Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Benin (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 200
1305
2565 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 200
1305
2565 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 191
1271
2495 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 122
1005
2162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 29
170
314 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 27
166
310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
98
250 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
18
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Benin
3 Families width 20 Species and 5 Subspecies
Genera for Benin
18 Genera with 20 Species | Afreumenes Bequaert, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1950 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antepipona Saussure, 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anterhynchium de Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aporus Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Auplopus Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belonogaster Saussure, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Convextrocerus Giordani Soika, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Delta Saussure, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1855 | Tarantula Hawks | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1853 | Paper nest wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polybioides Buysson, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilus Fabricius, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchium Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spinulomutilla Nonveiller, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Benin
20 Species and 5 Subspecies | Afreumenes aethiopicus Saussure, 1852 | | | Afreumenes aethiopicus aethiopicus Saussure, 1852 | | | Anoplius montanus Haupt, 1950 | | | Antepipona mucronata Saussure, 1862 | | | Antepipona tropicalis Saussure, 1853 | | | Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) synagroide Saussure, 1852 | | | Aporus (Aporus) idris | | | Auplopus demissus | | | Belonogaster juncea juncea Fabricius, 1781 | | | Convextrocerus nitidissimus Giordani Soika, 1936 | | | Delta tropicale Saussure, 1852 | | | Hemipepsis sabulosa Smith, 1855 | | | Polistes (Polistella) fastidiosus Saussure, 1853 | | | Polybioides tabidus Fabricius, 1781 | | | Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775 | Grey spider wasp | | Rhynchalastor auratus Fabricius, 1787 | | | Rhynchalastor bairstowi bairstowi Gribodo, 1892 | | | Rhynchium marginellum marginellum | | | Ropalidia guttatipennis Saussure, 1853 | | | Spinulomutilla inaequalis | | | Tricarinodynerus anceps anceps | |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Benin | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 5
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Vespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets | 12
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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