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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
707
11317
47199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
704
11307
47184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
673
11100
46296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
448
9313
40244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
79
1730
6554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
68
1587
5904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
24
419
2201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
91
288
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
41
135
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Canada
41 Genera with 135 Species
#ABCDEILMOPRSTVZ
Acarepipona Giordani Soika, 1985
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1906European tube wasp20SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Cephalodynerus Parker, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtolabulus Vecht, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Dolchivespula1SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763Aerial Yellowjackets9SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 185712SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1945Potter Wasp12SpeciesTaxom
Icaricea1SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Leucodynerus Bohart, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Micreumenes Ashmead, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Microdynerus Thomson, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19453SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 09SpeciesTaxom
Paranortonia Bequaert, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Parazumia Saussure, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1793Paper nest wasps9SpeciesTaxom
Polochrum Spinola, 1805
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomasaris Ashmead, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Pterocheilus Klug, 05SpeciesTaxom
Pterochilus Say, 1824
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphiglossa Saunders, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19175SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Rygchium Spinola, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 18705SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1868Hornets6SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1854Ground Yellowjackets16SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
135 Species and 20 Subspecies
Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853Bramble Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus adiabatus adiabatus Saussure, 1852
Ancistrocerus albolacteus (Bequaert, 1943)⇒ Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853
Ancistrocerus albophaleratus Saussure, 1855White-Banded Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus antilope antilope Panzer, 1798
Ancistrocerus birenimaculatus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocercus birenimaculatus
Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853Smiling Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus catskill Viereck, 1902Catskill Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus catskill albophaleratus Saussure, 1856
Ancistrocerus catskill catskill
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus lineativentris Cameron, 1906
Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758Vespid wasp
Ancistrocerus spinolae Saussure, 1856
Ancistrocerus tityrus (Cameron, 1908)⇒ Stenodynerus kennicottianus Saussure, 1870
Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus Saussure, 1853Vespid wasp
Ancistrocerus unifasciatus Saussure, 1853One-Banded Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus unifasciatus unifasciatus Saussure, 1852
Ancistrocerus waldenii Viereck, 1906Walden’S Potter Wasp
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) histrionicum Gerst., 1857
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) natalense Saussure, 1856
Belonogaster ornata Saussure, 1900
Ceramius jacoti Richards, 1962
Cyrtolabulus mutinensis Gusenleitner, 2006
Dolchivespula intermedia Birula, 0
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula alpicola Eck, 1984Rocky Mountain aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula asiatica (Archer, 1981)⇒ Dolchivespula intermedia Birula, 0
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Eumenes (Eumenes) bollii Cresson, 1872
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) crucifera Prov., 1888Cross Potter Wasp
Eumenes crucifera nearcticus Bequard, 1944
Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824Fraternal Potter Wasp
Eumenes smithii smithii
Eumenes (Eumenes) verticalis Say, 1824
Eumenes verticalis neoboreus Bequard, 1944
Eumenes crassicornis (Isely, 1917)⇒ Eumenes iturbide Saussure, 1857
Eumenes crucifer Provancher, 1888
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes iturbide Saussure, 1857
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) annulatus Say, 1824
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) auranus Cameron, 1906
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) castigatus Saussure, 1853
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823
Euodynerus hidalgo boreoorientalis Bequaert, 1937
