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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9807
35125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1140
3416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
58
998
3073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
341
1682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
105
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
33
130
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
33 Genera with 130 Species
#ABDELMOPRSV
Agelaia Lepeletier, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Allodynerus Bluthgen, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Allorhynchium van der Vecht, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1938European tube wasp7SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 19819SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 17751SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1792Honey wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1930Aerial Yellowjackets6SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 197313SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1995Potter Wasp7SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 02SpeciesTaxom
Okinawepipona Yamane, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Orancistrocerus Vecht, 02SpeciesTaxom
Oreumenes Bequaert, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Paranortonia Bequaert, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Parapolybia Saussure, 17874SpeciesTaxom
Pararrhynchium Saussure, 05SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1987Paper nest wasps23SpeciesTaxom
Pseumenes Giordani Soika, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pterocheilus Klug, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 198213SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 19835SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 18414SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 19409SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 19908SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1903Hornets27SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1980Ground Yellowjackets5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
130 Species and 44 Subspecies
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Allodynerus delphinalis Giraud, 1866
Allodynerus delphinalis delphinalis Giraud, 1866
Allodynerus mandschuricus Blüthgen, 1953
Allorhynchium chinense Saussure, 1862
Ancistrocerus fukaianus Schulthess, 0
Ancistrocerus japonicus Schulthess, 1908
Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus trichionotus (Cameron, 1905)⇒ Ancistrocerus catskill Viereck, 1902
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus shibuayi Yas., 1938
Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) flavomarginatum Smith, 1852
Anterhynchium flavomarginatum amamense Tano, 1983
Anterhynchium flavomarginatum hanedai Tano, 1983
Anterhynchium flavomarginatum micado Kirsch, 1878
Anterhynchium flavomarginatum tsushimarum Yas., 1935
Anterhynchium flavomarginatum umenoi Yas., 1935
Anterhynchium (Dirhynchium) flavopunctatum Smith, 1852
Anterhynchium gibbifrons Yamane & Murota, 2015
Anterhynchium melanopterum Sk. Yamane, 1981
Antodynerus flavescens Fabricius, 1775
Belonogaster indica Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Delta esuriens Fabricius, 1787
Delta pyriforme Fabricius, 1775Potter Wasp
Discoelius japonicus (Perez, 1905)⇒ Discoelius zonalis Panzer, 1801
Discoelius zonalis Panzer, 1801
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media Retzius, 1783Media Wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula adulterina montivaga Sk. Yamane, 1982
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula pacifica Birula, 1930
Eumenes (Eumenes) fraterculus Dalla Torre, 1894
Eumenes (Eumenes) micado Cameron, 1904
Eumenes punctatus punctatus
Eumenes (Eumenes) rubrofemoratus Giordani Soika, 1941
Eumenes (Eumenes) rubronotatus Perkins, 1905
Eumenes rubronotatus aquilonicus Sk.Yamane, 0
Eumenes rubronotatus rubronotatus
Eumenes dimidiaticlypeus (Giordani Soika, 1973)⇒ Eumenes rubronotatus Perkins, 1905
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes haemorrhoidalis Smith, 0
Eumenes samunayi
Eumenes samurayi Schulthess, 1908
Eumenes samurayi rufescens Giordani Soika, 1973
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) dantici Rossi, 1790
Euodynerus dantici violaceipennis Giordani Soika, 1973
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) nipanicus Schulthess, 1908
Euodynerus nipanicus nipanicus
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1793
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) trilobus Fabricius, 1787
Euodynerus convergens Giordani Soika, 1995
Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970
Mischocyttarus metoecus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
Odynerus apiciornatus (Yano, 1932)⇒ Rhynchalastor frauenfeldi de Saussure, 1867
Odynerus delphinalis Gir., 0
Okinawepipona kogimai Yamane, 1987
Orancistrocerus drewseni Saussure, 1857
Orancistrocerus drewseni drewseni
Oreumenes decoratus Smith, 1852
Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Parapolybia crocea Saito-Morook..., 0
Parapolybia indica Saussure, 1854
Parapolybia indica indica
