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Checklist for Tribe Epiponini Lucas, 1867
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
12496
58285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
71
1531
6334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
62
1445
6216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
24
722
4845
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
154
687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
69
429
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
22
295
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeEpiponini
Lucas, 1867
19
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Brazil
19 Genera with 182 Species
Agelaia Lepeletier, 185421SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18048SpeciesTaxom
Asteloeca Raw, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 19785SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 19784SpeciesTaxom
Clypearia Saussure, 18535SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 17973SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 189910SpeciesTaxom
Nectarinella Bequaert, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 190416SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 189164SpeciesTaxom
Protonectarina Ducke, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 201522SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolybia Saussure, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
182 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agelaia acreana Silveira & C..., 1995
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia angulicollis Spinosa, 1851
Agelaia brevistigma Richards, 1978
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia cajennesis
Agelaia centralis Cameron, 1907
Agelaia constructa Saussure, 1854
Agelaia constructor Saussure, 1854
Agelaia flavipennis Ducke, 1905
Agelaia fulvofasciata Deg., 1773
Agelaia lobipleura Richards, 1978
Agelaia melanopyga Cooper, 2000
Agelaia multipicta Haliday, 1836
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia ornata Ducke, 1905
Agelaia pallidiventris Richards, 1978
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Agelaia panamensis Cameron, 1906
Agelaia testacea Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia vicina de Saussure, 1854
Angiopolybia obidensis Ducke, 1904
Angiopolybia pallens Lepeletier, 1836
Angiopolybia paraensis Spinosa, 1851
Apoica (Apoica) flavissima van der Vecht, 1972
Apoica (Apoica) gelida Vecht, 1972
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) pallida Olivier, 1791
Apoica (Apoica) strigata Richards, 1978
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Apoica (Deuterapoica) arborea Saussure, 1854
Apoica albimacula Fabricius, 1804
Asteloeca traili Cameron, 1906
Brachygastra albula Richards, 1978
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra bilineolata Spinosa, 1841
Brachygastra fistulosa Naumann, 1968
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Chartergellus amazonicus (Richards, 1978)⇒ Chartergellus frontalis Fabricius, 1804
Chartergellus communis Richards, 1978
Chartergellus jeannei
Chartergellus nigerrimus Richards, 1978
Chartergellus punctatior Richards, 1978
Charterginus fulvus Fox, 1904
Chartergus apicalis
Chartergus chartarius
Chartergus globiventris Saussure, 1854
Chartergus metanotalis Richards, 1978
Clypearia angustior Ducke, 1906
Clypearia apicipennis Spinosa, 1851
Clypearia duckei Richards, 1978
Clypearia humeralis Richards, 1978
Clypearia sulcata Saussure, 1853
Epipona morio
Epipona quadrituberculata Gribodo, 1892
Epipona tatua Cuv., 1797
Leipomeles dorsata Fabricius, 1804
Leipomeles pusilla Ducke, 1904
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Metapolybia acincta Richards, 1978
Metapolybia azteca Araujo, 1945
Metapolybia aztecoides Richards, 1978
Metapolybia bromelicola Araujo, 1945
Metapolybia cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Metapolybia decorata Gribodo, 1896
Metapolybia docilis Richards, 1978
Metapolybia nigra Richards, 1978
Metapolybia silvicola Cooper, 1999
Metapolybia suffusa Fox, 1899
Nectarinella xavantinensis Mateus & Noll, 1998
Parachartergus amazonensis Ducke, 1907
Parachartergus apicalis Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus colobopterus Licht, 1796
Parachartergus compressus de Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus difficilis Ducke, 1905
Parachartergus flavofasciatus Cameron, 1906
