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Checklist for Subfamily Vespinae Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Far East (Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1257
36320
255777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1251
36273
255683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1149
35660
253017
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
671
26495
204903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
118
3570
21223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
94
3122
19637
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
32
998
10102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
10
274
1559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
98
677
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
8
165
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Far East
8 Genera with 165 Species
Belonogaster Saussure, 17782SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1986Aerial Yellowjackets16SpeciesTaxom
Parapolybia Saussure, 17877SpeciesTaxom
Polybioides Buysson, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Provespa Ashmead, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 185252SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1903Hornets109SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1986Ground Yellowjackets17SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Far East
165 Species and 45 Subspecies
Belonogaster indica Saussure, 1854
Belonogaster petiolata De Geer, 1778
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media Retzius, 1783Media Wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula adulterina montivaga Sk. Yamane, 1982
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) omissa Bischoff, 1931
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula arctica Rohwer, 1916Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula kuami Kim & Yoon, 1996
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula pacifica Birula, 1930
Dolichovespula panda Archer, 1980
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Dolichovespula silvestris silvestris
Dolichovespula sinensis (Archer, 1987)⇒ Dolichovespula stigma Lee, 1986
Dolichovespula stigma Lee, 1986
Parapolybia crocea Saito-Morook..., 0
Parapolybia indica Saussure, 1854
Parapolybia indica indica
Parapolybia nodosa Vecht, 1966
Parapolybia takasagona (Sonan, 1944)⇒ Parapolybia indica Saussure, 1854
Parapolybia varia Fabricius, 1787
Parapolybia varia varia Fabricius, 1787
Polybioides psecas Buysson, 1913
Polybioides raphigastra Saussure, 1854
Polybioides tabidus Fabricius, 1781
Provespa anomala de Saussure, 1854
Provespa barthelemyi Buysson, 1905
Provespa nobilis Zhang & al., 1994
Provespa nocturna Vecht, 1935
Ropalidia (Anthreneida) malayana Cameron, 1903
Ropalidia (Icarielia) opifex Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia aristocratica Saussure, 1853
Ropalidia artifex Saussure, 1853
Ropalidia bicolorata Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia binghami Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia celebensis Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia cincta Lepeletier, 1836
Ropalidia copiaria Saussure, 1862
Ropalidia cyathiformis Fabricius, 1804
Ropalidia elegantula Richards, 1978
Ropalidia extrema Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia fasciata Fabricius, 1804
Ropalidia flavobrunnea Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia flavopicta Smith, 1857
Ropalidia flavopicta infraspecies
Ropalidia formosana (Kuo, 1987)⇒ Ropalidia taiwana Sonan, 1935
Ropalidia gracilis Smith, 1859
Ropalidia granulata Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia gregaria Saussure, 1854
Ropalidia hongkongensis Saussure, 1854
Ropalidia hongkongensis juncta Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia horni Sonan, 1938
Ropalidia impetuosa Smith, 1861
Ropalidia jacobsoni Buysson, 1908
Ropalidia koshunensis (Sonan, 1935)⇒ Ropalidia taiwana Sonan, 1935
Ropalidia latebalteata Cameron, 1902
Ropalidia maculiventris Guérin, 1831
Ropalidia magnanima Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia marginata Lepeletier, 1836
Ropalidia marginata marginata
Ropalidia marginata sundaica Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia mathematica Smith, 1861
Ropalidia modesta Smith, 1858
Ropalidia nigerrima Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia nigrescens Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia obscura Gusenleitner, 1966
Ropalidia opulenta Smith, 1857
Ropalidia ornaticeps Cameron, 1900
Ropalidia philippinensis Saussure, 1854
Ropalidia pilosa Smith, 1859
Ropalidia plebeja Saussure, 1862
Ropalidia revolutionalis Saussure, 1854Small Brown Paper Wasp
Ropalidia romandi Guill., 1841Yellow brown paper wasp
Ropalidia rufocollaris Cameron, 1900
Ropalidia spatulata Vecht, 1962
Ropalidia spifex
Ropalidia stigma Smith, 1858
Ropalidia stigma rufa Vecht, 1941
Ropalidia sumatrae Weber, 1801
Ropalidia taiwana Sonan, 1935
Ropalidia variegata (Smith, 1852)⇒ Ropalidia dichroma Vecht, 1941
Vespa (Vespa) germana (Christ, 1791)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa affinis Linnaeus, 1764Lesser banded hornet
Vespa affinis affinis Linnaeus, 1764
Vespa affinis continentalis Bequard, 1936
Vespa affinis indosinensis Perkins, 1910
Vespa analis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Polistes testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Vespa auraria (Smith, 1852)⇒ Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
Vespa basalis Smith, 1852Black-bellied hornet
Vespa bellicosa Saussure, 1854
Vespa bicolor Fabricius, 1787Black shield wasp
Vespa binghami du Buysson, 1905
Vespa binghami du Buysson, 1905
Vespa borealis (Lewis, 1897)⇒ Dolichovespula arctica Rohwer, 1916
Vespa chinensis Birula, 1925
Vespa ciliata Zhang & al., 1994
Vespa cincta (Drury, 1770)⇒ Polistes annularis Linnaeus, 1763
Vespa coarctata Linnæus, 1758
Vespa colchica (Birula, 1930)⇒ Dolichovespula adulterina du Buysson, 1905
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro birulai Bequard, 1931
