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Checklist of Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
for Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
633
8871
31367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
629
8860
31350
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
599
8751
31129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
6950
25723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
61
951
2476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
56
923
2424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
268
867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
47
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
22
76
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
22 Genera with 76 Species
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Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776European tube wasp3SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Chelodynerus Perkins, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 19287SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1793Aerial Yellowjackets2SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 03SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1807Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Nesodynerus Perkins, 016SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 190713SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parodynerus Saussure, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Phimenes Giordani Soika, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps14SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopterocheilus Perkins, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 0Hornets3SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1857Ground Yellowjackets7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
76 Species and 10 Subspecies
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Antepipona kassalensis Giordani Soika, 1939
Anterhynchium (Epiodynerus) rufipes Fabricius, 1775
Chelodynerus chelifer Perkins, 1899
Delta campaniforme Fabricius, 1775Yellow and black potter wasp
Delta campaniforme campaniforme Fabricius, 1775Yellow and black potter wasp
Delta campaniforme esuriens de Saussure, 0Wasp
Delta esuriens Fabricius, 1787
Delta latreillei petiolaris Schulz, 1904Wasp
Delta pyriforme Fabricius, 1775Potter Wasp
Delta pyriforme philippinense Bequaert, 1928Black potter wasp
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) bollii Cresson, 1872
Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) notatus Jurine, 1807
Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970
Leptochilus sarticus Blüthgen, 1939
Mischocyttarus (Phi) flavitarsis Saussure, 1854Wasp
Nesodynerus conifer Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus cyphotes Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus dilatipes Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus heterochromus Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus leiodemas Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus obscurepunctatus Blackburn & ..., 0
Nesodynerus orbus Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus peles Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus pseudochromus Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus rubritinctus Smith, 1879
Nesodynerus rubropustulatus Blackburn, 1886
Nesodynerus rudolphi Dalla Torre, 1889
Nesodynerus scoriaceus Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus subegens Perkins, 1910
Nesodynerus vittativentris Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus xerophilus Perkins, 0
Odynerus blackburni Blackburn & ..., 1880
Odynerus cyanopterus de Saussure, 0
Odynerus dromedarius Blackburn & ..., 1886
Odynerus dubiosus Smith, 1879
Odynerus eucharis Perkins, 1901
Odynerus eutretus Perkins, 1902
Odynerus insulicola (Dalla Torre, 1894)⇒ Rhynchalastor fastidiosissimus Moravitz, 1867
Odynerus kirbyi Dalla Torre, 1889
Odynerus montanus Smith, 1879
Odynerus oahuensis Dalla Torre, 1889
Odynerus paludicola Perkins, 1901
Odynerus pseudochromoides Perkins, 1907
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Parancistrocerus fulvipes Saussure, 1856Potter wasp
Parodynerus bicinctus Fabricius, 1781
Phimenes curvatus Saussure, 1856Black delta vespid wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) apachus Saussure, 1857
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aurifer (Saussure, 1853)⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) exclamans Viereck, 1906Paper wasp
Polistes fuscatus aurifer Saussure, 0Golden paper wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) jokahamae Radoszkowski, 1887Paper wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972
Polistes (Megapolistes) tepidus Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Polistella) humilis Fabricius, 1781Australian Paper Wasp
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Fabricius, 1793Asian paper wasp
Polistes chinensis antennalis Perkins, 1905
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Pseudopterocheilus relictus Perkins, 1899
Rhynchium quinquecinctum Fabricius, 1787
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa dasypodia
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) germanica (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Vespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Vespula (Vespula) vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Vespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Vespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857Western yellow jacket

Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in Polynesia
SubfamilyEumeninae
Leach, 1815
Potter and Mason Wasps, Potter wasps, Potter wasps and mason wasps, Wasps
16
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPolistinae
Lepeletier, 1836
Paper wasps
2
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
3
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Vespidae (Leach 1815)
Vespidae (Leach 1815)


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