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Checklist of Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
for Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4744
11078
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4729
11035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4620
10820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
3767
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
51
599
1880
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
593
1866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
378
1610
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
121
356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
50
210
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
50 Genera with 210 Species
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A
B
C
D
E
J
K
L
M
O
P
Q
R
S
T
Z

Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 19873SpeciesTaxom
Afreumenes Bequaert, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19348SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 200513SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 190016SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Celonites Latreille, 19978SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 18102SpeciesTaxom
Convextrocerus Giordani Soika, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Cyphodynerus Vecht, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtolabulus Vecht, 19444SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 193921SpeciesTaxom
Ectopioglossa Perkins, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 19137SpeciesTaxom
Eumenidiopsis Giordani Soika, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1855Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Jucancistrocerus Bluthgen, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Jugurtia Saussure, 20048SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 19344SpeciesTaxom
Labus Saussure, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Leptomenes Giordani Soika, 01SpeciesTaxom
Micreumenes Ashmead, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Odontodynerus Bluthgen, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Odyneres3SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 191821SpeciesTaxom
Ovodynerus Giordani Soika, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Parachilus Goirdani Soika, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paramisehocyttarus1SpeciesTaxom
Paravespa Radoszkowski, 19609SpeciesTaxom
Pareumenes Saussure, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Polistepipona Giordani Soika, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Priscomasaris Gess, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19406SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepipona Saussure, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 20026SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 200731SpeciesTaxom
Quartinioides Richards, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 03SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 18575SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneroides Giordani Soika, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Stroudia Gribodo, 198915SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 03SpeciesTaxom
Zetheumenidion Bequaert, 02SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19794SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
210 Species and 44 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus schulthessi Giordani Soika, 1987
Aethiopicodynerus schulthessi angolensis Giordani Soika, 1987
Afreumenes melanosoma Saussure, 1852
Alastor (Alastor) aeger Giordani Soika, 1983
Alastor (Alastor) bucida Saussure, 1853
Alastor (Alastor) possibilis Giordani Soika, 1934
Alastor (Alastor) procax Giordani Soika, 1934
Alastor (Alastor) promontorii Meade-Waldo, 1913
Alastor (Alastor) ricae Giordani Soika, 1934
Alastor (Alastorellus) carinulatus Gusenleitner, 2006
Alastor (Alastorellus) schulthessianus Giordani Soika, 1934
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrura Giordani Soika, 1987
Antepipona asperategula Gusenleitner, 1997
Antepipona brincki Giordani Soika, 1961
Antepipona conradsii Schulthess, 1913
Antepipona dimorpha Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona karibae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona karibae karibae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona liberator Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona metatarsalis Schulthess, 1913
Antepipona pakasae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona penetrata Cameron, 1910
Antepipona pulchella Gerst., 1857
Antepipona pulchellula Giordani Soika, 1987
Antepipona tricolor Gusenleitner, 2005
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) histrionicum Gerst., 1857
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) natalense Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus effossoides aequus Giordani Soika, 1989
Antodynerus incognitus Giordani Soika, 1943
Antodynerus indecorus Cameron, 1909
