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Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region North Brazil (Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
468
6345
15847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
468
6345
15847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
440
6186
15437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
271
4560
12054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
780
2487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
50
761
2479
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
457
2162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
97
355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
56
254
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Brazil
56 Genera with 254 Species
#ABCEGHLMOPSTVZ
Agelaia Lepeletier, 180415SpeciesTaxom
Alphamenes Vecht, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistroceroides de Saussure, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18048SpeciesTaxom
Asteloeca Raw, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 19784SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 19783SpeciesTaxom
Clypearia Saussure, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Clypeopolybia Brèthes, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 17972SpeciesTaxom
Epsilon Saussure, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 02SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1939Potter Wasp2SpeciesTaxom
Gastrodynerus Bohart, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypalastoroides Saussure, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Megacanthopus Ducke, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 19997SpeciesTaxom
Minixi Giordani Soika, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 190535SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Myrapetra White, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Omicron Saussure, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Orancistrocerus Vecht, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 186312SpeciesTaxom
Paragia Shuckard, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Paramasaris Cameron, 01SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Pararhaphidoglossa Schulthess-R..., 18991SpeciesTaxom
Parazumia Saussure, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Pirhosigma Giordani Soika, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1994Paper nest wasps22SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 197847SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 201519SpeciesTaxom
Pseudacaromenes Giordani Soika, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolybia Saussure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Santamenes Giordani Soika, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Stelopolybia Ducke, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenonartonia Giordani Soika, 02SpeciesTaxom
Stenosigma Giordani Soika, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Trimeria Saussure, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1758Hornets1SpeciesTaxom
Zeta Saussure, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 196516SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Brazil
254 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agelaia acreana Silveira & C..., 1995
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia angulicollis Spinosa, 1851
Agelaia brevistigma Richards, 1978
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia constructor Saussure, 1854
Agelaia flavipennis Ducke, 1905
Agelaia fulvofasciata Deg., 1773
Agelaia lobipleura Richards, 1978
Agelaia melanopyga Cooper, 2000
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia ornata Ducke, 1905
Agelaia pallidiventris Richards, 1978
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Agelaia testacea Fabricius, 1804
Angiopolybia obidensis Ducke, 1904
Angiopolybia pallens Lepeletier, 1836
Angiopolybia paraensis Spinosa, 1851
Antepipona tydides Cameron, 1904
Apoica (Apoica) flavissima van der Vecht, 1972
Apoica (Apoica) gelida Vecht, 1972
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) pallida Olivier, 1791
Apoica (Apoica) strigata Richards, 1978
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Apoica (Deuterapoica) arborea Saussure, 1854
Apoica albimacula Fabricius, 1804
Asteloeca traili Cameron, 1906
Brachygastra albula Richards, 1978
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra bilineolata Spinosa, 1841
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Chartergellus amazonicus (Richards, 1978)⇒ Chartergellus frontalis Fabricius, 1804
Chartergellus communis Richards, 1978
Chartergellus nigerrimus Richards, 1978
Chartergellus punctatior Richards, 1978
Charterginus fulvus Fox, 1904
Chartergus apicalis
Chartergus globiventris Saussure, 1854
Chartergus metanotalis Richards, 1978
Clypearia apicipennis Spinosa, 1851
Clypearia duckei Richards, 1978
Clypearia sulcata Saussure, 1853
Epipona quadrituberculata Gribodo, 1892
Epipona tatua Cuv., 1797
Epsilon dyscherum Saussure, 1853
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes rotundicollis Cameron, 0
Euodynerus auranus auranus Mello-Leitão, 1942
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) discogaster Bequaert, 1939
Leipomeles pusilla Ducke, 1904
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Megacanthopus alfkeni Ducke, 1904
Metapolybia acincta Richards, 1978
Metapolybia aztecoides Richards, 1978
Metapolybia cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Metapolybia decorata Gribodo, 1896
Metapolybia nigra Richards, 1978
Metapolybia rufata Richards, 1978
Metapolybia silvicola Cooper, 1999
Minixi brasilianum Saussure, 1875
Mischocyttarus (Artifex) cerberus Ducke, 1918
Mischocyttarus (Artifex) sylvestris Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) carbonarius Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) flavicans Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Haplometrobius) synoecus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) adolphi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) imitator (Zikan, 1935)⇒ Mischocyttarus cassanunga Ihering, 1903
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) injucundus Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) metathoracicus Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) pseudomimeticus Schulz, 1903
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) socialis Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) collarellus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) collaris Ducke, 1904
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) saturatus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) tomentosus Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus (Monacanthocnemis) punctatus Ducke, 1904
Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) foveatus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) insolitus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) lecointei Ducke, 1904
Mischocyttarus (Omega) surinamensis Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus atramentarius Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus duckei Buysson, 1909
Mischocyttarus filiformis Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus mamirauae Raw, 1998
Mischocyttarus minifoveatus Cooper, 1998
Mischocyttarus montei Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus oecothrix Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus pallidus Zikán, 1949
