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Checklist for Tribe Vespini Linnaeus, 1771
and region Taiwan (East Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
650
12552
43810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
648
12549
43801
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
622
12414
43343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
402
9699
34661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
68
1318
5335
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
58
1220
5148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
376
1849
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
115
461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps
45
204
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyVespinae
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Wasps, Yellowjackets
6
77
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeVespini
Linnaeus, 1771
3
68
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Taiwan
3 Genera with 68 Species
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775Aerial Yellowjackets4SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1903Hornets56SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1986Ground Yellowjackets11SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taiwan
68 Species and 3 Subspecies
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula arctica Rohwer, 1916Parasitic Aerial Yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Vespa (Vespa) germana (Christ, 1791)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa affinis Linnaeus, 1764Lesser banded hornet
Vespa analis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Polistes testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Vespa auraria (Smith, 1852)⇒ Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
Vespa basalis Smith, 1852Black-bellied hornet
Vespa bicolor Fabricius, 1787Black shield wasp
Vespa borealis (Lewis, 1897)⇒ Dolichovespula arctica Rohwer, 1916
Vespa chinensis Birula, 1925
Vespa colchica (Birula, 1930)⇒ Dolichovespula adulterina du Buysson, 1905
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852Black-tailed hornet
Vespa ducalis pseudosoror Vecht, 1959
Vespa esakii (Sonan, 1935)⇒ Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852
Vespa femoralis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Brachymeria minuta Linnaeus, 1767
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 immaculata (Morawitz, 1889)⇒ Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836
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 macularis (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Vespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Vespa major (Retz., 1783)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa mandarina Smith, 1852
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852Asian giant hornet
Vespa mandarinia nobilis Sonan, 1929
Vespa matsumurai (Sonan, 1935)⇒ Vespa ducalis Smith, 1852
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 obliterata (Smith, 1852)⇒ Vespa basalis Smith, 1852
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771Oriental hornet
Vespa petiolata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Mellinus arvensis Linnaeus, 1758
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 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 varia Fabricius, 1787
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespa velutina flavitarsus Sonan, 1939
Vespa vexator (Harris, 1776)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa vivax Smith, 1870
Vespa wilemani Meade-Waldo, 1911
Vespa xanthoptera (Cameron, 1903)⇒ Vespa simillima Smith, 1868
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula arisana Sonan, 1929
Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula gracilia (Lee, 1986)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula grahami (Archer, 1981)⇒ Vespula rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Vespula obscura (Lee, 1986)⇒ Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986
Vespula orbata du Buysson, 1902
Vespula pionganensis (Giordani Soika, 1976)⇒ Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986