Antodynerus lesnei lesnei Giordani Soika, 1935
Antodynerus lesnei warmbadensis Giordani Soika, 1937
Antodynerus multicolor Saussure, 1852
Antodynerus multicolor mozambicanus Giordani Soika, 1935
Antodynerus oneili Cameron, 1905
Antodynerus radialis Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus radialis radialis de Saussure, 1855
Antodynerus radialis revolutionalis Giordani Soika, 1937
Antodynerus sheffieldi perarduus Giordani Soika, 1942
Antodynerus versicolor Kirby, 1900
Antodynerus versicolor picturatus Bequaert, 1918
Antodynerus versicolor versicolor Kirby, 1900
Belonogaster lateritia Gerstaecker, 1855
Belonogaster lateritius Gerst., 1857
Celonites andrei Brauns, 1905
Celonites capensis Brauns, 1905
Celonites clypeatus Brauns, 1913
Celonites heliotropii Gess, 2007
Celonites kalahariensis Gess, 2007
Celonites michaelseni Schulthess, 1923
Celonites pulcher Gess, 2007
Celonites tumidiscutellatus Gess, 1997
Ceramius damarinus Turner, 1935
Ceramius lichtensteinii Klug, 1810
Convextrocerus namibicus Gusenleitner, 2001
Convextrocerus nitidissimus Giordani Soika, 1936
Cyphodynerus bisellatus Schulthess, 1914
Cyphodynerus guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1985
Cyphodynerus kimberleyensis occidentalis Giordani Soika, 1985
Cyrtolabulus conspicuus Gusenleitner, 1999
Cyrtolabulus rauschi Gusenleitner, 1999
Cyrtolabulus rhodensiensis Giordani Soika, 1944
Cyrtolabulus rhodesiensis (Giordani Soika, 1944)⇒ Cyrtolabulus rhodensiensis Giordani Soika, 1944
Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Delta campaniforme pseudodyscherum Bequaert, 1925
Delta campaniforme rhodesiense Bequaert, 1926
Delta campaniforme tessmanni Schulthess, 1910
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta dimidiatipenne Saussure, 1852
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta emarginatum emarginatum
Delta esuriens gracile Saussure, 1852
Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Delta higletti higletti Meade-Waldo, 1910
Delta higletti rendalli Bingham, 190..., 1986
Delta hottentottum Saussure, 1852
Delta hottentotum hottentotum de Saussure, 1852
Delta inexspectatum Giordani Soika, 1982
Delta lepeleterii Saussure, 1852
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Delta lepeletierii formosum de Saussure, 1852
Delta lepeletierii lepeletierii de Saussure, 1852
Delta maxillosus De Geer, 1773
Delta subfenestrale Giordani Soika, 1939
Ectopioglossa advocata Giordani Soika, 1944
Eumenes (Eumenes) lucasius de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes arnoldi Bequaert, 1926
Eumenes caffer (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Eumenes campaniformis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Delta subfenestrale Giordani Soika, 1939
Eumenes lepeletierii de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes maxillosus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Eumenes peringeyanus Schulthess, 1913
Eumenidiopsis mixtus Giordani Soika, 1943
Eumenidiopsis nitens Giordani Soika, 1938
Euodynerus hottentotus Saussure, 1855
Jucancistrocerus (Eremodynerus) saharensis Giordani Soika, 1934
Jugurtia alfkeni Buysson, 1904
Jugurtia confusa Richards, 1962
Jugurtia damara Gess, 2004
Jugurtia koeroegabensis Gess, 1997
Jugurtia mandibulata Gess, 2004
Jugurtia namibicola Gess, 2004
Jugurtia tibialis Gess, 2004
Katamenes caffer (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Katamenes macrocephalus Saussure, 1852
Knemodynerus albolimbatus Schulthess, 1914
Knemodynerus euryspilus Cameron, 1910
Knemodynerus expressus Giordani Soika, 1934
Knemodynerus turneri Giordani Soika, 1934
Labus pusillus Vecht, 1963
Leptomenes kaokoveldensis Giordani Soika, 0
Micreumenes nigrorufus Giordani Soika, 1989
Odontodynerus brincki Giordani Soika, 1961
Odyneres lesnei
Odyneres meade-waldoi
Odyneres sawmillsensis
Odynerus bisellatus (Schulthess, 1914)⇒ Cyphodynerus bisellatus Schulthess, 1914
Odynerus carinulatus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus dimorphus Meade-Waldo, 1915
Odynerus ferruginatus Bequard, 0
Odynerus ferruginatus capensis Giordani Soika, 0
Odynerus gestroi (Dusmet, 1929)⇒ Paravespa spinigera spinigera Schulthess, 1914
Odynerus histrionicus (Gerstäcker, 1857)⇒ Anterhynchium histrionicum Gerst., 1857
Odynerus indecorus (Cameron, 1910)⇒ Antodynerus indecorus Cameron, 1909
Odynerus lesnei (Giordani Soika, 1935)⇒ Antodynerus lesnei warmbadensis Giordani Soika, 1937
Odynerus marginellus de Saussure, 0
Odynerus marginellus sabulosus de Saussure, 0
Odynerus meadewaldoi (Bequaert, 1918)⇒ Proepipona meadewaldoi sedata Giordani Soika, 1940
Odynerus metatarsalis (Schulthess, 1913)⇒ Antepipona metatarsalis Schulthess, 1913
Odynerus meyeri (Cameron, 1910)⇒ Knemodynerus turneri Giordani Soika, 1934
Odynerus multicolor Giordani Soika, 1935
Odynerus pulchellus (Gerstäcker, 1857)⇒ Antepipona pulchella Gerst., 1857
Odynerus radialis de Saussure, 1855
Odynerus sjoestedti (Cameron, 1910)⇒ Ovodynerus sjoestedti Cameron, 1910
Odynerus synagroides de Saussure, 1852
Odynerus versicolor (Bequaert, 1918)⇒ Antodynerus versicolor versicolor Kirby, 1900