Mischocyttarus peruviensis Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus piger Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus undulatus Ducke, 1905
Monobia angulosa Saussure, 1852
Monobia atrorubra Ducke, 1904
Monobia deplanata Ducke, 1908
Monobia lecointei Ducke, 1911
Monobia scutellaris Ducke, 1911
Odynerus drewseni de Saussure, 0
Odynerus emortualis de Saussure, 1853
Odynerus ochlerus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Omicron criticum Schulz, 1906
Omicron globicolle Spinosa, 1841
Omicron paranymphum Zavattari, 1912
Omicron tuberculatum Fox, 1899
Orancistrocerus aterrimus Saussure, 1852
Pachodynerus gianellii Gribodo, 1891
Pachodynerus grandis Willink & Ro..., 1998
Pachodynerus guadulpensis Saussure, 1853
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Pachodynerus parachartergoides Ducke, 1911
Parachartergus amazonensis Ducke, 1907
Parachartergus colobopterus Licht, 1796
Parachartergus compressus de Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus difficilis Ducke, 1905
Parachartergus fraternus Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus fulgidipennis Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus griseus Fox, 1898
Parachartergus langi Bequaert, 1944
Parachartergus lenkoi Richards, 1978
Parachartergus pseudapicalis Willink, 1959
Parachartergus richardsi Willink, 1959
Parachartergus vespiceps de Saussure, 1863
Paragia monocesta Snelling, 1986
Paramasaris fernandae Silveira, 0
Pararhaphidoglossa proxima W.Fox, 1899
Parazumia carinulata Spinosa, 1851
Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Pirhosigma mearimense Zavattari, 1912
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) actaeon Haliday, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) angulinus Richards, 1951
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) bicolor Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) billardieri Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cinerascens Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) claripennis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) deceptor Schulz, 1905
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) geminatus Fox, 1898
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) goeldii Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) infuscatus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) lanio Fabricius, 1775
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) occipitalis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) rufiventris Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) subsericeus Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) torresae Silveira, 1996
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polistes (Polistella) occultus Silveira, 1994
Polybia (Alpha) bifasciata Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) quadricincta Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) signata Ducke, 1910
Polybia (Apopolybia) dimidiata Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) belemensis Richards, 1970
Polybia (Myrapetra) bicytarella Richards, 1951
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) catillifex Moebius, 1856
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) flavifrons Smith, 1857
Polybia (Myrapetra) juruana Ihering, 1904
Polybia (Myrapetra) nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Myrapetra) parvulina Richards, 1970
Polybia (Myrapetra) platycephala Richards, 1951
Polybia (Myrapetra) ruficeps Schrottky, 1902
Polybia (Myrapetra) scrobalis Richards, 1970
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Pedothoeca) incerta Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Platypolybia) liliacea Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Polybia) depressa Ducke, 1905
Polybia (Polybia) striata Fabricius, 1787
Polybia (Trichinothorax) chrysothorax Lichtenstein, 1796
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia (Trichinothorax) lugubris (Saussure, 1854)⇒ Polybia velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Trichinothorax) micans Ducke, 1904
Polybia (Trichinothorax) punctata Buysson, 1908
Polybia (Trichinothorax) rufitarsis Ducke, 1904
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Polybia (Trichinothorax) tinctipennis Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
Polybia batesi Richards, 1978
Polybia brunnea Curtis, 1844
Polybia bursaria
Polybia dimorpha Richards, 1978
Polybia eberhardae Cooper, 1993
Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
Polybia listriata
Polybia ornata
Polybia richardsi Cooper, 1993
Polybia sculpturata
Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
Polybia spinifex Richards, 1978
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia aliciae Silveira, 2004
Protopolybia alvarengai Richards, 1978
Protopolybia amarella Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia bella Ihering, 1903
Protopolybia bituberculata Silveira & C..., 1995
Protopolybia chartergoides Gribodo, 1891
Protopolybia collombiana Santos, Silv..., 2015
Protopolybia diligens Smith, 1857
Protopolybia exigua Saussure, 1906
Protopolybia fuscata Fox, 1898
Protopolybia holoxantha Ducke, 1904
Protopolybia lidiae Santos & Sil..., 0
Protopolybia minutissima Spinosa, 1851
Protopolybia nitida Ducke, 1904
Protopolybia rotundata Ducke, 1910
Protopolybia rugulosa Ducke, 1907
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Protopolybia similis Santos, Silv..., 2015
Pseudacaromenes alfkeni (Ducke, 1904)⇒ Pseudacaromenes johnsoni Cameron, 1907
Pseudopolybia compressa Saussure, 1854
Santamenes novarae Saussure, 1867
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stenonartonia cooperi Garcete-Barrett, 0
Stenonartonia perdita Garcete-Barrett, 0
Stenosigma imitans Ducke, 1911
Stenosigma testaceum Fox, 1899
Synagris (Paragris) calida Linné, 1758
Synoeca chalybea (de Saussure, 1852)⇒ Synoeca chalibea Saussure, 1852
Synoeca cyanea Fabricius, 1775
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804
Trimeria rubra Hermes & Melo, 2006
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Zeta abdominale Drury, 1770
Zeta argillaceum Linnaeus, 1758Potter wasp
Zethus (Zethoides) binodis Fabricius, 1793
Zethus (Zethus) coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798
Zethus (Zethusculus) brasiliensis (Fox, 1899)⇒ Zethus adonis Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus (Zethusculus) imperfectus Fox, 1899
Zethus (Zethusculus) mexicanus Linnaeus, 1767
Zethus (Zethusculus) romandinus Saussure, 1852
Zethus ajax Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus alacris Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus alogus Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus carbonarius Smith, 1857
Zethus chalybeus Saussure, 1852
Zethus charon Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus flavipons Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus pallidus Smith, 1857
Zethus precans Zavattari, 1913
Zethus velezi Bohart & Stange, 1965

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in North Brazil
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
29
55
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMasarinae
Latreille, 1802
Pollen wasps
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
19
194
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRaphiglossinae
Ashmead, 1902
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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