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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1928
3874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
46
311
674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
45
310
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
230
585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
83
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
6 Families width 123 Species and 25 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies58SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps33SpeciesTaxom
Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892Bradynobaenid wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant15SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae (Leach, 1815)Mammoth wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896Rhopalosomatid wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
83 Genera with 123 Species
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Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Amblyellus Day, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 19154SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 18951SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Apterogyna Latreille, 02SpeciesTaxom
Arachnotheutes Ashmead, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Brachymutilla André, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeriella Betrem, 03SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Cathimeris Betrem, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotilla Bischoff, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 19376SpeciesTaxom
Charimeris Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Clavelia Lucas, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Colpa Lepeletier, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Convextrocerus Giordani Soika, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Corytilla Arnold, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Curiosivespa Rasnitsyn, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Cyphodynerus Vecht, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtolabulus Vecht, 19443SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabris Radoszkowski, 1885
0SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabroides André, 02SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 193914SpeciesTaxom
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Dolichomutilla Ashmead, 02SpeciesTaxom
Eoferreola Arnold, 1935
0SpeciesTaxom
Epiclinotus Haupt, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 19265SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Glossotilla Bischoff, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1855Tarantula Hawks2SpeciesTaxom
Java Pate, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Jucancistrocerus Bluthgen, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Leptomenes Giordani Soika, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Micatagla Argaman, 06SpeciesTaxom
Micreumenes Ashmead, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 04SpeciesTaxom
Microphadnus Cameron, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 02SpeciesTaxom
Odontomutilla Ashmead, 02SpeciesTaxom
Odontotilla Bischoff, 04SpeciesTaxom
Odyneres1SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Ovodynerus Giordani Soika, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Paniscomima Enderlein, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Paraclavelia Haupt, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Paramischocyttarus Magretti, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Parapompilus Smith, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Paravespa Radoszkowski, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Priorparagia Brothers & R..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Psammochares McKeown, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Psammoderes Haupt, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagenia Kohl, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocephalotilla Bischoff, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudochilus Saussure, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoclavelia Haupt, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Pterochilus Say, 01SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 18572SpeciesTaxom
Schistonyx Saussure, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 01SpeciesTaxom
Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Strangulotilla Nonveiller, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Trielis Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Trogaspidia Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Tropidotilla Bischoff, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom
Zetheumenidion Bequaert, 02SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19791SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
123 Species and 25 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Agenioideus (Rioestus) gibber (Arnold, 1937)⇒ Psammochares gibber Arnold, 1937
Alastor (Alastorellus) baidoensis Giordani Soika, 1983
Allepipona (Cylindrepipona) emortualis Saussure, 1852
Amblyellus willowmorensis Arnold, 1937
Antepipona asperategula Gusenleitner, 1997
Antepipona dimorpha Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona karibae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona karibae karibae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antodynerus oogaster Gribodo, 1895
Aporinellus rhodesianus Bischoff, 1913
Apterogyna miniaticornis
Apterogyna perspicua
Arachnotheutes bellus Arnold, 1937
Auplopus pumilio Arnold, 1934
Auplopus rufocinctus Smith, 1855
