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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
752
9687
27461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
749
9681
27454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
9430
26835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
7648
23452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
72
1272
3805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
61
1168
3471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
503
2231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
114
305
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
54
164
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Metropolitan France
54 Genera with 164 Species
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Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Alastorynerus Bluthgen, 01SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Allodynerus Bluthgen, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776European tube wasp18SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Celonites Latreille, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17895SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763Aerial Yellowjackets9SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 194314SpeciesTaxom
Eunortonia Carpenter, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1920Potter Wasp6SpeciesTaxom
Gymnomerus Bluthgen, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Microdynerus Thomson, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Odontodynerus Bluthgen, 01SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 185211SpeciesTaxom
Oreumenes Bequaert, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopolistes Perrard, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Palaeovespa Cockerell, 01SpeciesTaxom
Paleovespa1SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnomerus Bluthgen, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Parapolybia Saussure, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Paravespula Blüthgen, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Parodontodynerus Bluthgen, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1940Paper nest wasps11SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Polybioides Buysson, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepipona Saussure, 04SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19615SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Rygchium Spinola, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18324SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1836Hornets9SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1905Ground Yellowjackets8SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19796SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
164 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus scripticeps Cameron, 1910
Alastor (Alastor) atropos Lepeletier, 1841
Alastorynerus perezi Berl., 0
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905
Ancistrocerus albophaleratus Saussure, 1855White-Banded Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus auctus Fabricius, 1793
Ancistrocerus berlandi L. Piton, 1940
Ancistrocerus claripennis (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus dusmetiolus Strand, 1914
Ancistrocerus eocenicus L. Piton, 1940
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus ichneumonideus Ratzeburg, 1844
Ancistrocerus longispinosus Saussure, 1855
Ancistrocerus lucasius Maindron, 1882
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus renimacula Lepeletier, 1841
Ancistrocerus scoticus Curtis, 1826
Ancistrocerus striativentris Cameron, 1910
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Antepipona sesquicincta Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879
Celonites (Celonites) abbreviatus Villers, 1789
Celonites (Celonites) mayeti Richards, 1962
Ceramius lichtensteinii Klug, 1810
Ceramius linearis Klug, 1824
Ceramius tuberculifer Saussure, 1853
Delta bonellii Giordani Soika, 1973
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Delta unguiculatum Villers, 1789
Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media Retzius, 1783Media Wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula pacifica Birula, 1930
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) dubius Saussure, 1852
Eumenes (Eumenes) labiatus Giordani Soika, 1941
Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes (Eumenes) papillarius Christ, 1791
Eumenes (Eumenes) pedunculatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) pomiformis Fabricius, 1781
Eumenes (Eumenes) punctatus de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes (Eumenes) sareptanus André, 1884
Eumenes (Eumenes) subpomiformis Bluethgen, 1938
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes projaponica L. Piton, 1940
Eumenes punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, 1943
Eunortonia sepulta J. Timon-David, 1944
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) curictensis Bluethgen, 1940
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) dantici Rossi, 1790
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) fastidiosus Saussure, 1853
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) variegatus Fabricius, 1793
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1793
Euodynerus gaullei Brèthes, 1920
Gymnomerus laevipes Shuckard, 1837
Katamenes arbustorum Panzer, 1799
Leptochilus (Euleptochilus) duplicatus Klug, 1835
Leptochilus (Lionotulus) alpestris Saussure, 1855
Leptochilus (Lionotulus) moustirsensis Giordani Soika, 1973
Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) medanae Gribodo, 1886
Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) regulus Saussure, 1855
Microdynerus (Pseudomicrodynerus) parvulus Herrich-Schä..., 1838
Microdynerus exilis Herrich-Schä..., 1839
Microdynerus nugdunensis Saussure, 1855
Microdynerus timidus Saussure, 1856
Microdynerus trinodus Bohart, 1955
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Odontodynerus deflendus Saunders, 0
Odynerus (Odynerus) alpinus von Schulthess, 1897
Odynerus (Odynerus) dusmeticus Giner, 1945
Odynerus (Odynerus) femoratus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalus Gmelin, 1790Black Headed Mason Wasp
Odynerus (Odynerus) poecilus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus (Spinicoxa) reniformis Gmelin, 1790
Odynerus blanchardianus de Saussure, 1855
Odynerus delphinalis Gir., 0
Odynerus floricola de Saussure, 1853
Odynerus manevali L. Piton, 1940
Odynerus ochlerus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Oreumenes decoratus Smith, 1852
Pachodynerus bicuspidatus Willink & Ro..., 1998
Palaeopolistes jattioti A. Perrard, 2014
Palaeovespa menatensis
Paleovespa menatensis Nel & Auvray, 2006
Paragymnomerus signaticollis Moravitz, 1883
Paragymnomerus spiricornis Spinola, 1808
Parapolybia varia Fabricius, 1787
Paravespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Vespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Parodontodynerus ephippium Klug, 1817
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan, 1943
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistella) takasagonus Sonan, 1943
Polistes (Polistes) associus Kohl, 1898
Polistes (Polistes) atrimandibularis Zimmermann, 1930
Polistes (Polistes) bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) gallicus Linnaeus, 1767Paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) nimpha Christ, 1791
Polistes vergnei L. Piton, 1940
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybioides melaina Meade-Waldo, 1911
Proepipona meadewaldoi Bequaert, 1918
Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) lativentris Saussure, 1855
Pseudepipona fastidiosissima de Saussure, 0
Pseudepipona postica Herrich-Schä..., 0
Pseudepipona rossii Lepeletier, 0
Pseudonortonia sepulta Timon-David, 1944
Quartinia metallescens Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia senecionis Richards, 1962
Rhopalosoma alvarengai Townes, 1977
Rhopalosoma simile Brues, 1943
Rhynchalastor bluethgeni Vecht, 1971
Rhynchalastor chevrieranus de Saussure, 1856
Rhynchalastor punctifrons Thomson, 1874
Rhynchalastor steckianus Schulthess, 1897
Rhynchalastor vergesi Giordani Soika, 1961
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Rhynchium quinquecinctum Fabricius, 1787
Rygchium andrei L. Piton, 1940
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) allobrogus Saussure, 1855
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) crassicornis Panzer, 1798
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) gracilis Brullé, 1832
Synagris (Paragris) analis Saussure, 1856
Synagris (Synagris) proserpina Gribodo, 1891
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Vespa coarctata Linnæus, 1758
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa dybowskii André, 1884
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852Asian giant hornet
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771Oriental hornet
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespa spinipes Linnæus, 1758
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula acadica Sladen, 1918Forest Yellowjacket
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket
Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978Downy Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Zeteumenidion invertitus Giordani Soika, 1944
Zethus (Zethus) delagoensis Schulthess, 1899
Zethus (Zethus) fuscus Perty, 1833
Zethus (Zethus) rhodesianus Giordani Soika, 1940
Zethus (Zethusculus) magnus Saussure, 1852
Zethus (Zethusculus) westwoodi Saussure, 1852
Zethus yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Metropolitan France
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
38
108
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMasarinae
Latreille, 1802
Pollen wasps
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
7
29
Genera
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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