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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region France (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
910
14038
53142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
905
14020
53106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
814
13689
52240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
463
10788
44860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
80
1810
7550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
68
1650
6636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
24
632
3560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
146
519
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
67
240
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for France
67 Genera with 240 Species
#ABCDEGHKLMOPQRSTVZ
Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Agelaia Lepeletier, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Alastorynerus Bluthgen, 01SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Allodynerus Bluthgen, 18413SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776European tube wasp24SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18545SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Brachymenes Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Celonites Latreille, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Clorodynerus1SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17896SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763Aerial Yellowjackets11SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 195120SpeciesTaxom
Eunortonia Carpenter, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1920Potter Wasp9SpeciesTaxom
Eustenancistrocerus Blüthgen, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Gymnomerus Bluthgen, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Hemipterochilus Ferton, 18832SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19739SpeciesTaxom
Microdynerus Thomson, 19557SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Odontodynerus Bluthgen, 02SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 190916SpeciesTaxom
Omicron Saussure, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Oreumenes Bequaert, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopolistes Perrard, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Palaeovespa Cockerell, 01SpeciesTaxom
Paleovespa1SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnomerus Bluthgen, 18083SpeciesTaxom
Paranortonia Bequaert, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Parapolybia Saussure, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Paravespula Blüthgen, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Parodontodynerus Bluthgen, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1940Paper nest wasps19SpeciesTaxom
Polochrum Spinola, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 17912SpeciesTaxom
Polybioides Buysson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepipona Saussure, 18537SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolybia Saussure, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19617SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Rygchium Spinola, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 19617SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18327SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Syneuodynerus Blüthgen, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Tachyancistrocerus Giordani Soika, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1905Hornets14SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1905Ground Yellowjackets8SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19798SpeciesTaxom


Species list for France
240 Species and 17 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus scripticeps Cameron, 1910
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia hamiltoni Richards, 1978
Alastor (Alastor) atropos Lepeletier, 1841
Alastorynerus perezi Berl., 0
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905
Allodynerus delphinalis Giraud, 1866
Allodynerus floricola Saussure, 1853
Allodynerus rossii Lepeletier, 1841
Ancistrocerus albophaleratus Saussure, 1855White-Banded Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus auctus Fabricius, 1793
Ancistrocerus berlandi L. Piton, 1940
Ancistrocerus biphaleratus triphaleratus Saussure, 1856
Ancistrocerus claripennis (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus dusmetiolus Strand, 1914
Ancistrocerus eocenicus L. Piton, 1940
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus ichneumonideus Ratzeburg, 1844
Ancistrocerus longispinosus Saussure, 1855
Ancistrocerus longispinosus gazelloides Giuglia, 1945
Ancistrocerus longispinosus longispinosus Saussure, 1855
Ancistrocerus lucasius Maindron, 1882
Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758Vespid wasp
Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus renimacula Lepeletier, 1841
Ancistrocerus scoticus Curtis, 1826
Ancistrocerus striativentris Cameron, 1910
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Antepipona deflenda S. S. Saunders, 1853
Antepipona orbitalis Herrich-Schä..., 1839
