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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1218
3403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
63
1190
3374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
500
2369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
7
166
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
59
263
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
59 Genera with 263 Species
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Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Afreumenes Bequaert, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19135SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 198513SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 19008SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 189111SpeciesTaxom
Celonites Latreille, 190516SpeciesTaxom
Cephalodynerus Parker, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 193521SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1918Aerial Yellowjackets3SpeciesTaxom
Elisella Giordani Soika, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 191313SpeciesTaxom
Eumenidiopsis Giordani Soika, 19762SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1855Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Jugurtia Saussure, 200418SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 19343SpeciesTaxom
Labus Saussure, 02SpeciesTaxom
Masariella Brauns, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Masarina Richards, 199713SpeciesTaxom
Masaris Fabricius, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Micreumenes Ashmead, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 191410SpeciesTaxom
Omicrabulus Giordani Soika, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Ovodynerus Giordani Soika, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 17961SpeciesTaxom
Paramischocyttarus Magretti, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Paravespa Radoszkowski, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1891Paper nest wasps16SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Pterocheilus Klug, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pterochilus Say, 03SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 192937SpeciesTaxom
Quartiniodes2SpeciesTaxom
Quartinioides Richards, 02SpeciesTaxom
Raphiglossa Saunders, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Raphiglossoides Giordani Soika, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 18571SpeciesTaxom
Stellepipona Giordani Soika, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Stroudia Gribodo, 19893SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Tachymenes Giordani Soika, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1775Hornets3SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1870Ground Yellowjackets3SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom
Zetheumenidion Bequaert, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19794SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
263 Species and 3 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus insignis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus laetus Giordani Soika, 1941
Aethiopicodynerus major de Saussure, 1853
Afreumenes violaceus Giordani Soika, 1941
Alastor (Alastor) procax Giordani Soika, 1934
Alastor (Alastor) promontorii Meade-Waldo, 1913
Alastor (Alastor) ricae Giordani Soika, 1934
Alastor braunsi Meade-Waldo, 1913
Alastor promotori Meade-Waldo, 1913
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905
Antepipona aequinoxialis Saussure, 1854
Antepipona ferruginosa Saussure, 1856
Antepipona karibae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona mamathensis Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona peregrinabunda Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona quadrituberculata Smith, 1857
Antepipona rikatlensis Schulthess, 1914
Antepipona scuttelaris Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona sesquicincta Saussure, 1856
Antepipona silaos Saussure, 1853
Antepipona solstitialis Saussure, 1856
Antepipona tropicalis Saussure, 1853
Antepipona verhoeffi Giordani Soika, 1985
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) dictatorium Giordani Soika, 1935
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) grayi Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) natalense Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus incognitus Giordani Soika, 1943
Antodynerus indecorus Cameron, 1909
Antodynerus multicolor Saussure, 1852
Antodynerus oogaster Gribodo, 1895
Antodynerus radialis Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus spoliatus Cameron, 1910
