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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Amazonas (North Brazil, Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
382
3979
8553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
382
3979
8553
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
3864
8271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
2959
6620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
44
561
1503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
41
542
1496
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
16
330
1345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
72
192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Amazonas
4 Families width 192 Species and 3 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies151SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae (Latreille, 1805)Pompilid wasps24SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant15SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Amazonas
72 Genera with 192 Species
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Agelaia Lepeletier, 180414SpeciesTaxom
Agenia Descourtilz, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Alphamenes Vecht, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistroceroides de Saussure, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Andreimyrme Lelej, 01SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1798Blue-Black Spider Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18045SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Batazonus Ashmead, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 17932SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Clypearia Saussure, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Entypus Dahlbom, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ephuta Say, 18744SpeciesTaxom
Ephutopsis Ashmead, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Epsilon Saussure, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1942Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Frigitilla1SpeciesTaxom
Gastrodynerus Bohart, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplomutilla Ashmead, 02SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Lomachaeta Mickel, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Lophomutilla Mickel, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 199715SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Myrapetra White, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Notocyphus Smith, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Omicron Saussure, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Orancistrocerus Vecht, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18123SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Pappognatha Mickel, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 18639SpeciesTaxom
Paragia Shuckard, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Pararhaphidoglossa Schulthess-R..., 18991SpeciesTaxom
Parazumia Saussure, 18752SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 2005Tarantula hawk15SpeciesTaxom
Pertyella Mickel, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Pirhosigma Giordani Soika, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps14SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 190936SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemella Banks, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 18546SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolybia Saussure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Santamenes Giordani Soika, 1990
0SpeciesTaxom
Stelopolybia Ducke, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenosigma Giordani Soika, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Traumatomutilla André, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1758Hornets1SpeciesTaxom
Xystromutilla André, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Zeta Saussure, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19658SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Amazonas
192 Species and 3 Subspecies
Agelaia acreana Silveira & C..., 1995
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia brevistigma Richards, 1978
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia constructor Saussure, 1854
Agelaia flavipennis Ducke, 1905
Agelaia fulvofasciata Deg., 1773
Agelaia lobipleura Richards, 1978
Agelaia melanopyga Cooper, 2000
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia ornata Ducke, 1905
Agelaia pallidiventris Richards, 1978
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Agelaia testacea Fabricius, 1804
Agenia manifestata Smith, 1864
Andreimyrme viriata nitela
Angiopolybia obidensis Ducke, 1904
Angiopolybia pallens Lepeletier, 1836
Angiopolybia paraensis Spinosa, 1851
Anoplius (Notiochares) amethystinus Fabricius, 1798
Apoica (Apoica) flavissima van der Vecht, 1972
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) strigata Richards, 1978
Apoica (Deuterapoica) arborea Saussure, 1854
Apoica albimacula Fabricius, 1804
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Aporus diverticulus Fox, 1897
Batazonus exiguus Banks, 1947
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Campsomeris costalis Lepeletier, 1845
Campsomeris variegata Fabricius, 1793
Ceropales elsida Banks, 1947
Clypearia duckei Richards, 1978
Clypearia sulcata Saussure, 1853
Entypus carinatus Fox, 0
Ephuta abadia Cresson, 1902
Ephuta depressa Mickel, 1952
Ephuta subconica Mickel, 1952
Ephuta trifida Gerstäcker, 1874
Epipona tatua Cuv., 1797
Epsilon dyscherum Saussure, 1853
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus auranus auranus Mello-Leitão, 1942
Frigitilla simulatrix F.Smith, 1879
Hoplomutilla phorcys
Hoplomutilla rapax
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Lomachaeta hyphantria Pitts & Manley, 2004
Metapolybia cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Metapolybia decorata Gribodo, 1896
Metapolybia rufata Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) flavicans Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) adolphi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) imitator (Zikan, 1935)⇒ Mischocyttarus cassanunga Ihering, 1903
