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Checklist for Subfamily Vespinae Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1218
3403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
63
1190
3374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
500
2369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
7
166
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
59
263
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
5
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
5 Genera with 21 Species
Belonogaster Saussure, 189111SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1918Aerial Yellowjackets3SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 18571SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1775Hornets3SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1870Ground Yellowjackets3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
21 Species and 1 Subspecies
Belonogaster clypeata clypeata
Belonogaster dubia Kohl, 1894
Belonogaster filiventris Saussure, 1853
Belonogaster griseus Fabricius, 1775
Belonogaster juncea Fabricius, 1781
Belonogaster lateritia Gerstaecker, 1855
Belonogaster lateritius Gerst., 1857
Belonogaster longitarsus Richards, 1982
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879
Belonogaster petiolata De Geer, 1778
Belonogaster saeva Saussure, 1891
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Ropalidia distigma Gerst., 1857
Vespa haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775
Vespa lateralis (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Proepipona lateralis lateralis Fabricius, 1781
Vespa marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket

Subnodes of Vespinae with occurrences in Cape
TribeRopalidiini
Bequaert, 1918
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeVespini
Linnaeus, 1771
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Vespinae at artfakta.se
Vespinae at dyntaxa.se