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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
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
 


Genera for Ecuador
31 Genera with 99 Species
#ABCEHILMOPRSZ
Agelaia Lepeletier, 18366SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1857European tube wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Aphanilopterus Meunier, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18544SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1792Honey wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Cephalastor Giordani Soika, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Hypodynerus Saussure, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Incodynerus Willink, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19499SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Orancistrocerus Vecht, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18121SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1964Paper nest wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 190922SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 18548SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Stelopolybia Ducke, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenonartonia Giordani Soika, 01SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
99 Species and 4 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
Ancistrocerus parredes Saussure, 1857
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
Cephalastor abraham Garcete-Barrett, 2001
Cephalastor relativus Fox, 1902
Chartergellus punctatior Richards, 1978
Charterginus fulvus Fox, 1904
Epipona media Cooper, 2002
Epipona niger Brèthes, 1926
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Hypodynerus andeus Packer, 1869
Incodynerus moei Willink, 1969
Leipomeles dorsata Fabricius, 1804
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970
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
Monobia angulosa Saussure, 1852
Monobia incarum Bequard, 1940
Odynerus ochlerus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Orancistrocerus aterrimus Saussure, 1852
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
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
Rhopalosoma guianense Schulz, 1906
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stenonartonia cooperi Garcete-Barrett, 0
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804
Zethus (Zethus) montezuma Saussure, 1857

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Ecuador
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
14
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
15
80
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


Links, sources and further information
Vespidae at artfakta.se
Vespidae at dyntaxa.se
Vespidae at gbif.org
Vespidae at irmng.org
Vespidae at itis.gov