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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region Guyana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
378
3370
6634
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
378
3370
6634
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
359
3285
6450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
231
2533
5194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
41
291
994
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
39
284
989
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
16
187
865
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
34
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
16
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Guyana
16 Genera with 32 Species
Agelaia Lepeletier, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Alphamenes Vecht, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1792Honey wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Cephalastor Giordani Soika, 01SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1942Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 18545SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 17925SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 19445SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1767Drumming wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guyana
32 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agelaia fulvofasciata Deg., 1773
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Alphamenes campanulatus Fabricius, 1804
Angiopolybia pallens Lepeletier, 1836
Apoica (Apoica) pallida Olivier, 1791
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Cephalastor rufosuffusus
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus auranus auranus Mello-Leitão, 1942
Leipomeles lamellaria Moebius, 1856
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) injucundus Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) collaris Ducke, 1904
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Omega) surinamensis Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Trichinothorax) chrysothorax Lichtenstein, 1796
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia amarella Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia minutissima Spinosa, 1851
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Protopolybia wheeleri Bequard, 1944
Rhopalosoma guianense Schulz, 1906
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Guyana
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
11
27
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