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Checklist for Subfamily Polistinae Lepeletier, 1836 (Paper wasps)
and region Colombia (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
598
10458
32334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
595
10451
32326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
10215
31633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
339
7809
25442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
61
937
3206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
53
879
3171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
470
2627
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
100
377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
50
246
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
19
182
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Colombia
19 Genera with 182 Species
Agelaia Lepeletier, 197819SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 19784SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18048SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 18541SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 17973SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 18998SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 194944SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 18549SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps28SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 190946SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 194419SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochartergus Ducke, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolybia Saussure, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Synoecoides Ducke, 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colombia
182 Species and 28 Subspecies
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia angulata angulata
Agelaia angulicollis Spinosa, 1851
Agelaia areata Say, 1837
Agelaia baezae Richards, 1943
Agelaia brevistigma Richards, 1978
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia centralis Cameron, 1907
Agelaia flavipennis Ducke, 1905
Agelaia fulvofasciata Deg., 1773
Agelaia hamiltoni Richards, 1978
Agelaia multipicta Haliday, 1836
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia ornata Ducke, 1905
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Agelaia pallipes cuzcoensis Schrottky, 1911
Agelaia panamensis Cameron, 1906
Agelaia testacea Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia yepocapa Richards, 1978
Angiopolybia obidensis Ducke, 1904
Angiopolybia pallens Lepeletier, 1836
Angiopolybia paraensis Spinosa, 1851
Angiopolybia zischkai Richards, 1978
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
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra baccalaurea Ihering, 1903
Brachygastra bilineolata Spinosa, 1841
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra myersi Bequard, 1943
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Chartergellus amazonicus (Richards, 1978)⇒ Chartergellus frontalis Fabricius, 1804
Chartergellus frontalis Fabricius, 1804
Charterginus fulvus Fox, 1904
Charterginus weyrauchi Richards, 1978
Chartergus globiventris Saussure, 1854
Epipona guerini Saussure, 1854
Epipona niger Brèthes, 1926
Epipona tatua Cuv., 1797
Leipomeles dorsata Fabricius, 1804
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Metapolybia azteca Araujo, 1945
Metapolybia aztecoides Richards, 1978
Metapolybia cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Metapolybia docilis Richards, 1978
Metapolybia encantata Cooper, 1999
Metapolybia nigra Richards, 1978
Metapolybia rufata Richards, 1978
Metapolybia suffusa Fox, 1899
Mischocyttarus (Artifex) sylvestris Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) carbonarius Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus carbonarius tibialis Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) flavicans Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus flavicans flavicans
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Haplometrobius) polymorphus Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus (Haplometrobius) stenoecus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus (Haplometrobius) synoecus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) adolphi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) latissimus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) metathoracicus Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) pseudomimeticus Schulz, 1903
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) socialis Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) saturatus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) drewseni RAPOSO FILHO, 1954
Mischocyttarus drewseni andinus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) rotundicollis Cameron, 1912
Mischocyttarus (Monacanthocnemis) punctatus Ducke, 1904
Mischocyttarus (Monacanthocnemis) vaqueroi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus angulatus infraspecies
Mischocyttarus (Monocyttarus) badius
Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) foveatus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) insolitus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Omega) silvicola Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Omega) surinamensis Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Phi) angulatus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus angulatus columbianus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus (Phi) basimacula Cameron, 1906
Mischocyttarus (Phi) flavicornis Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus flavicornis nigricornis Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus atramentarius Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus bahiae Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus bequaerti Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus chanchamayoensis Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus elegantulus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus hirsutus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus mastigophorus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus mattogrossoensis Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus metoecus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus mixtus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus piger Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus weyrauchi Zikan, 1949
Parachartergus amazonensis Ducke, 1907
Parachartergus apicalis Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus colobopterus Licht, 1796
Parachartergus compressus de Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus difficilis Ducke, 1905
Parachartergus fraternus Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus fulgidipennis Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus richardsi Willink, 1959
Parachartergus smithii Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aterrimus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) bicolor Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) billardieri Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes canadensis canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes carnifex boliviensis Bequard, 1936
Polistes carnifex carnifex Fabricius, 1775
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) infuscatus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes infuscatus mariae Richards, 1978
Polistes infuscatus metensis Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953Unstable Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) major Palisot de B..., 1818
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) melanotus Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) myersi Bequard, 1934
Polistes myersi myersi Bequaert, 1934
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) occipitalis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) rufidens Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) rufiventris Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) satan Bequard, 1940
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) subsericeus Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polistes versicolor flavoguttatus Bequard, 1934
Polistes versicolor versicolor Olivier, 1792
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) dominulus (Christ, 1791)⇒ Polistes dominula Christ, 1791
Polybia (Alpha) bifasciata Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) quadricincta Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) signata Ducke, 1910
Polybia (Apopolybia) simillima Smith, 1862
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Formicicola) furnaria Ihering, 1904
Polybia (Myrapetra) barbouri Bequard, 1943
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) catillifex Moebius, 1856
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Myrapetra) flavifrons Smith, 1857
Polybia flavifrons hecuba Richards, 1951
Polybia (Myrapetra) nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia occidentalis venezuelana Giordani Soika, 1965
Polybia (Myrapetra) platycephala Richards, 1951
Polybia platycephala sylvestris Richards, 1978
Polybia (Myrapetra) scrobalis Richards, 1970
Polybia scrobalis infraspecies
Polybia scrobalis pronotalis Richards, 1978
Polybia scrobalis scrobalis
Polybia scrobalis surinama Richards, 1970
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Pedothoeca) incerta Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Platypolybia) liliacea Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Platypolybia) procellosa Zavattari, 1906
Polybia (Polybia) depressa Ducke, 1905
Polybia (Polybia) striata Fabricius, 1787
Polybia (Trichinothorax) chrysothorax Lichtenstein, 1796
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia (Trichinothorax) lugubris (Saussure, 1854)⇒ Polybia velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Trichinothorax) raui Bequard, 1933
Polybia raui raui
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Polybia (Trichinothorax) tinctipennis Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
Polybia bribri
Polybia bursaria
Polybia dimorpha Richards, 1978
Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
Polybia richardsi Cooper, 1993
Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia amarella Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia bella Ihering, 1903
Protopolybia chartergoides Gribodo, 1891
Protopolybia chartergoides cinctella Fox, 1898
Protopolybia emortualis Saussure, 1855
Protopolybia exigua Saussure, 1906
Protopolybia exigua binominata Schulz, 1906
Protopolybia exigua exigua
Protopolybia exigua infraspecies
Protopolybia minutissima Spinosa, 1851
Protopolybia nitida Ducke, 1904
Protopolybia perfulvula Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia picteti Saussure, 1854
Protopolybia rotundata Ducke, 1910
Protopolybia rugulosa Ducke, 1907
Protopolybia scutellaris Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Protopolybia wheeleri Bequard, 1944
Pseudopolybia compressa Saussure, 1854
Pseudopolybia vespiceps Saussure, 1863
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804
Synoecoides depressus (Ducke, 1905)⇒ Polybia depressa Ducke, 1905

Subnodes of Polistinae with occurrences in Colombia
TribeEpiponini
Lucas, 1867
16
122
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMischocyttarini
Carpenter, 1993
1
39
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePolistini
Lepeletier, 1836
1
20
Genus
Species

Taxom



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