Antepipona sesquicincta Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Apoica (Apoica) flavissima van der Vecht, 1972
Apoica (Apoica) gelida Vecht, 1972
Apoica (Apoica) pallida Olivier, 1791
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Apoica (Deuterapoica) arborea Saussure, 1854
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879
Brachymenes dyscherus de Saussure, 1852
Celonites (Celonites) abbreviatus Villers, 1789
Celonites (Celonites) mayeti Richards, 1962
Ceramius lichtensteinii Klug, 1810
Ceramius linearis Klug, 1824
Ceramius tuberculifer Saussure, 1853
Chartergus chartarius
Clorodynerus cyrenaicus Schulthess, 0
Delta bonellii Giordani Soika, 1973
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Delta unguiculatum Villers, 1789
Delta unguiculatum unguiculatum Villers, 1789
Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841
Discoelius zonalis Panzer, 1801
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media Retzius, 1783Media Wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) omissa Bischoff, 1931
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) sylvestris Scopoli, 1763Tree wasp
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula pacifica Birula, 1930
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Eumenes (Eumenes) coarctatus Linnaeus, 1758Heath Potter Wasp
Eumenes coarctatus lunulatus Fabricius, 1804
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) dubius Saussure, 1852
Eumenes (Eumenes) labiatus Giordani Soika, 1941
Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes mediterraneus mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes (Eumenes) papillarius Christ, 1791
Eumenes (Eumenes) pedunculatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) pomiformis Fabricius, 1781
Eumenes (Eumenes) punctatus de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes (Eumenes) sareptanus André, 1884
Eumenes sareptanus insolatus Müller, 1923
Eumenes (Eumenes) subpomiformis Bluethgen, 1938
Eumenes arbustorum Panzer, 1799
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes projaponica L. Piton, 1940
Eumenes punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, 1943
Eumenes sardous Guiglia, 1951
Eunortonia sepulta J. Timon-David, 1944
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) curictensis Bluethgen, 1940
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) dantici Rossi, 1790
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) disconotatus Lichtenstein, 1884
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) fastidiosus Saussure, 1853
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) variegatus Fabricius, 1793
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) notatus Jurine, 1807
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) posticus Herrich-Schä..., 1841
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1793
Euodynerus gaullei Brèthes, 1920
Eustenancistrocerus (Eustenancistrocerus) blanchardianus Saussure, 1855
Gymnomerus laevipes Shuckard, 1837
Hemipterochilus bembeciformis Morawitz, 1867
Hemipterochilus bembeciformis terricola Mocsáry, 1883
Katamenes arbustorum Panzer, 1799
Leptochilus (Euleptochilus) duplicatus Klug, 1835
Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970
Leptochilus (Lionotulus) alpestris Saussure, 1855
Leptochilus alpestris iberobarbarus Blüthgen, 1953
Leptochilus (Lionotulus) moustirsensis Giordani Soika, 1973
Leptochilus (Lionotulus) tarsatus Saussure, 1855
Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) medanae Gribodo, 1886
Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) regulus Saussure, 1855
Leptochilus moustiersensis Giordani Soika, 1973
Microdynerus (Alastorynerus) microdynerus Dalla Torre, 1889
Microdynerus (Alastorynerus) perezi Berland, 1927
Microdynerus (Pseudomicrodynerus) parvulus Herrich-Schä..., 1838
Microdynerus exilis Herrich-Schä..., 1839
Microdynerus nugdunensis Saussure, 1855
Microdynerus timidus Saussure, 1856
Microdynerus trinodus Bohart, 1955
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Odontodynerus deflendus Saunders, 0
Odontodynerus orbitalis Herrich-Schä..., 0
Odynerus (Odynerus) alpinus von Schulthess, 1897
Odynerus (Odynerus) dusmeticus Giner, 1945
Odynerus (Odynerus) femoratus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalus Gmelin, 1790Black Headed Mason Wasp
Odynerus (Odynerus) poecilus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus (Odynerus) spinipes Linnaeus, 1758Spiny Mason Wasp
Odynerus (Spinicoxa) albopictus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus (Spinicoxa) reniformis Gmelin, 1790
Odynerus blanchardianus de Saussure, 1855
Odynerus delphinalis Gir., 0
Odynerus floricola de Saussure, 1853
Odynerus manevali L. Piton, 1940
Odynerus ochlerus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Odynerus oculatus (Say, 1837)⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824
Odynerus oligopunctatus N. Theobald, 1937
Odynerus sazi (Dusmet, 1909)⇒ Leptochilus duplicatus Klug, 1835
Omicron nanum incarum Giordani Soika, 1978
Oreumenes decoratus Smith, 1852
Pachodynerus bicuspidatus Willink & Ro..., 1998
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Palaeopolistes jattioti A. Perrard, 2014
Palaeovespa menatensis
