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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
703
14141
56254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
699
14132
56242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
662
13883
55452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
420
10836
46964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
67
1244
4347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
57
1155
4224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
423
2209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
111
334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
49
179
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for India
49 Genera with 179 Species
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Alastor Boisduval, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Allorhynchium van der Vecht, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1909European tube wasp4SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 190418SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 18523SpeciesTaxom
Apodynerus Giordani Soika, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 17812SpeciesTaxom
Chlorodynerus Bluthgen, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtolabulus Vecht, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 200813SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775Aerial Yellowjackets4SpeciesTaxom
Ectopioglossa Perkins, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Epsilon Saussure, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Eudiscoelius Friese, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 195820SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904
Potter Wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Indodynerus Gusenleitner, 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Labus Saussure, 19633SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Orancistrocerus Vecht, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Oreumenoides Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Orientalicesa Kocak & Kemal, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Paraleptomenes Soika, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 19955SpeciesTaxom
Parapolybia Saussure, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Pareumenes Saussure, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Phimenes Giordani Soika, 195918SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1852Paper nest wasps27SpeciesTaxom
Provespa Ashmead, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozumia Saussure, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseumenes Giordani Soika, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 05SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 185215SpeciesTaxom
Rygchium Spinola, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Subancistrocerus de Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1870Hornets21SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1870Ground Yellowjackets6SpeciesTaxom
Xenorhynchium Vecht, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19044SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
179 Species and 38 Subspecies
Alastor (Alastor) sulcatus Vecht, 1981
Alastor abditus Vecht, 1981
Allorhynchium argentatum Fabricius, 1804
Allorhynchium metallicum Saussure, 1853
Ancistrocerus claripennis (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Ancistrocerus xanthodesmus Schrottky, 1909
Antepipona aurantiaca Giordani Soika, 1982
Antepipona biguttata Fabricius, 1787
Antepipona bipustulata Saussure, 1856
Antepipona ceylonica Saussure, 1867
Antepipona consors Giordani Soika, 1982
Antepipona exaltata Giordani Soika, 1982
Antepipona excelsa palida Giordani Soika, 1982
Antepipona frontalis Giordani Soika, 1982
Antepipona guttata Smith, 1852
Antepipona haryana Gusenleitner, 1996
Antepipona intricata Smith, 1857
Antepipona minutissima Giordani Soika, 1982
Antepipona ovalis Saussure, 1852
Antepipona pruthii Giordani Soika, 1982
Antepipona rufescens Smith, 1857
Antepipona sasidharani Lambert & Na..., 2002
Antepipona sibilans Cameron, 1903
Antepipona tytides Cameron, 1904
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) abdominale Illiger, 1802
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) mellyi Saussure, 1853
Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) flavomarginatum Smith, 1852
Antodynerus flavescens Fabricius, 1775
Antodynerus limbatus Saussure, 1852
Antodynerus punctatipennis Saussure, 1852
Apodynerus amandus Gusenleitner, 2002
Belonogaster juncea Fabricius, 1781
Belonogaster juncea juncea Fabricius, 1781
Chlorodynerus deesanus Cameron, 1907
Cyrtolabulus interstitialis Cameron, 1902
Cyrtolabulus suavis Vecht, 1963
Delta campaniforme gracilior Giordani Soika, 1986
Delta campaniforme pseudodyscherum Bequaert, 1925
Delta campaniforme pseudopulcherrimum Giordani Soika, 1968
Delta campaniforme rhodesiense Bequaert, 1926
Delta campaniforme tessmanni Schulthess, 1910
Delta campaniformis (Giordani Soika, 1968)⇒ Delta esuriens gracile Saussure, 1852
Delta conoideum Gmelin, 1790
Delta dimidiatipenne Saussure, 1852
Delta esuriens Fabricius, 1787
Delta esuriens gracile Saussure, 1852
Delta paraconicum Giordani Soika, 1972
Delta pyriforme Fabricius, 1775Potter Wasp
Delta pyriforme miraculum Gusenleitner, 2008
Discoelius turneri Meade-Waldo, 1910
Discoelius vasukii Pannure & Ca..., 2017
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media Retzius, 1783Media Wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Ectopioglossa keiseri Vecht, 1963
Epsilon chikmagalurensis Lambert, 2008
Epsilon tinctipenne Walker, 1860
Eudiscoelius violaceus Schulthess, 1903
Eudiscoelius viridipes Cameron, 1911
Eumenes (Eumenes) affinissimus de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes (Eumenes) architectus Smith, 1858
Eumenes (Eumenes) atrophicus Fabricius, 1798
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) papillarius Christ, 1791
Eumenes (Eumenes) pomiformis Fabricius, 1781
Eumenes (Eumenes) punctatus de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes assamensis Meade-Waldo, 1910
Eumenes belli Giordani Soika, 1973
Eumenes esuriens
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes haemorrhoidalis Smith, 0