Antodynerus stiraspis Cameron, 1910
Antodynerus versicolor Kirby, 1900
Belonogaster clypeata clypeata
Belonogaster dubia Kohl, 1894
Belonogaster filiventris Saussure, 1853
Belonogaster griseus Fabricius, 1775
Belonogaster juncea Fabricius, 1781
Belonogaster lateritia Gerstaecker, 1855
Belonogaster lateritius Gerst., 1857
Belonogaster longitarsus Richards, 1982
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879
Belonogaster petiolata De Geer, 1778
Belonogaster saeva Saussure, 1891
Celonites andrei Brauns, 1905
Celonites arenarius Gess, 2007
Celonites bergenwahliae Gess, 1989
Celonites capensis Brauns, 1905
Celonites clypeatus Brauns, 1913
Celonites davidi Gess, 1989
Celonites kalahariensis Gess, 2007
Celonites latitarsis Gess, 1992
Celonites lobeliae Gess, 1997
Celonites michaelseni Schulthess, 1923
Celonites peliostomi Gess, 1989
Celonites promontorii Brauns, 1905
Celonites purcelli Brauns, 1905
Celonites tumidiscutellatus Gess, 1997
Celonites wahlenbergiae Gess, 1989
Celonites wheeleri Brauns, 1905
Ceramius beyeri Brauns, 1903
Ceramius bicolor Thunberg, 1815
Ceramius braunsi Turner, 1935
Ceramius brevitarsis Gess, 1997
Ceramius caffer de Saussure, 1855
Ceramius capicola Brauns, 1902
Ceramius cerceriformis Saussure, 1853
Ceramius clypeatus Richards, 1962
Ceramius damarinus Turner, 1935
Ceramius eburnea Turner, 1935
Ceramius jacoti Richards, 1962
Ceramius lichtensteinii Klug, 1810
Ceramius linearis Klug, 1824
Ceramius metanotalis Richards, 1962
Ceramius micheneri Gess, 1968
Ceramius nigripennis Saussure, 1854
Ceramius peringueyi Brauns, 1913
Ceramius richardsi Gess, F.W., 1965
Ceramius schulthessi Brauns, 1902
Ceramius socius Turner, 1935
Ceramius toriger Schulthess, 1935
Delta bonellii Giordani Soika, 1973
Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta higletti Meade-Waldo, 1910
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Elisella linae Giordani Soika, 1974
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) crucifera Prov., 1888Cross Potter Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1975
Eumenes (Eumenes) lucasius de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes acuminatus de Saussure, 1856
Eumenes arnoldi Bequaert, 1926
Eumenes campaniformis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Delta subfenestrale Giordani Soika, 1939
Eumenes capensis Schulthess, 1910
Eumenes femoratus Schulthess, 0
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes maxillosus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Eumenes melanosomus de Saussure, 0
Eumenes peringeyanus Schulthess, 1913
Eumenidiopsis bacilliformis Giordani Soika, 1939
Eumenidiopsis jacoti Giordani Soika, 1976
Euodynerus hottentotus Saussure, 1855
Jugurtia alfkeni Buysson, 1904
Jugurtia braunsi Schulthess, 1922
Jugurtia braunsiella Schulthess, 1930
Jugurtia calcarata Richards, 1962
Jugurtia codoni Gess, 1997
Jugurtia confusa Richards, 1962
Jugurtia discrepans Brauns, 1913
Jugurtia duplicata Richards, 1962
Jugurtia einensis Gess, 2004
Jugurtia elegans Gess, 2004
Jugurtia gariepensis Gess, 2004
Jugurtia hessei Gess, 2004
Jugurtia koeroegabensis Gess, 1997
Jugurtia nigrifrons Gess, 2004
Jugurtia saussurei Brauns, 1905
Jugurtia tigrina Gess, 1997
Jugurtia turneri Schulthess, 1929
Jugurtia zebra Gess, 2004
Katamenes macrocephalus Saussure, 1852
Knemodynerus albolimbatus Schulthess, 1914
Knemodynerus euryspilus Cameron, 1910
Knemodynerus turneri Giordani Soika, 1934
Labus hessei
Labus terribilis
Masarina aptosimi Gess, 2005
Masarina ceres Gess, 1997
Masarina familiaris Richards, 1962
Masarina gabymariae Gess, 2012
Masarina hermanniae Gess, 2005
Masarina hyalinipennis Richards, 1962
Masarina mixta Richards, 1962
Masarina mixtoides Gess, 1997
Masarina namaqua Gess, 1997
Masarina parvula Gess, 1997
Masarina peliostomi Gess, 1997
Masarina strucki Gess & Gess, 1988
Masarina tylecodoni Gess, 1997
Masaris carli Schulthess, 1922
Micreumenes mutarensis Gusenleitner, 2002
Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
Odynerus (Odynerus) pacator Giordani Soika, 1960
Odynerus (Odynerus) simplex Bingham, 1902
Odynerus carinulatus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus cyrtogaster (Schletterer, 1891)⇒ Hypodynerus colocolo Saussure, 1852
Odynerus gestroi (Dusmet, 1929)⇒ Paravespa spinigera spinigera Schulthess, 1914
Odynerus hottentotus (Saussure, 1855)⇒ Euodynerus hottentotus Saussure, 1855
Odynerus insignis de Saussure, 0
Odynerus oculatus (Say, 1837)⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824
Odynerus rubens de Saussure, 0
Odynerus schultzeanus Schulthess, 1914
