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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
150
529
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
109
450
646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
17
65
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
17
65
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
12
54
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
2
7
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape of Good Hope
2 Families width 9 Species
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies8SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
7 Genera with 9 Species
Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Homonotus Dahlbom, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1775Hornets3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
9 Species
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905
Homonotus sanguinolentus Fabricius, 1793Bloody Spider-hunting Wasp
Odynerus oculatus (Say, 1837)⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Proepipona lateralis Fabricius, 1781
Vespa haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775
Vespa lateralis (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Proepipona lateralis lateralis Fabricius, 1781
Vespa marginalis Fabricius, 1775

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
1
1
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
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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