Checklist for Family Vespidae Leach, 1815 (And Allies)
and region West Virginia (USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 419
3097
6568 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 417
3093
6563 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 394
3002
6364 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 278
2479
5175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 50
331
799 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 40
293
753 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 18
146
577 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
30
69 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Vespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps | 13
48 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for West Virginia
13 Genera with 48 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1906 | European tube wasp | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1918 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1856 | Potter Wasp | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1857 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 2012 | Paper nest wasps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodynerus Saussure, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 1953 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Symmorphus Wesmael, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1854 | Ground Yellowjackets | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Zethus Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for West Virginia
48 Species and 2 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus albophaleratus Saussure, 1855 | White-Banded Potter Wasp | | Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798 | Lobed Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853 | Smiling Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus catskill Viereck, 1902 | Catskill Potter Wasp | | Ancistrocerus unifasciatus Saussure, 1853 | One-Banded Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus waldenii Viereck, 1906 | Walden’S Potter Wasp | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905 | Parasitic yellowjacket | | Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781 | Norwegian wasp | | Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775 | Aerial yellowjacket | | Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918 | Arctic yellowjacket | | Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856) | ⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906 | | Eumenes (Eumenes) crucifera Prov., 1888 | Cross Potter Wasp | | Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824 | Fraternal Potter Wasp | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) annulatus Say, 1824 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) megaera Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) schwarzi Krombein, 1962 | | | Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) foraminatus Saussure, 1853 | | | Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) leucomelas Saussure, 1856 | Wasp | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Parancistrocerus fulvipes Saussure, 1856 | Potter wasp | | Parancistrocerus leionotus Viereck, 1906 | | | Parancistrocerus pedestris Saussure, 1855 | | | Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus Saussure, 1856 | | | Parancistrocerus perennis Saussure, 1857 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) annularis Linnaeus, 1763 | Jack Spaniard Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) exclamans Viereck, 1906 | Paper wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831 | Metric Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Polistes parametricus Buck, 2012 | | | Pseudodynerus quadrisectus Say, 1837 | | | Rhynchalastor ammonia de Saussure, 1856 | | | Rhynchalastor blepharus Bohart, 1953 | | | Symmorphus (Symmorphus) albomarginatus Saussure, 1856 | | | Symmorphus (Symmorphus) canadensis Saussure, 1855 | Canadian Potter Wasp | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Common European Yellowjacket | | Vespula acadica Sladen, 1918 | Forest Yellowjacket | | Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870 | Alaska Yellowjacket | | Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978 | Downy Yellowjacket | | Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905 | Eastern yellow jacket | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket | | Vespula vidua de Saussure, 1854 | Widow Yellowjacket | | Zethus (Zethus) spinipes Say, 1837 | |
Subnodes of Vespidae with occurrences in West Virginia
 | | 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
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