Eumenes kangrae Dover, 1925
Eumenes macrops de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes maxillosus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Eumenes persimilis Giordani Soika, 1960
Eumenes placens Nurse, 1903
Eumenes sikkimensis Giordani Soika, 1986
Eumenes variepunctatus Giordani Soika, 1958
Knemodynerus coriaceus Giordani Soika, 1970
Labus angularis Vecht, 1935
Labus humbertianus Saussure, 1867
Labus pusillus Vecht, 1963
Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Orancistrocerus aterrimus Saussure, 1852
Orancistrocerus aterrimus khasianuss Cameron, 1900
Oreumenoides edwardsii Saussure, 1852
Orientalicesa confasciatus Tan & Carpenter, 2018
Paraleptomenes humbertianus Saussure, 1867
Parancistrocerus androcles Meade-Waldo, 1910
Parancistrocerus jaferpaloti Girish Kumar..., 2016
Parancistrocerus loharbandensis Girish Kumar..., 2016
Parancistrocerus turensis Girish Kumar..., 2016
Parancistrocerus vicinus Giordani Soika, 1995
Parapolybia nodosa Vecht, 1966
Parapolybia varia Fabricius, 1787
Pareumenes brevirostratus Saussure, 1856
Pareumenes quadrispinosus Saussure, 1855
Pareumenes quadrispinosus acutus Liu, 1941
Phimenes flavopictum (Blanchard, 1845)⇒ Phimenes flavopictus Zimmermann, 1931
Phimenes flavopictus Zimmermann, 1931
Phimenes flavopictus aidrytus Vecht, 1959
Phimenes flavopictus andamanicus Zimm., 1931
Phimenes flavopictus baweanus Vecht, 1959
Phimenes flavopictus blanchardi de Saussure, 1852
Phimenes flavopictus continentalis Zimm., 1931
Phimenes flavopictus dammais Dalla Torre, 1904
Phimenes flavopictus engganensis Vecht, 1959
Phimenes flavopictus formosanus Zimmermann, 1931
Phimenes flavopictus kalimantenus Vecht, 1959
Phimenes flavopictus maidli Giordani Soika, 1934
Phimenes flavopictus nicobaricus Meade-Waldo, 1910
Phimenes flavopictus simalurensis Giordani Soika, 1934
Phimenes flavopictus telonumensis Vecht, 1959
Phimenes flavopictus timorensis Vecht, 1959
Phimenes flavopictus umbripennis Vecht, 1959
Phimenes indosinensis Vecht, 1959
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) annularis Linnaeus, 1763Jack Spaniard Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) bellicosus (Cresson, 1872)⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) eburneus Bequard, 1943
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793Dark Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron, 1900
Polistes rothneyi carletoni Vecht, 1968
Polistes rothneyi krombeini Vecht, 1968
Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham, 1897
Polistes (Polistella) khasianus (Cameron, 1900)⇒ Polistes lepcha Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) lepcha Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Polistella) snelleni de Saussure, 1862
Polistes (Polistella) stigma Fabricius, 1793Bernard´s tropical paper wasp
Polistes stigma tamula Fabricius, 1798
Polistes (Polistella) strigosus Bequard, 1940
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) nimpha Christ, 1791
Polistes belliicosus
Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes hebraeus Fabricius, 1787
Polistes nimphus (Christ, 1791)⇒ Polistes nimpha Christ, 1791
Polistes sulcatus (Smith, 1852)⇒ Polistes tenebricosus Lepeletier, 1836
Provespa barthelemyi Buysson, 1905
Pseudonortonia bhamensis Giordani Soika, 1941
Pseumenes depressus Saussure, 1856
Quartinia persephona Richards, 1962
Rhynchalastor nepalensis Giordani Soika, 1985
Rhynchium brunneum Fabricius, 1793
Rhynchium carnaticum Fabricius, 1798
Rhynchium metallicum
Rhynchium mirabile biakense Vecht, 1960
Rhynchium nitidulum
Ropalidia artifex Saussure, 1853
Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, 1989
Ropalidia colorata Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia cyathiformis Fabricius, 1804
Ropalidia fasciata Fabricius, 1804
Ropalidia hongkongensis Saussure, 1854
Ropalidia marginata Lepeletier, 1836
Ropalidia mathematica Smith, 1861
Ropalidia montana Carl, 1934
Ropalidia ornaticeps Cameron, 1900
Ropalidia scitula Bingham, 1897
Ropalidia spatulata Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia stigma Smith, 1858
Ropalidia tamila Gusenleitner, 2004
Ropalidia variegata (Smith, 1852)⇒ Ropalidia dichroma Vecht, 1941
Stenodyneriellus guttulatus Saussure, 1862
Stenodyneriellus praeclusus Nurse, 1903
Stenodyneriellus wickwari Meade-Waldo, 1911
Stenodynerus nepalensis (Giordani Soika, 1985)⇒ Rhynchalastor nepalensis Giordani Soika, 1985
Subancistrocerus sichelii Saussure, 1856
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus tukvarensis Meade-Waldo, 1910
Vespa affinis Linnaeus, 1764Lesser banded hornet
Vespa affinis continentalis Bequard, 1936
Vespa basalis Smith, 1852Black-bellied hornet
Vespa bicolor Fabricius, 1787Black shield wasp
Vespa binghami du Buysson, 1905
Vespa cincta (Drury, 1770)⇒ Polistes annularis Linnaeus, 1763
Vespa coarctata Linnæus, 1758
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852Asian giant hornet
Vespa mandarinia magnifica Smith, 1852
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771Oriental hornet
Vespa soror du Buysson, 1905Southern giant hornet
Vespa spinipes Linnæus, 1758
Vespa tropica Linnaeus, 1758Greater banded hornet
Vespa tropica eulemoides Buysson, 1904
Vespa tropica haematodes Bequard, 1936
Vespa tropica leefmansi Vecht, 1975
Vespa tropica tropica Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa variabilis (Buysson, 1904)⇒ Polistes variabilis Fabricius, 1781
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespa vivax Smith, 1870
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857Western yellow jacket
Vespula structor Smith, 1870
Xenorhynchium nitidulum Fabricius, 1798
Zethus (Zethoides) miniatus Saussure, 1858
Zethus (Zethus) ceylonicus Saussure, 1867
Zethus albopilosus Giordani Soika, 1995
Zethus trimaculatus Cameron, 1904

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in India
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
38
102
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMasarinae
Latreille, 1802
Pollen wasps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
2
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
7
44
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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