Belonogaster grisea Fabricius, 1775
Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) caelebs Sichel, 1864
Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) dimidiatipennis
Campsomeriella madonensis transvaalensis
Cephalotilla (Cephalotilla) swierstrai Hesse, 1935
Cephalotilla (Cephalotilla) villosa Nonveiller, 1979
Ceropales (Ceropales) africana Moczar, 1989
Ceropales (Ceropales) atra Moczar, 1991
Ceropales (Ceropales) kriechbaumeri Magretti, 1884
Ceropales (Ceropales) lawrencei Arnold, 1937
Ceropales (Ceropales) multipicta Arnold, 1937
Ceropales (Ceropales) waltoni Arnold, 1937
Charimeris jacoti
Clavelia modesta Arnold, 1935
Convextrocerus nitidissimus Giordani Soika, 1936
Curiosivespa orapa D. J. Brothers, 1992
Cyphodynerus guillarmodi kalaharensis Giordani Soika, 1985
Cyphodynerus salekanus salekanus Strand, 1922
Cyrtolabulus conspicuus Gusenleitner, 1999
Cyrtolabulus rhodensiensis Giordani Soika, 1944
Cyrtolabulus rhodesiensis (Giordani Soika, 1944)⇒ Cyrtolabulus rhodensiensis Giordani Soika, 1944
Dasylabroides bechuana
Dasylabroides latona
Delta campaniforme pseudodyscherum Bequaert, 1925
Delta campaniforme rhodesiense Bequaert, 1926
Delta campaniforme tessmanni Schulthess, 1910
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta dimidiatipenne Saussure, 1852
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta esuriens gracile Saussure, 1852
Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Delta higletti higletti Meade-Waldo, 1910
Delta higletti rendalli Bingham, 190..., 1986
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Delta lepeletierii formosum de Saussure, 1852
Delta lepeletierii lepeletierii de Saussure, 1852
Delta subfenestrale Giordani Soika, 1939
Dicyrtomellus meruensis Cameron, 1910
Dolichomutilla livingstonis
Dolichomutilla sycorax
Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913
Episyron vindex Smith, 1879
Eumenes campaniformis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Delta subfenestrale Giordani Soika, 1939
Eumenes femoratus Schulthess, 0
Eumenes lepeletierii de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes maxillosus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Eumenes paeneplanus (Bequard, 1926)⇒ Zeteumenidion pulchripennis Cameron, 1910
Evagetes argenteodecoratus Cameron, 1904
Hemipepsis dedjas Guérin, 1848
Hemipepsis vindex Smith, 1855
Java atropos Smith, 1855
Jucancistrocerus (Eremodynerus) saharensis Giordani Soika, 1934
Knemodynerus albolimbatus Schulthess, 1914
Leptomenes stevensoni Giordani Soika, 1976
Micatagla andrei
Micatagla bulawayona
Micatagla climene kalaharica
Micatagla fodinae
Micatagla obscura
Micatagla schwarzi
Micreumenes guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1983
Micromeriella atropos
Micromeriella aureola bobi
Micromeriella hyalina insuperata
Micromeriella hyalina kalaharica
Microphadnus bicolor Cameron, 1905
Mutilla byblis Péringuey, 1898
Mutilla vetustata
Odontomutilla chione
Odontomutilla notata
Odontotilla (Botswanotilla) hebescens
Odontotilla (Cataractaetilla) angolana
Odontotilla (Cataractaetilla) pinguis
Odontotilla (Odontotilla) tridentata
Odyneres pezazduus
Odynerus gestroi (Dusmet, 1929)⇒ Paravespa spinigera spinigera Schulthess, 1914
Odynerus karibae (Meade-Waldo, 1915)⇒ Antepipona karibae karibae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Odynerus simplidentatus (Meade-Waldo, 1910)⇒ Allepipona emortualis Saussure, 1852
Ovodynerus sjoestedti Cameron, 1910
Paniscomima erlangeriana Enderlein, 1904
Paraclavelia rhodesiensis Arnold, 1932
Paracyphononyx ruficrus Klug, 1834
Paramischocyttarus buyssoni Gribodo, 1896
Parapompilus zuluensis Arnold, 1932
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) africana Carpenther, ..., 2010
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) nairobiensis Giordani Soika, 1935
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) pretoriensis Giordani Soika, 1935
Paravespa spinigera ditior Giordani Soika, 1935
Paravespa spinigera spinigera Schulthess, 1914
Pompilus bilineatus Arnold, 1937
Pompilus botswana Day, 1981
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Priorparagia anancites D. J. Brothers, 2008
Proepipona lateralis marginiscutis Cameron, 1910
Psammochares decipiens Bischoff, 1913
Psammochares gibber Arnold, 1937
Pseudagenia capensis Brauns, 1906
Pseudagenia pulchricoma Arnold, 1934
Pseudochilus botswanensis Giordani Soika, 1987
Pseudoclavelia argenteosignata Arnold, 1935
Pterochilus emortualis de Saussure, 0
Rhynchalastor ferruginatus ferruginatus
Rhynchalastor politiclypeus Schulthess, 1914
Rhynchium cyanopterum Saussure, 1852
Rhynchium cyanopterum cyanopterum
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Rhynchium marginellum sabulosum Saussure, 1856
Ropalidia capensis Saussure, 1862
Ropalidia distigma Gerst., 1857
Schistonyx perezi Tournier, 1895
Scolia (Discolia) hottentotta
Strangulotilla bechuana Hesse, 1935
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Tricarinodynerus guerinii guerinii
Tricarinodynerus guerinii neptunus Giordani Soika, 1937
Zeteumenidion pulchripennis Cameron, 1910
Zetheumenidion femoratum femoratum
Zetheumenidion pulchripenne
Zethus yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Botswana
FamilyBradynobaenidae
Saussure, 1892
Bradynobaenid wasps
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
15
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
25
33
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhopalosomatidae
Ashmead, 1896
Rhopalosomatid wasps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
8
8
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
32
58
Genera
Species

Taxom



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