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English species names of Subfamily Vespinae Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		4179
190570
2444470		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps		319
21125
328720		Families
Genera
Species
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps		546
12600		Genera
Species
SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets		15
1188		Genera
Species


A
Aerial yellowjacketDolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775
Aerial YellowjacketsDolichovespula Rohwer, 1916
Alaska YellowjacketVespula alascensis Packard, 1870
Arctic YellowjacketDolichovespula albida Sladen, 1918
Arctic yellowjacketDolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918
Asian giant hornetVespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Asian HornetVespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
Asian hornetVespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905
Asian predatory waspVespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836


B
Bald hornetVespa maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Bald hornetDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Bald-faced hornetVespa maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Bald-faced hornetVespula maculata Saaristo, 1973
Bald-faced hornetDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Bald-faced yellowjacketDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Baldfaced hornetDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Black shield waspVespa bicolor Fabricius, 1787
Black-bellied hornetVespa basalis Smith, 1852
Black-tailed hornetVespa ducalis Smith, 1852
BlackjacketDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
BlackjacketVespa maculata Linnaeus, 1763
BlackjacketVespula consobrina de Saussure, 1854
Boreal YellowjacketVespula austriaca Panzer, 1799
Bull waspDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Bull waspVespa maculata Linnaeus, 1763


C
California YellowjacketVespula sulphurea de Saussure, 1854
Common Aerial YellowjacketDolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775
Common European YellowjacketVespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Common WaspVespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Common YellowjacketVespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Cuckoo WaspVespula austriaca Panzer, 1799
Cuckoo YellowjacketVespula infernalis de Saussure, 1854


D
Downy YellowjacketVespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978


E
Eastern yellow jacketVespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905
Eastern YellowjacketVespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905
English waspVespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
European hornetVespa crabro germana Christ, 1791
European hornetVespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
European waspVespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
European yellow jacketVespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
European yellow jacketVespula germanica Fabricius, 1793


F
Forest YellowjacketVespula acadica Sladen, 1918
Frelon asiatiqueVespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905


G
German WaspVespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
German YellowjacketVespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Giant hornetVespa crabro germana Christ, 1791
Greater banded hornetVespa tropica Linnaeus, 1758
Ground YellowjacketsVespula Thomson, 1869
Guêpe GermaniqueVespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Guêpe VulgaireVespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758


H
HornetVespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
HornetsVespa Linnaeus, 1758
HornetsVespa (Vespa) biglumis Linnaeus, 1758


I
Indian hornetVespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836


J
Japanese Giant HornetVespa mandarinia japonica Radoszkowski, 1857
Japanese hornetVespa simillima Smith, 1868
Japanese HornetVespa simillima simillima Smith, 1868
Japanese yellow hornetVespa simillima Smith, 1868


L
Lesser banded hornetVespa affinis Linnaeus, 1764


M
Media WaspDolichovespula media Retzius, 1783
Median waspDolichovespula media Retzius, 1783


N
Northern Aerial YellowjacketDolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918
Northern giant hornetVespa mandarinia Smith, 1852
Northern Red-banded YellowjacketVespula intermedia du Buysson, 1904
Northern yellowjacketVespula alascensis Packard, 1870
Norwegian waspDolichovespula norwegica Fabricius, 1781


O
Old World HornetVespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Oriental hornetVespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771


P
Parasitic Aerial YellowjacketDolichovespula arctica Rohwer, 1916
Parasitic yellowjacketDolichovespula adulterina du Buysson, 1905
Parasitic YellowjacketDolichovespula arctica Rohwer, 1916
Prairie YellowjacketVespula atropilosa Sladen, 1918


R
Red Cuckoo WaspVespula austriaca Panzer, 1799
Red WaspVespula rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Rocky Mountain aerial yellowjacketDolichovespula alpicola Eck, 1984


S
Saxon waspDolichovespula saxonica Fabricius, 1793
Small Brown Paper WaspRopalidia revolutionalis Saussure, 1854
Southern giant hornetVespa soror du Buysson, 1905
Southern YellowjacketVespula squamosa Drury, 1770


T
Tree waspDolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Tree waspVespa anglica Scopoli, 1763
Tree waspVespa pilosella Scopoli, 1763


V
Vespid waspVespa simillima Smith, 1868
Vespid waspVespa mandarinia Smith, 1852


W
WaspVespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Western yellow jacketVespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857
Western YellowjacketVespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857
White-faced hornetDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
White-faced hornetVespa maculata Linnaeus, 1763
White-tailed hornetDolichovespula maculata Linnaeus, 1763
White-tailed hornetVespa maculata Linnaeus, 1763
Widow YellowjacketVespula vidua de Saussure, 1854


Y
Yellow brown paper waspRopalidia romandi Guill., 1841
Yellow hornetVespa simillima Smith, 1868
Yellow JacketVespula Thomson, 1869
Yellow JacketVespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799
Yellow jacketsDolichovespula Rohwer, 1916
Yellow jacketsVespula Thomson, 1869
Yellow jacketsDolichovespula (Dolichovespula) adulterina Buysson, 1905
Yellow jacketsVespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799
Yellow-legged hornetVespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836


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