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa crabro crabroniformis Smith, 1852
Vespa crabro flavofasciata Cameron, 1903
Vespa crabro oberthuri Buysson, 1902
Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852Black-tailed hornet
Vespa ducalis pseudosoror Vecht, 1959
Vespa dybowskii André, 1884
Vespa esakii (Sonan, 1935)⇒ Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852
Vespa femoralis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Brachymeria minuta Linnaeus, 1767
Vespa fervida Smith, 1859
Vespa flavior (Stolfa, 1934)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespa flavofasciata (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa formosana (Sonan, 1927)⇒ Vespa affinis Linnaeus, 1764
Vespa fruhstorferi (Stadelmann, 1894)⇒ Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
Vespa fumida van der Vecht, 1956
Vespa immaculata (Morawitz, 1889)⇒ Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
Vespa insularis Dalla Torre, 1894
Vespa intermedia (Buysson, 1904)⇒ Vespula rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa japonica (Saussure, 1858)⇒ Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Vespa karenkona (Sonan, 1929)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespa latilineata (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Vespa lewisii (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespa luctuosa Saussure, 1854
Vespa macularis (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Vespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Vespa magnifica Smith, 1852
Vespa major (Retz., 1783)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa mandarina Smith, 1852
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852Asian giant hornet
Vespa mandarinia bellona Smith, 1871
Vespa mandarinia japonica Radoszkowski, 1857Japanese Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia mandarinia Smith, 1852
Vespa mandarinia nobilis Sonan, 1929
Vespa matsumurai (Sonan, 1935)⇒ Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852
Vespa media Olivier, 1791
Vespa mediozonalis (Pèr., 1911)⇒ Vespa vivax Smith, 1870
Vespa micado (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa simillima Smith, 1868
Vespa minuta (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Microdynerus timidus Saussure, 1856
Vespa mocsaryana du Buysson, 1905
Vespa mongolica
Vespa multimaculata Perkins, 1910
Vespa muraria Linnæus, 1758
Vespa oberthuri
Vespa obliterata (Smith, 1852)⇒ Vespa basalis Smith, 1852
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771Oriental hornet
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespa petiolata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Mellinus arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa philippinensis Saussure, 1854
Vespa picea Zhang & al., 1994
Vespa pulchra (Buysson, 1905)⇒ Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852
Vespa quadrimaculata (Sonan, 1929)⇒ Crossocerus quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 1793
Vespa quadripunctata (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Antepipona ovalis Saussure, 1852
Vespa saussurei (Schulz, 1906)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespa schrenckii (Rad., 1861)⇒ Vespula rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa sexpunctata (Perkins, 1905)⇒ Vespa simillima Smith, 1868
Vespa sibirica (André, 1884)⇒ Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986
Vespa simillima Smith, 1868Japanese hornet
Vespa simillima flavata Perkins, 1910
Vespa simillima mongolica André, 1884
Vespa simillima simillima Smith, 1868Japanese Hornet
Vespa simillima xanthoptera Cameron, 1903
Vespa simplex (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Euodynerus quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1793
Vespa sonani (Matsumura, 1930)⇒ Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Vespa soror du Buysson, 1905Southern giant hornet
Vespa stigma (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Polistes stigma Fabricius, 1793
Vespa tartarea (Buysson, 1904)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa tropica Linnaeus, 1758Greater banded hornet
Vespa tropica anthracina Bequard, 1936
Vespa tropica cebuana Kojima & Reyes, 1984
Vespa tropica deusta Lepeletier, 1836
Vespa tropica haematodes Bequard, 1936
Vespa tropica leefmansi Vecht, 1975
Vespa tropica trimeres Vecht, 1957
Vespa tropica trisignata Perkins, 1910
Vespa tropica tropica Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa tropica unicolor Smith, 1864
Vespa varia Fabricius, 1787
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespa velutina celebensis Perkins, 1910
Vespa velutina flavitarsus Sonan, 1939
Vespa velutina floresiana Vecht, 1957
Vespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905Asian hornet
Vespa velutina timorensis Vecht, 1957
Vespa velutina variana Vecht, 1957
Vespa velutina velutina
Vespa vexator (Harris, 1776)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa vivax Smith, 1870
Vespa walkeri Buysson, 1904
Vespa wilemani Meade-Waldo, 1911
Vespa xanthoptera (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa simillima Smith, 1868
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula arisana Sonan, 1929
Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula flaviceps flaviceps
Vespula flaviceps karenkona Sonan, 0
Vespula gracilia (Lee, 1986)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula grahami (Archer, 1981)⇒ Vespula rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Vespula koreensis Radoszkowski, 1887
Vespula nursei Archer, 1981
Vespula obscura (Lee, 1986)⇒ Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986
Vespula orbata du Buysson, 1902
Vespula pionganensis (Giordani Soika, 1976)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula shidai Yamane, Wagn..., 1980
Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986

Subnodes of Vespinae with occurrences in Far East
TribeRopalidiini
Bequaert, 1918
4
57
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeVespini
Linnaeus, 1771
4
108
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
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Vespinae at dyntaxa.se