Parapolybia varia Fabricius, 1787
Pararrhynchium ishigakiense Yasumatsu Ya..., 0
Pararrhynchium ishigakiensis Yas., 1933
Pararrhynchium oceanicum miyanoi Sk. Yamane, 1990
Pararrhynchium ornatum Smith, 1852
Pararrhynchium ornatum ornatum
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) eburneus Bequard, 1943
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Gyrostoma) jadwigae (Dalla Torre, 1904)⇒ Polistes jokahamae Radoszkowski, 1887
Polistes (Gyrostoma) jokahamae Radoszkowski, 1887Paper wasp
Polistes jokahamae jokahamae Radoszkowski, 1887
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron, 1900
Polistes rothneyi ingrami Vecht, 1968
Polistes rothneyi iwatai Vecht, 1968
Polistes rothneyi yayeyamae Mats., 1908
Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) japonicus (Saussure, 1858)⇒ Polistes jokahamae Radoszkowski, 1887
Polistes japonicus formosanus
Polistes japonicus japonicus
Polistes (Polistella) mandarinus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistella) nipponensis Perkins, 1905
Polistes (Polistella) snelleni de Saussure, 1862
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Fabricius, 1793Asian paper wasp
Polistes chinensis antennalis Perkins, 1905
Polistes chinensis chinensis Fabricius, 1793
Polistes (Polistes) gallicus Linnaeus, 1767Paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) riparius Sk. Yamane &..., 1987
Pseumenes depressus Saussure, 1856
Pterocheilus phaleratus tuberculatus Blüthgen, 1955
Rhynchalastor chinensis Sk. Yamane &..., 1982
Rhynchalastor clypeopictus Kostylev, 1940
Rhynchalastor frauenfeldi de Saussure, 1867
Rhynchalastor kusigematii Tano, 1987
Rhynchalastor kusigematii pachymenoides Tano, 1987
Rhynchalastor kusigematii rufiventris Sk. Yamane, 1987
Rhynchalastor kusigematii tsunekii Tano, 1987
Rhynchalastor licinus Bohart, 1980
Rhynchalastor ogasawaraensis Sk. Yamane &..., 1982
Rhynchalastor ogasawaraensis rufoornatus Sk. Yamane, 1987
Rhynchalastor similis Smith, 1857
Rhynchalastor tokyanus Kostylev, 1940
Rhynchalastor tokyanus flavoscutellatus Sk. Yamane &..., 1982
Rhynchium haemorrhoidale Fabricius, 1775
Rhynchium quinquecinctum Fabricius, 1787
Rhynchium quinquecinctum fukaii Cameron, 1911
Rhynchium quinquecinctum murotai Tano, 1983
Rhynchium quinquecinctum nambuii Sk. Yamane, 1983
Ropalidia fasciata Fabricius, 1804
Ropalidia marginata Lepeletier, 1836
Ropalidia revolutionalis Saussure, 1854Small Brown Paper Wasp
Ropalidia romandi Guill., 1841Yellow brown paper wasp
Stenodynerus chinensis Saussure, 1863
Stenodynerus chinensis simillimus Sk. Yamane &..., 1982
Stenodynerus clypeopictus (Kostylev, 1940)⇒ Rhynchalastor clypeopictus Kostylev, 1940
Stenodynerus frauenfeldi Saussure, 1867
Stenodynerus kusigematii (Sk. Yamane &..., 1982)⇒ Rhynchalastor kusigematii Tano, 1987
Stenodynerus licinus (Bohart, 1980)⇒ Rhynchalastor licinus Bohart, 1980
Stenodynerus ogasawaraensis (Sk. Yamane &..., 1982)⇒ Rhynchalastor ogasawaraensis Sk. Yamane &..., 1982
Stenodynerus similis (Smith, 1857)⇒ Rhynchalastor similis Smith, 1857
Stenodynerus tokyanus (Kostylev, 1940)⇒ Rhynchalastor tokyanus Kostylev, 1940
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) captivus Smith, 1873
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) decens Kostylev, 1940
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) foveolatus Gussakovsky, 1933
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) mizuhonis Tsuneki, 1977
Symmorphus apiciornatus Cameron, 1911
Symmorphus cliens Giordani Soika, 1975
Symmorphus tsushimanus Sk. Yamane, 1990
Vespa affinis Linnaeus, 1764Lesser banded hornet
Vespa affinis affinis Linnaeus, 1764
Vespa analis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Polistes testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa crabro flavofasciata Cameron, 1903
Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852Black-tailed hornet
Vespa dybowskii André, 1884
Vespa flavofasciata (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa insularis Dalla Torre, 1894
Vespa japonica (Saussure, 1858)⇒ Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Vespa latilineata (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Vespa lewisii (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespa mandarina Smith, 1852
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852Asian giant hornet
Vespa mandarinia japonica Radoszkowski, 1857Japanese Giant Hornet
Vespa media Olivier, 1791
Vespa mongolica
Vespa pulchra (Buysson, 1905)⇒ Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852
Vespa schrenckii (Rad., 1861)⇒ Vespula rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa simillima Smith, 1868Japanese hornet
Vespa simillima simillima Smith, 1868Japanese Hornet
Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cameron, 1903
Vespa tropica Linnaeus, 1758Greater banded hornet
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespa walkeri Buysson, 1904
Vespa xanthoptera (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa simillima Smith, 1868
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula shidai Yamane, Wagn..., 1980

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
22
70
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
6
39
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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