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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Bolivia (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
479
7102
18517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
477
7099
18514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
457
7021
18357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
297
5638
15428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
51
547
1555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
44
527
1539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
356
1364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
66
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Bolivia
5 Families width 172 Species and 17 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies104SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps54SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant12SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896Rhopalosomatid wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Bolivia
65 Genera with 172 Species
#ABCDEGHIKLMNOPRSTVZ
Agalaia1SpeciesTaxom
Agelaia Lepeletier, 180411SpeciesTaxom
Ageniella Banks, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Alphamenes Vecht, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1881Blue-Black Spider Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Atillum André, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Calomutilla Mickel, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Cephalastor Giordani Soika, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Ceramiopsis Zavattari, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Darditilla Casal, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899
Cow Killer0SpeciesTaxom
Dielis Saussure & S..., 17871SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 17971SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 02SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904
Potter Wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Euplaniceps Haupt, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Gastrodynerus Bohart, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplomutilla Ashmead, 02SpeciesTaxom
Irenangelus Schulz, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Krombeinidia Lelej, 01SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Lomachaeta Mickel, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Minagenia Banks, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19499SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Notocyphus Smith, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Olixon Cameron, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Omicron Saussure, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Orancistrocerus Vecht, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 18543SpeciesTaxom
Paragia Shuckard, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Pararaphidoglossa Zavattari, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1843Tarantula hawk43SpeciesTaxom
Pirhosigma Giordani Soika, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1934Paper nest wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 190928SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 19785SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodynerus Saussure, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolybia Saussure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 19773SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenosigma Giordani Soika, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1767Drumming wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Tallium André, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 04SpeciesTaxom
Traumatomutilla André, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Trimeria Saussure, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1793Ground Yellowjackets1SpeciesTaxom
Zeta Saussure, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 18787SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Bolivia
172 Species and 17 Subspecies
Agalaia centralis Cameron, 1907
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia cornelliana subterranea Richards, 1978
Agelaia flavipennis Ducke, 1905
Agelaia lobipleura Richards, 1978
Agelaia multipicta Haliday, 1836
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia ornata Ducke, 1905
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Agelaia pallipes cuzcoensis Schrottky, 1911
Agelaia pallipes pallipes
Agelaia testacea Fabricius, 1804
Ageniella otiosa Banks, 1946
Alphamenes campanulatus Fabricius, 1804
Angiopolybia paraensis Spinosa, 1851
Anoplius (Notiochares) pulchrisoma Banks, 1947
Anoplius boliviana Banks, 1947
Anoplius satanus Holmberg, 1881
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) strigata Richards, 1978
Aporinellus apicipennis Brèthes, 1911
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra bilineolata Spinosa, 1841
Brachygastra borellii Zavattari, 1906
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra moebiana Saussure, 1867
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Cephalastor chasqui Garcete-Barrett, 2001
Cephalastor relativus Fox, 1902
Ceramiopsis paraguayensis Berton, 1921
Ceropales elsida Banks, 1947
Darditilla bachmanni
Dielis dorsata Fabricius, 1787Scoliid wasp
Epipona tatua Cuv., 1797
Eumenes (Zeteumenoides) filiformis de Saussure, 1856
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euplaniceps punctata Bradley, 1944
Hoplomutilla euryale
Hoplomutilla phorcys
Irenangelus furtivus Evans, 1969
Krombeinidia ira ira
Leptochilus cratocerus (Cameron, 1909)⇒ Pterocheilus provancheri Huard, 1897
Lomachaeta hyphantria Pitts & Manley, 2004
Metapolybia cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) drewseni RAPOSO FILHO, 1954
Mischocyttarus drewseni gigas Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) tomentosus Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus (Omega) silvicola Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus cladoecus
