylogeny of the Neotropical Pachymenes de Saussure and Santamenes Giordani Soika (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)". Systematic Entomology. 40: 365–384. doi:10.1111/syen.12105.
- Giordani Soika, A. 1990. Revisione degli Eumenidi neotropicali appartenenti ai generi Pachymenes Sauss., Santamenes n. gen., Brachymenes G. S., Pseudacaromenes G. S., Stenosigma G. S. e Gamma Zav. (Hymenoptera). Boll. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Venezia 39: 71–172.