Ovodynerus sjoestedti Cameron, 1910
Ovodynerus willowmorensis erlandssoni Giordani Soika, 1987
Ovodynerus willowmorensis willowmorensis Giordani Soika, 1985
Parachilus schulthessi (Meade-Waldo, 1915)⇒ Aethiopicodynerus schulthessi Giordani Soika, 1987
Paramisehocyttarus buyssoni
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) africana Carpenther, ..., 2010
Paravespa gestroi gestroi Magretti, 1884
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) minutepunctata Giordani Soika, 1960
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) nairobiensis Giordani Soika, 1935
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) pretoriensis Giordani Soika, 1935
Paravespa spinigera ditior Giordani Soika, 1935
Paravespa spinigera spinigera Schulthess, 1914
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) violaceipennnis (Giordani Soika, 1960)⇒ Paravespa violaceipennis Giordani Soika, 1960
Paravespa violaceipennis Giordani Soika, 1960
Pareumenes (Pareumenes) sansibaricus Schulz, 1905
Pareumenes sansibaricus occidentalis Giordani Soika, 1944
Polistepipona polistiformis polistiformis Giordani Soika, 1950
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) melanosoma Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Polistella) fastidiosus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Priscomasaris namibiensis Gess, 1998
Proepipona lateralis Fabricius, 1781
Proepipona lateralis lateropicta Bequaert, 1918
Proepipona lateralis marginiscutis Cameron, 1910
Proepipona meadewaldoi Bequaert, 1918
Proepipona meadewaldoi meadewaldoi Bequaert, 1918
Proepipona meadewaldoi sedata Giordani Soika, 1940
Pseudepipona turneri (Giordani Soika, 1934)⇒ Knemodynerus turneri Giordani Soika, 1934
Pseudonortonia bisuturalis Saussure, 1852
Pseudonortonia lomholdti Giordani Soika, 1983
Pseudonortonia rufolineata Cameron, 1905
Pseudonortonia soror Kohl, 1907
Pseudonortonia tenuis Gusenleitner, 2002
Quartinia aenea Gess, 2011
Quartinia albopicta Richards, 1981
Quartinia bella Gess, 2009
Quartinia clypeata Gess, 2009
Quartinia codoni Gess, 2009
Quartinia diana Richards, 1962
Quartinia femorata Gess, 2007
Quartinia flava Richards, 1962
Quartinia geigeriae Gess. F., 2007
Quartinia lamellata Gess, 2007
Quartinia maculipennis Gess, 2009
Quartinia mandibulata Gess, 2009
Quartinia minima Schulthess, 1932
Quartinia namibensis Gess, 2011
Quartinia obibensis Gess, 2007
Quartinia parva Gess, 2009
Quartinia poecila Schulthess, 1930
Quartinia propinqua Schulthess, 1932
Quartinia pteroniae Gess, 2009
Quartinia pulawskii Gess, 2009
Quartinia refugicola Gess, 2007
Quartinia scutellimacula Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia senecionis Richards, 1962
Quartinia setosa Gess, 2009
Quartinia signata Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia tuberculifera Gess, 2009
Quartinia tuberculiventris Gess, 2009
Quartinia tuberculiventroides Gess, 2009
Quartinia vagepunctata Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia vexillata Gess, 2007
Rhynchalastor ferruginatus Giordani Soika, 1934
Rhynchalastor ferruginatus capensis Giordani Soika, 1934
Rhynchalastor ferruginatus ferruginatus
Rhynchium cyanopterum cyanopterum
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Rhynchium marginellum sabulosum Saussure, 1856
Ropalidia capensis Saussure, 1862
Ropalidia cincta Lepeletier, 1836
Ropalidia distigma Gerst., 1857
Ropalidia tomentosa Gerst., 1857
Stenodyneroides ferruginatus (Bequaert, 1918)⇒ Rhynchalastor ferruginatus Giordani Soika, 1934
Stroudia aestimabilis Giordani Soika, 1989
Stroudia anomaliventris Giordani Soika, 1987
Stroudia basipunctata Giordani Soika, 1976
Stroudia corallina Giordani Soika, 1989
Stroudia fusiformis Giordani Soika, 1987
Stroudia inaequalis Giordani Soika, 1987
Stroudia juvenilis Giordani Soika, 1976
Stroudia kaokoveldensis Giordani Soika, 1943
Stroudia longissima
Stroudia longula Giordani Soika, 1939
Stroudia micella Giordani Soika, 1940
Stroudia nodosa Giordani Soika, 1976
Stroudia pseudeumenes Giordani Soika, 1989
Stroudia sexpunctata rufella Giordani Soika, 1989
Synagris (Paragris) abyssinica Guérin, 1848
Synagris (Paragris) analis Saussure, 1856
Synagris analis nigroclypeata (Maidl, 1914)⇒ Synagris calida Linné, 1758
Synagris (Paragris) calida Linné, 1758
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Tricarinodynerus guerinii deserticola Giordani Soika, 1961
Tricarinodynerus guerinii guerinii
Zetheumenidion femoratum femoratum
Zetheumenidion pulchripenne
Zethus (Zethus) bilaminatus Giordani Soika, 1940
Zethus (Zethus) namibicus Gusenleitner, 1997
Zethus (Zethus) rhodesianus Giordani Soika, 1940
Zethus yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Namibia
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
39
135
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMasarinae
Latreille, 1802
Pollen wasps
6
48
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
1
3
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
2
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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