Checklist of Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
for Continents
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 2109
116061
1221557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 2100
115859
1220540 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 1811
113709
1208758 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 928
84435
1006159 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 151
11199
151567 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 122
10285
146039 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 42
3384
72503 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 13
883
10645 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Continents
13 Families width 10645 Species and 1368 Subspecies | Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892 | Bradynobaenid wasps | 138 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenidae (Leach, 1815) | Eumenid wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Falsiformicidae Rasnitsyn, 1975 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Limnetidae Hong, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Methochidae | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mutillidae André, 1907 | Cow ant | 2130 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmosidae Fox, 1894 | Myrmosid Wasps | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilidae Latreille, 1805 | Pompilid wasps | 3515 | Species | Taxom | | Psammocharidae (Yasumatsu, 1935) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896 | Rhopalosomatid wasps | 59 | Species | Taxom | | Sapygidae Latreille, 1810 | Club-horned wasps | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Scoliidae Leach, 1815 | Mammoth wasps | 389 | Species | Taxom | | Vespidae Leach, 1815 | And Allies | 4350 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Continents | Family | Bradynobaenidae
Saussure, 1892
Bradynobaenid wasps | 10
138 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Eumenidae
Leach, 1815
Eumenid wasps, Mason wasps, Potter Wasp, Potter wasps | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Falsiformicidae ♰
Rasnitsyn, 1975
| 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Limnetidae ♰
Hong, 1983
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Methochidae
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 183
2130 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Myrmosidae
Fox, 1894
Myrmosid Wasps | 2
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 265
3515 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Psammocharidae
Yasumatsu, 1935
| 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rhopalosomatidae ♰
Ashmead, 1896
Rhopalosomatid wasps | 7
59 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sapygidae ♰
Latreille, 1810
Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps | 10
46 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 74
389 | 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 | 325
4350 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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