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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
332
2972
5515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
331
2971
5514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
314
2913
5427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
207
2459
4791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
40
413
868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
38
411
866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
17
220
662
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
64
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
27
53
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gauteng
27 Genera with 53 Species
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Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 18536SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 19103SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 177810SpeciesTaxom
Cyphodynerus Vecht, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904
Potter Wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Leptomenes Giordani Soika, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 17961SpeciesTaxom
Paravespa Radoszkowski, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 18571SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Tachymenes Giordani Soika, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1903Hornets1SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1793Ground Yellowjackets1SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 20182SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gauteng
53 Species and 3 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Alastor (Alastorellus) stevensoni Schulthess, 1925
Antepipona aequinoxialis Saussure, 1854
Antepipona dimorpha Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona peregrinabunda Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona quadrituberculata Smith, 1857
Antepipona silaos Saussure, 1853
Antepipona tropicalis Saussure, 1853
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) natalense Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus radialis Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus signiferus Cameron, 1910
Antodynerus spoliatus Cameron, 1910
Belonogaster clypeata clypeata
Belonogaster freyi Buysson, 1909
Belonogaster griseus Fabricius, 1775
Belonogaster juncea Fabricius, 1781
Belonogaster juncea colonialis Kohl, 1894
Belonogaster lateritia Gerstaecker, 1855
Belonogaster lateritius Gerst., 1857
Belonogaster longitarsus Richards, 1982
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879
Belonogaster petiolata De Geer, 1778
Cyphodynerus bisellatus Schulthess, 1914
Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta higletti Meade-Waldo, 1910
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Katamenes macrocephalus Saussure, 1852
Knemodynerus euryspilus Cameron, 1910
Leptomenes eumenoides Smith, 1857
Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
Odynerus carinulatus Saussure, 1856
Parachartergus colobopterus Licht, 1796
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) spinigera Schulthess, 1914
Polistes (Polistella) fastidiosus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistes) africanus Palisot de B..., 1818
Polistes (Polistes) badius Gerst., 1873
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Proepipona meadewaldoi Bequaert, 1918
Pseudonortonia depressa Giordani Soika, 1983
Pseudonortonia maculinoda Cameron, 1910
Ropalidia distigma Gerst., 1857
Synagris (Paragris) abyssinica Guérin, 1848
Synagris (Paragris) mirabilis Guérin, 1848
Tachymenes ornativentris Cameron, 1910
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cameron, 1903
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Zeteumenidion femoratus Schulthess, 1910
Zethus (Zethus) delagoensis Schulthess, 1899
Zethus (Zethus) favillaceus Madl, 2018

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Gauteng
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
19
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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Vespidae at dyntaxa.se
Vespidae at gbif.org
Vespidae at irmng.org
Vespidae at itis.gov