Paleovespa menatensis Nel & Auvray, 2006
Paragymnomerus dusmeti Bluethgen, 1962
Paragymnomerus signaticollis Moravitz, 1883
Paragymnomerus spiricornis Spinola, 1808
Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Parapolybia varia Fabricius, 1787
Paravespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Vespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Parodontodynerus ephippium Klug, 1817
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan, 1943
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistella) stigma Fabricius, 1793Bernard´s tropical paper wasp
Polistes (Polistella) takasagonus Sonan, 1943
Polistes (Polistes) associus Kohl, 1898
Polistes (Polistes) atrimandibularis Zimmermann, 1930
Polistes (Polistes) biglumis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Polistes) bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) dominulus (Christ, 1791)⇒ Polistes dominula Christ, 1791
Polistes (Polistes) gallicus Linnaeus, 1767Paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) nimpha Christ, 1791
Polistes nimpha nimpha
Polistes (Polistes) semenowi Morawitz, 1889
Polistes industrius N. Theobald, 1937
Polistes nimphus (Christ, 1791)⇒ Polistes nimpha Christ, 1791
Polistes vergnei L. Piton, 1940
Polochrum repandum Spinola, 1805
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybioides melaina Meade-Waldo, 1911
Proepipona meadewaldoi Bequaert, 1918
Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) lativentris Saussure, 1855
Pseudepipona dantici Rossi, 0
Pseudepipona disconotata Licht., 0
Pseudepipona fastidiosissima de Saussure, 0
Pseudepipona postica Herrich-Schä..., 0
Pseudepipona rossii Lepeletier, 0
Pseudepipona sessilis Saussure, 1853
Pseudonortonia sepulta Timon-David, 1944
Pseudopolybia vespiceps Saussure, 1863
Quartinia metallescens Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia senecionis Richards, 1962
Rhopalosoma alvarengai Townes, 1977
Rhopalosoma simile Brues, 1943
Rhynchalastor bluethgeni Vecht, 1971
Rhynchalastor chevrieranus de Saussure, 1856
Rhynchalastor laticinctus Gusenleitner, 1981
Rhynchalastor laticinctus serus Gusenleitner, 1981
Rhynchalastor punctifrons Thomson, 1874
Rhynchalastor steckianus Schulthess, 1897
Rhynchalastor vergesi Giordani Soika, 1961
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Rhynchium quinquecinctum Fabricius, 1787
Rygchium andrei L. Piton, 1940
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stenodynerus bluethgeni (van der Vecht, 1971)⇒ Rhynchalastor bluethgeni Vecht, 1971
Stenodynerus chevrieranus Saussure, 1855
Stenodynerus fastidiosissimus Saussure, 1855
Stenodynerus laticinctus (von Schulthess, 1897)⇒ Rhynchalastor laticinctus Gusenleitner, 1981
Stenodynerus punctifrons (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Rhynchalastor punctifrons Thomson, 1874
Stenodynerus steckianus (von Schulthess, 1897)⇒ Rhynchalastor steckianus Schulthess, 1897
Stenodynerus vergesi (Giordani Soika, 1961)⇒ Rhynchalastor vergesi Giordani Soika, 1961
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) allobrogus Saussure, 1855
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) angustatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) connexus Curtis, 1826
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) crassicornis Panzer, 1798
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) debilitatus Saussure, 1855
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) gracilis Brullé, 1832
Synagris (Paragris) analis Saussure, 1856
Synagris (Synagris) proserpina Gribodo, 1891
Syneuodynerus egregius Herrich-Schä..., 1839
Tachyancistrocerus rhodensis Saussure, 1855
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Vespa coarctata Linnæus, 1758
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa crabro germana (Christ, 1791)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa dybowskii André, 1884
Vespa galbula Pallas, 1771
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852Asian giant hornet
Vespa muraria Linnæus, 1758
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771Oriental hornet
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespa phalerata Panzer, 1797
Vespa spinipes Linnæus, 1758
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905Asian 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 flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978Downy Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Zeteumenidion invertitus Giordani Soika, 1944
Zethus (Zethus) delagoensis Schulthess, 1899
Zethus (Zethus) fuscus Perty, 1833
Zethus (Zethus) rhodesianus Giordani Soika, 1940
Zethus (Zethusculus) brasiliensis (Fox, 1899)⇒ Zethus adonis Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus (Zethusculus) magnus Saussure, 1852
Zethus (Zethusculus) westwoodi Saussure, 1852
Zethus adonis Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in France
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
46
161
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMasarinae
Latreille, 1802
Pollen wasps
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
7
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
7
34
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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