Omicrabulus saganensis Giordani Soika, 1944
Omicrabulus triangularis Giordani Soika, 1944
Ovodynerus capicola Meade-Waldo, 1915
Ovodynerus ferrugineimaculatus Giordani Soika, 1985
Ovodynerus yngvei Cameron, 1910
Parachartergus colobopterus Licht, 1796
Paramischocyttarus subtilis Magrett, 1884
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) mima Giordani Soika, 1960
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carolina Linnaeus, 1767Red Paper Wasps
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793Dark Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831Metric Paper Wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) defectivus Gerstaecker, 1871
Polistes (Polistella) fastidiosus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistes) africanus Palisot de B..., 1818
Polistes (Polistes) badius Gerst., 1873
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) flavipennis (Saussure, 1854)⇒ Polistes olivaceus De Geer, 1773
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Polistes marginalis marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Polistes (Polistes) rubidus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes spilophorus (Schletterer, 1891)⇒ Polistes tenellus Buysson, 1905
Proepipona lateralis Fabricius, 1781
Proepipona meadewaldoi Bequaert, 1918
Pseudonortonia aurantiaca Giordani Soika, 1936
Pseudonortonia bisuturalis Saussure, 1852
Pseudonortonia fragosa Kohl, 1907
Pseudonortonia maculinoda Cameron, 1910
Pseudonortonia soror Kohl, 1907
Pterocheilus capensis de Saussure, 0
Pterochilus emortualis de Saussure, 0
Pterochilus major de Saussure, 0
Pterochilus scripticeps Cameron, 0
Quartinia aerosa Gess, 2011
Quartinia antennata Schulthess, 1935
Quartinia arenaria Gess, 2011
Quartinia artemis Richards, 1962
Quartinia australis Gess, 2007
Quartinia bonaespei Gess, 2007
Quartinia capensis Kohl, 1898
Quartinia carpenteri Gess, 2012
Quartinia clypeata Gess, 2009
Quartinia codoni Gess, 2009
Quartinia conchicola Gess, 2007
Quartinia diana Richards, 1962
Quartinia flava Richards, 1962
Quartinia frontalis Gess, 2011
Quartinia geigeriae Gess. F., 2007
Quartinia laeta Schulthess, 1935
Quartinia latigena Gess, 2012
Quartinia luteomandibulata Gess, 2011
Quartinia media Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia namaqua Gess, 2007
Quartinia namaquensis Gess, 2007
Quartinia niveopicta Schulthess, 1930
Quartinia obibensis Gess, 2007
Quartinia parcepunctata Richards, 1962
Quartinia persephone Richards, 1962
Quartinia poecila Schulthess, 1930
Quartinia propinqua Schulthess, 1932
Quartinia refugicola Gess, 2007
Quartinia scutellaris Gess, 2011
Quartinia senecionis Richards, 1962
Quartinia setosa Gess, 2009
Quartinia setositerminalis Gess, 2011
Quartinia strucki Gess, 2008
Quartinia tarsata Richards, 1962
Quartinia vagepunctata Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia vexillata Gess, 2007
Quartinia waterstoni Schulthess, 1929
Quartiniodes hetaira
Quartiniodes titania
Quartinioides helena
Quartinioides phoebe
Raphiglossa flavoornata Cameron, 1905
Raphiglossa natalensis Smith, 1857
Raphiglossoides aethiopicus Giordani Soika, 1936
Rhynchalastor ferruginatus Giordani Soika, 1934
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Ropalidia distigma Gerst., 1857
Stellepipona brevicornis Giordani Soika, 1987
Stellepipona guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1973
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stroudia emilaevigata Giordani Soika, 1976
Stroudia hirta Gusenleitner, 2002
Stroudia incuriosa Giordani Soika, 1989
Synagris (Paragris) abyssinica Guérin, 1848
Synagris (Paragris) analis Saussure, 1856
Synagris (Paragris) maxillosa Saussure, 1863
Tachymenes vulneratus Saussure, 1855
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Vespa haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775
Vespa lateralis (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Proepipona lateralis lateralis Fabricius, 1781
Vespa marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket
Zeteumenidion femoratus Schulthess, 1910
Zethus (Zethus) bilaminatus Giordani Soika, 1940
Zethus (Zethus) delagoensis Schulthess, 1899
Zethus hessei
Zethus yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
38
105
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMasarinae
Latreille, 1802
Pollen wasps
8
108
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
3
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRaphiglossinae
Ashmead, 1902
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
5
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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