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) megaera Lepeletier, 1841
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) schwarzi Krombein, 1962
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) foraminatus Saussure, 1853
Euodynerus foraminatus foraminatus Saussure, 1853
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) leucomelas Saussure, 1856Wasp
Euodynerus leucomelas leucomelas Saussure, 1855
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) planitarsis Bohart, 1945
Icaricea icarioides
Leptochilus (Zendalia) erubescens Bohart, 1940
Leptochilus (Zendalia) republicanus (Dalla Torre, 1889)⇒ Cyrtolabulus mutinensis Gusenleitner, 2006
Leucodynerus martini Bohart, 1942
Micreumenes adelphus Meade-Waldo, 1911
Micreumenes natalensis Saussure, 1855
Microdynerus trinodus Bohart, 1955
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) flavitarsis Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Phi) flavitarsis Saussure, 1854Wasp
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Odynerus (Odynerus) dilectus Saussure, 1870
Odynerus herrichii de Saussure, 1856
Pachodynerus erynnis Lepeletier, 1841Red-and-black Mason Wasp
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Parancistrocerus leionotus Viereck, 1906
Parancistrocerus pedestris Saussure, 1855
Parancistrocerus pedestris pedestris Saussure, 1855
Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus Saussure, 1856
Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus pensylvanicus Saussure, 1855
Parancistrocerus perennis Saussure, 1857
Parancistrocerus perennis perennis Saussure, 1857
Parancistrocerus vagus Saussure, 1857
Parancistrocerus vagus vagus
Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Parazumia symmorpha Saussure, 1855
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aurifer (Saussure, 1853)⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carolina Linnaeus, 1767Red Paper Wasps
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793Dark Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831Metric Paper Wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) defectivus Gerstaecker, 1871
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Pseudomasaris edwardsi Cresson, 1872
Pseudomasaris vespoides Cresson, 1863
Pseudomasaris zonalis Cresson, 1864
Pseudonortonia bisuturalis Saussure, 1852
Pseudonortonia maculinoda Cameron, 1910
Pseudonortonia rufoquadripustulata Cameron, 1910
Pterocheilus (Megapterocheilus) decorus Cresson, 1879
Pterocheilus (Megapterocheilus) quinquefasciatus Say, 1824
Pterocheilus (Micropterocheilus) morrisoni Cresson, 1879
Pterocheilus phaleratus tuberculatus Blüthgen, 1955
Pterocheilus leucotaenius
Rhaphiglossa symmorpha Saussure, 1852
Rhynchalastor ammonia de Saussure, 1856
Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824
Rhynchalastor blepharus Bohart, 1953
Rhynchalastor kennicottianus de Saussure, 1870
Rhynchalastor lucidus Rohwer, 1917
Rhynchium foraminosum (Gribodo, 1895)⇒ Anterhynchium histrionicum Gerst., 1857
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stenodynerus ammonia paraensis Saussure, 1856
Stenodynerus anormis (Say, 1824)⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824
Stenodynerus blepharus (Bohart, 1953)⇒ Rhynchalastor blepharus Bohart, 1953
Stenodynerus kennicottianus Saussure, 1870
Stenodynerus kennicottianus kennicottianus Saussure, 1870
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) albomarginatus Saussure, 1856
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) canadensis Saussure, 1855Canadian Potter Wasp
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) cristatus Saussure, 1856
Synagris (Paragris) abyssinica Guérin, 1848
Synagris (Paragris) maxillosa Saussure, 1863
Synagris tropidia (Schletterer, 1891)⇒ Tricarinodynerus ventralis Saussure, 1890
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa intermedia (Buysson, 1904)⇒ Vespula rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa maculata (Linnaeus, 1763)⇒ Campsomeris quadrimaculata Fabricius, 1775
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespa simillima Smith, 1868Japanese hornet
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula acadica Sladen, 1918Forest Yellowjacket
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket
Vespula arisana Sonan, 1929
Vespula atropilosa Sladen, 1918Prairie Yellowjacket
Vespula consobrina de Saussure, 1854Blackjacket
Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978Downy Yellowjacket
Vespula infernalis de Saussure, 1854Cuckoo Yellowjacket
Vespula intermedia (du Buysson, 1904)⇒ Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986
Vespula maculata (Saaristo, 1973)⇒ Dolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Vespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857Western yellow jacket
Vespula vidua de Saussure, 1854Widow Yellowjacket
Zeteumenidion femoratus Schulthess, 1910

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Canada
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
30
86
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMasarinae
Latreille, 1802
Pollen wasps
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
4
31
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


Links, sources and further information
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