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) collarellus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) tomentosus Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus (Monacanthocnemis) punctatus Ducke, 1904
Mischocyttarus (Monogynoecus) insolitus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus (Omega) surinamensis Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus atramentarius Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus mamirauae Raw, 1998
Mischocyttarus montei Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus piger Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus rhadinomerus Cooper, 1997
Monobia angulosa Saussure, 1852
Monobia scutellaris Ducke, 1911
Mutilla coryphasia Péringuey, 1899
Notocyphus pallidipennis Banks, 1947
Odynerus drewseni de Saussure, 0
Odynerus emortualis de Saussure, 1853
Omicron criticum Schulz, 1906
Omicron globicolle Spinosa, 1841
Omicron tuberculatum Fox, 1899
Orancistrocerus aterrimus Saussure, 1852
Pachodynerus gianellii Gribodo, 1891
Pachodynerus guadulpensis Saussure, 1853
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Parachartergus amazonensis Ducke, 1907
Parachartergus compressus de Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus fraternus Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus fulgidipennis Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus griseus Fox, 1898
Parachartergus langi Bequaert, 1944
Parachartergus pseudapicalis Willink, 1959
Parachartergus richardsi Willink, 1959
Parachartergus vespiceps de Saussure, 1863
Paragia monocesta Snelling, 1986
Pararhaphidoglossa proxima W.Fox, 1899
Parazumia carinulata Spinosa, 1851
Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Pepsis completa Smith, 1855
Pepsis cooperi Vardy, 2000
Pepsis dimidiata Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis festiva Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis ianthina Erichson, 1848
Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855
Pepsis multichroma Vardy, 2005
Pepsis nana Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis pretiosa Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis pulszkyi Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis seladonica Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis tolteca (Lucas, 1895)⇒ Pepsis petitii Guérin, 1831
Pepsis vinipennis Packard, 1869
Pepsis willinki Vardy, 2005
Pirhosigma mearimense Zavattari, 1912
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) actaeon Haliday, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) bicolor Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cinerascens Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) claripennis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) geminatus Fox, 1898
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) goeldii Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) occipitalis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) rufiventris Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) torresae Silveira, 1996
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polybia (Alpha) bifasciata Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) quadricincta Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Apopolybia) dimidiata Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) belemensis Richards, 1970
Polybia (Myrapetra) bicytarella Richards, 1951
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) catillifex Moebius, 1856
Polybia (Myrapetra) flavifrons Smith, 1857
Polybia (Myrapetra) juruana Ihering, 1904
Polybia (Myrapetra) nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Myrapetra) platycephala Richards, 1951
Polybia (Myrapetra) scrobalis Richards, 1970
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Pedothoeca) incerta Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Platypolybia) liliacea Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Polybia) depressa Ducke, 1905
Polybia (Polybia) striata Fabricius, 1787
Polybia (Trichinothorax) chrysothorax Lichtenstein, 1796
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia (Trichinothorax) lugubris (Saussure, 1854)⇒ Polybia velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Trichinothorax) micans Ducke, 1904
Polybia (Trichinothorax) rufitarsis Ducke, 1904
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Polybia (Trichinothorax) tinctipennis Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
Polybia batesi Richards, 1978
Polybia bursaria
Polybia dimorpha Richards, 1978
Polybia eberhardae Cooper, 1993
Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
Polybia ornata
Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
Priochilus regius Fabricius, 1804
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia bituberculata Silveira & C..., 1995
Protopolybia minutissima Spinosa, 1851
Protopolybia nitida Ducke, 1904
Protopolybia rugulosa Ducke, 1907
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Pseudopolybia compressa Saussure, 1854
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stenosigma testaceum Fox, 1899
Synagris (Paragris) calida Linné, 1758
Synoeca chalybea (de Saussure, 1852)⇒ Synoeca chalibea Saussure, 1852
Synoeca cyanea Fabricius, 1775
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804
Timulla (Timulla) mediata Fabricius, 1805
Timulla (Timulla) nisa
Timulla obtusata Mickel, 1937
Traumatomutilla americana Linnaeus, 1758
Traumatomutilla ocellaris Klug, 1821
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Zeta abdominale Drury, 1770
Zeta argillaceum Linnaeus, 1758Potter wasp
Zethus (Zethoides) binodis Fabricius, 1793
Zethus (Zethus) coeruleopennis Fabricius, 1798
Zethus (Zethusculus) brasiliensis (Fox, 1899)⇒ Zethus adonis Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus (Zethusculus) imperfectus Fox, 1899
Zethus (Zethusculus) mexicanus Linnaeus, 1767
Zethus (Zethusculus) romandinus Saussure, 1852
Zethus alacris Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus charon Bohart & Stange, 1965

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Amazonas
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
14
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
11
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets
46
151
Genera
Species

Taxom



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