Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Cameron County (Texas, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 300
2024
2997 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 300
2024
2997 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 288
1984
2907 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 195
1697
2511 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 39
294
511 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 37
287
507 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 17
178
410 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 5
34
35 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Cameron County (Texas)
5 Families width 35 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Cameron County (Texas)
34 Genera with 35 Species #ABCDEHMOPRST
| Ageniella Banks, 1957 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Allaporus Banks, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1853 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1867 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aporus Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachygastra Perty, 1837 | Honey wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Chyphotes Blake, 1886 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1845 | Cow Killer | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Entypus Dahlbom, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ephuta Say, 1952 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episyron Schioedte, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1823 | Potter Wasp | 2 | Species | Taxom | Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1844 | Tarantula Hawks | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mischocyttarus Saussure, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Myrmosa Latreille, 1796 | Velvet Ant | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Odontophotopsis Viereck, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Odynerus Latreille, 1802 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pachodynerus Saussure, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pepsis Fabricius, 1857 | Tarantula hawk | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Photomorphus Viereck, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1953 | Paper nest wasps | 4 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Psorthaspis Banks, 1944 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tachyagetes Haupt, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Timulla Ashmead, 1899 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cameron County (Texas)
35 Species and 1 Subspecies | Ageniella (Ameragenia) fasciata Townes, 1957 | | | Ageniella (Ameragenia) striga Townes, 1957 | | | Allaporus fascipennis Evans, 1959 | | | Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853 | Smiling Mason Wasp | | Anoplius (Anopliodes) bolli Banks, 1917 | | | Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) cylindricus Cresson, 1867 | | | Aporus (Aporus) idris | | | Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824 | Black paper wasp | | Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837 | Mexican honey wasp | | Dasymutilla gloriosa Saussure, 1868 | Thistle Down Velvet Ant | | Dasymutilla melanippe Mickel, 1928 | | | Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865 | | | Dasymutilla vestita Lepeletier, 1845 | | | Entypus angusticeps Townes, 1957 | | | Ephuta emarginata Mickel, 1952 | | | Episyron biguttatus Fabricius, 1798 | Two-Spotted Spider Wasp | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) barberi Bohart, 1945 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823 | | | Mischocyttarus (Phi) cubensis Saussure, 1854 | | | Monobia texana Cresson, 1872 | | | Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) melicausa Blake, 1871 | | | Pachodynerus erynnis Lepeletier, 1841 | Red-and-black Mason Wasp | | Pepsis (Pepsis) thisbe Lucas, 1894 | | | Pepsis grossa Fabricius, 1798 | | | Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 | | | Photomorphus (Photomorphina) myrmicoides Cockerell, 1895 | | | Photomorphus clandestina Viereck, 1903 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carolina Linnaeus, 1767 | Red Paper Wasps | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) exclamans Viereck, 1906 | Paper wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953 | Unstable Paper Wasp | | Psorthaspis conocephala (Bradley, 1944) | ⇒ Psorthaspis portiae Rohwer, 1920 | | Rhynchalastor ammonia de Saussure, 1856 | | | Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907 | | | Tachyagetes leucocnemis leucocnemis (Haupt, 1930) | ⇒ Tachyagetes leucocnemis Haupt, 1930 |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Cameron County (Texas) | Family | Bradynobaenidae
Saussure, 1892
Bradynobaenid wasps | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 8
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 12
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 1
0 | Genus
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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