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Checklist for Tribe Epiponini Lucas, 1867
and region Quepos (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
242
2117
2458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
241
2116
2458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
234
2101
2440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
169
1882
2238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
34
297
318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
34
297
318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
140
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
29
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
14
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
9
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeEpiponini
Lucas, 1867
7
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Quepos
7 Genera with 14 Species
Agelaia Lepeletier, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 02SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 05SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1978Drumming wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Quepos
14 Species
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Chartergellus atectus Richards, 1978
Chartergellus golfitensis
Metapolybia servilis Cooper, 1999
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia bribri
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978