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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region Maritza Biological Station (Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
255
2251
2456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
255
2251
2456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
245
2233
2431
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
181
1991
2184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
33
367
407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
32
365
405
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
16
165
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
44
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
18
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Maritza Biological Station
18 Genera with 22 Species
Agelaia Lepeletier, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1837Honey wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Hypalastoroides Saussure, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypancistrocerus Saussure, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19784SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1804Paper nest wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 05SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacaromenes Giordani Soika, 1978
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1978Drumming wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Maritza Biological Station
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia panamensis Cameron, 1906
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Epipona guerini Saussure, 1854
Epipona niger Brèthes, 1926
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) melanarius Cameron, 1906
Mischocyttarus atramentarius Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus cleomens Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus mixtus Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) goeldii Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953Unstable Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) barbouri Bequard, 1943
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta Fox, 1898
Polybia bribri
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Maritza Biological Station
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
10
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
8
20
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