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Checklist for Superfamily Stephanoidea Leach, 1815 (Stephanoid wasps)
and region North America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
94
4161
35080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
81
3910
33631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Parasitica
Hartig, 1837
Parasitic Apocrita, Parasitic wasps, Parasitoid wasps
51
2704
18612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Stephanoidea
Leach, 1815
Stephanoid wasps
2
8
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North America
2 Families width 24 Species
Maimetshidae Rasnitsyn, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Stephanidae Leach, 1815Crown wasp21SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North America
8 Genera with 24 Species
Ahstemiam McKellar & E..., 20111SpeciesTaxom
Archaeostephanus Engel & Grim..., 20041SpeciesTaxom
Arossia Rasnitsyn & ..., 02SpeciesTaxom
Foenatopus Smith, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Magischus1SpeciesTaxom
Megischus Brullé, 187214SpeciesTaxom
Protostephanus Cockerell, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Schlettererius Ashmead, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North America
24 Species
Ahstemiam cellula R. C. McKellar, 2011
Archaeostephanus corae M. S. Engel, 2004
Arossia bohaska
Arossia cummembrana
Foenatopus annularis Aguiar, 2004
Foenatopus annulipes (Kieffer, 1910)⇒ Foenatopus annularis Aguiar, 2004
Foenatopus aurantiiceps Brues, 1915
Magischus texanus
Megischus anaxeus Aguiar, 2006
Megischus annectens Aguiar, 2003
Megischus arizonicus Townes, 1949
Megischus bicolor Westwood, 1841Crown-of-thorns Wasp
Megischus brevicaudatus Aguiar, 2003
Megischus brunneus Cresson, 1865
Megischus californicus Townes, 1949
Megischus celaenocephalus Aguiar, 2006
Megischus jaliscoensis Aguiar, 2006
Megischus melanogladius Aguiar, 2006
Megischus mexicanus Aguiar, 2006
Megischus niger Smith, 1862
Megischus peninsularis Aguiar, 2006
Megischus texanus Cresson, 1872
Protostephanus ashmeadi Cockerell, 1906
Schlettererius cinctipes Cresson, 1880Sirex parasite

Subnodes of Stephanoidea with occurrences in North America
FamilyMaimetshidae
Rasnitsyn, 1975
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyStephanidae
Leach, 1815
crown wasp, Crown wasps, Stephanid wasps, Stephanids
6
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Stephanoidea at itis.gov