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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
342
6365
19175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
709
2096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
686
2082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
374
1698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
70
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
33
99
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
15
80
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecuador
15 Genera with 80 Species
Agelaia Lepeletier, 18366SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18544SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1792Honey wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19499SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1964Paper nest wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 190922SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 18548SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
80 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia areata Say, 1837
Agelaia baezae Richards, 1943
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia centralis Cameron, 1907
Agelaia multipicta Haliday, 1836
Angiopolybia pallens Lepeletier, 1836
Angiopolybia zischkai Richards, 1978
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) strigata Richards, 1978
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Apoica (Deuterapoica) arborea Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra baccalaurea Ihering, 1903
Brachygastra bilineolata Spinosa, 1841
Brachygastra buyssoni Ducke, 1905
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra moebiana Saussure, 1867
Brachygastra propodealis Bequard, 1942
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Chartergellus punctatior Richards, 1978
Charterginus fulvus Fox, 1904
Epipona media Cooper, 2002
Epipona niger Brèthes, 1926
Leipomeles dorsata Fabricius, 1804
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Metapolybia acincta Richards, 1978
Metapolybia aztecoides Richards, 1978
Metapolybia cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Metapolybia rufata Richards, 1978
Metapolybia suffusa Fox, 1899
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) clavicornis Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Phi) pallidipectus Smith, 1857
Mischocyttarus alienus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus hirsutus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus rufidens Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus weyrauchi Zikan, 1949
Parachartergus fulgidipennis Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus richardsi Willink, 1959
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) apicalis Saussure, 1858
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aterrimus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) infuscatus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes infuscatus ecuadorius Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) weyrauchorum Willink, 1964
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 (Furnariana) aequatorialis Zavattari, 1906
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Myrapetra) flavifrons Smith, 1857
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Platypolybia) liliacea Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia raui taeniata Richards, 1978
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Polybia (Trichinothorax) velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
Polybia selvana Carpenter, 2002
Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia biguttata Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia bituberculata Silveira & C..., 1995
Protopolybia clypeata Santos, Silv..., 2015
Protopolybia collombiana Santos, Silv..., 2015
Protopolybia diligens Smith, 1857
Protopolybia minutissima Spinosa, 1851
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804

Subnodes of Polistinae with occurrences in Ecuador
TribeEpiponini
Lucas, 1867
13
66
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMischocyttarini
Carpenter, 1993
1
9
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePolistini
Lepeletier, 1836
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Polistinae at artfakta.se
Polistinae at dyntaxa.se