Mischocyttarus commixtus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus spadiceus (Zikan, 1949)⇒ Mischocyttarus commixtus Richards, 1945
Mutilla coryphasia Péringuey, 1899
Notocyphus nigrinus Banks, 1947
Notocyphus saevissimus indentatus Banks, 1947
Odynerus drewseni de Saussure, 0
Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887
Omicron graculum Zavattari, 1912
Omicron nanum incarum Giordani Soika, 1978
Orancistrocerus aterrimus Saussure, 1852
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Pachodynerus praecox Saussure, 1856
Pachymenes orellanae Schulz, 1905
Parachartergus compressus de Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus fraternus Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus fulgidipennis Saussure, 1854
Paragia monocesta Snelling, 1986
Pararaphidoglossa confluenta Fox, 1899
Pepsis adonta Vardy, 2005
Pepsis albocincta Smith, 1855
Pepsis amyntas Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis apicata Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis auriguttata Burmeister, 1872
Pepsis aurozonata Smith, 1855
Pepsis australis Saussure, 1867
Pepsis bonplandi Brèthes, 1914
Pepsis caridei Brèthes, 1908
Pepsis cassiope Mocsáry, 1888
Pepsis chacoana Brèthes, 1908
Pepsis chrysoptera Burmeister, 1872
Pepsis completa Smith, 1855
Pepsis crassicornis Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis decorata Perty, 1833
Pepsis defecta Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis dimidiata Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis discolor Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis egregia Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis festiva Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis filiola Brèthes, 1914
Pepsis flavescens Lucas, 1895
Pepsis foxi Lucas, 1897
Pepsis hirtiventris Banks, 1946
Pepsis hyalinipennis Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis inclyta Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis infuscata (Spinola, 1841)⇒ Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis lampas Lucas, 1895
Pepsis limbata Guérin, 1831
Pepsis luteicornis Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis maeandrina Lucas, 1895
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis nana Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis nitida Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis roigi Vardy, 2000
Pepsis schlinkei Lucas, 1897
Pepsis seladonica Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis viridis Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855
Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843
Pirhosigma transfluvium Ferreira & O..., 2017
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aterrimus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) buyssoni Brèthes, 1909
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cavapyta Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) ferreri Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) lanio Fabricius, 1775
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) simillimus Zikan, 1951
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polistes versicolor flavoguttatus Bequard, 1934
Polybia (Alpha) bifasciata Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) quadricincta Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Apopolybia) dimidiata Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) catillifex Moebius, 1856
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Myrapetra) flavifrons Smith, 1857
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia occidentalis occidentalis
Polybia occidentalis venezuelana Giordani Soika, 1965
Polybia ruficeps asticta Richards, 1978
Polybia ruficeps ruficeps
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Pedothoeca) incerta Ducke, 1907
Polybia (Platypolybia) procellosa Zavattari, 1906
Polybia procellosa dubitata Ducke, 1910
Polybia (Polybia) striata Fabricius, 1787
Polybia (Trichinothorax) chrysothorax Lichtenstein, 1796
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Polybia (Trichinothorax) tinctipennis Fox, 1898
Polybia tinctipennis tinctipennis
Polybia (Trichinothorax) velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
Polybia jurinei Saussure, 1854
Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
Priochilus nigrocyaneus Guérin, 1838
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia bella Ihering, 1903
Protopolybia diligens Smith, 1857
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Protopolybia steinbachi Richards, 1978
Pseudodynerus serratus Fox, 1902
Pseudodynerus serratus penicillatus Zavattari, 1912
Pseudopolybia compressa Saussure, 1854
Rhopalosoma bolivianum Brues, 1943
Rhopalosoma guianense Schulz, 1906
Rhopalosoma scaposum Townes, 1977
Stenosigma humerale Giordani Soika, 1990
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Timulla (Timulla) manni
Timulla (Timulla) mediata Fabricius, 1805
Timulla (Timulla) yungasae
Timulla mulfordi
Traumatomutilla indicoides
Traumatomutilla ocellaris Klug, 1821
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Zeta argillaceum Linnaeus, 1758Potter wasp
Zeta argillaceum orbignii Saussure, 1853
Zethus (Zethoides) binodis Fabricius, 1793
Zethus (Zethus) cylindricus Fox, 1899
Zethus (Zethus) fuscus Perty, 1833
Zethus (Zethus) lopezi Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus chimorum Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus fergusoni Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus inca Kirsch, 1878

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Bolivia
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
13
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
10
54
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhopalosomatidae
Ashmead, 1896
Rhopalosomatid wasps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets
40
104
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
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Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
Vespoidea at itis.gov