Parachartergus fraternus Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus fulgidipennis Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus griseus Fox, 1898
Parachartergus langi Bequaert, 1944
Parachartergus lenkoi Richards, 1978
Parachartergus pseudapicalis Willink, 1959
Parachartergus richardsi Willink, 1959
Parachartergus smithii Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus vespiceps de Saussure, 1863
Parachartergus wagneri Buysson, 1904
Polybia (Alpha) bifasciata Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) quadricincta Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) signata Ducke, 1910
Polybia (Apopolybia) dimidiata Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) barbouri Bequard, 1943
Polybia (Myrapetra) belemensis Richards, 1970
Polybia (Myrapetra) bicytarella Richards, 1951
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) catillifex Moebius, 1856
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) erythrothorax
Polybia (Myrapetra) fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Myrapetra) flavifrons Smith, 1857
Polybia (Myrapetra) juruana Ihering, 1904
Polybia (Myrapetra) nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Myrapetra) parvulina Richards, 1970
Polybia (Myrapetra) platycephala Richards, 1951
Polybia (Myrapetra) ruficeps Schrottky, 1902
Polybia (Myrapetra) scrobalis Richards, 1970
Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris White, 1841
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Pedothoeca) incerta Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Platypolybia) liliacea Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Polybia) depressa Ducke, 1905
Polybia (Polybia) striata Fabricius, 1787
Polybia (Trichinothorax) chrysothorax Lichtenstein, 1796
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia (Trichinothorax) lugubris (Saussure, 1854)⇒ Polybia velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Trichinothorax) micans Ducke, 1904
Polybia (Trichinothorax) minarum Ducke, 1906
Polybia (Trichinothorax) punctata Buysson, 1908
Polybia (Trichinothorax) rufitarsis Ducke, 1904
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Polybia (Trichinothorax) tinctipennis Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
Polybia atra (Saussure, 1854)⇒ Polybia ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia batesi Richards, 1978
Polybia brunnea Curtis, 1844
Polybia bucula (Buysson, 1902)⇒ Polybioides tabidus Fabricius, 1781
Polybia dimorpha Richards, 1978
Polybia eberhardae Cooper, 1993
Polybia erythrothoraxla Richards, 1978
Polybia fuscicornis
Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
Polybia listriata
Polybia nigripennis
Polybia oecodoma (Saussure, 1854)⇒ Polybia bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia oeocoma
Polybia ornata
Polybia paulista Ihering, 1896
Polybia pumila (Saussure, 1863)⇒ Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Polybia pygmea
Polybia richardsi Cooper, 1993
Polybia ruficornis (Ducke, 1905)⇒ Angiopolybia paraensis Spinosa, 1851
Polybia sculpturata
Polybia sedula
Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
Polybia spinifex Richards, 1978
Polybia sycophanta (Gribodo, 1891)⇒ Polybia striata Fabricius, 1787
Protonectarina sylveirae de Saussure, 1854
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004
Protopolybia alvarengai Richards, 1978
Protopolybia amarella Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia bella Ihering, 1903
Protopolybia bituberculata Silveira & C..., 1995
Protopolybia chartergoides Gribodo, 1891
Protopolybia collombiana Santos, Silv..., 2015
Protopolybia diligens Smith, 1857
Protopolybia exigua Saussure, 1906
Protopolybia exigua binominata Schulz, 1906
Protopolybia exigua infraspecies
Protopolybia fuscata Fox, 1898
Protopolybia holoxantha Ducke, 1904
Protopolybia lidiae Santos & Sil..., 0
Protopolybia minutissima Spinosa, 1851
Protopolybia nitida Ducke, 1904
Protopolybia potiguara Santos, Silv..., 0
Protopolybia rotundata Ducke, 1910
Protopolybia rugulosa Ducke, 1907
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Protopolybia similis Santos, Silv..., 2015
Pseudopolybia compressa Saussure, 1854
Pseudopolybia langi (Bequard, 1944)⇒ Parachartergus langi Bequaert, 1944
Pseudopolybia vespiceps Saussure, 1863
Synoeca chalibea Saussure, 1852
Synoeca chalybea (de Saussure, 1852)⇒ Synoeca chalibea Saussure, 1852
Synoeca cyanea Fabricius, 1775
Synoeca ilheensis Lopes & Menezes, 2017
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804