Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Creston (Wirt County, West Virginia, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 62
123
136 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 62
123
136 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 58
115
126 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 42
91
103 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 20
44
58 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 17
36
50 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 14
29
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
10
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Creston (Wirt County)
4 Families width 14 Species
Genera for Creston (Wirt County)
10 Genera with 14 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1853 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1865 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899 | Cow Killer | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Episyron Schioedte, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 1824 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1853 | Potter Wasp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1831 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1854 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Creston (Wirt County)
14 Species | Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853 | Smiling Mason Wasp | | Anoplius (Lophopompilus) aethiops Cresson, 1865 | | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775 | Aerial yellowjacket | | Episyron biguttatus Fabricius, 1798 | Two-Spotted Spider Wasp | | Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856) | ⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906 | | Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824 | Fraternal Potter Wasp | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) annulatus Say, 1824 | | | Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) foraminatus Saussure, 1853 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831 | Metric Paper Wasp | | Scolia bicincta Fabricius, 1775 | Double-banded Scoliid | | Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905 | Eastern yellow jacket | | Vespula vidua de Saussure, 1854 | Widow Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Creston (Wirt County) | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 1
0 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 1
1 | 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 | 6
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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