Checklist of Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
for Crete (Aegean Islands, Greece)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 251
1472
2560 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 251
1472
2560 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 245
1458
2540 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 169
1185
2140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 29
154
323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 28
151
320 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 14
106
282 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 5
26
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Crete
5 Families width 49 Species and 5 Subspecies
Genera for Crete
26 Genera with 49 Species
| Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836 | European tube wasp | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Antepipona Saussure, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnospila Kincaid, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Celonites Latreille, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenagenia Saussure, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Delta Saussure, 1789 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1853 | Potter Wasp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gymnomerus Bluthgen, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hemipterochilus Ferton, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptochilus Saussure, 1970 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megascolia Betrem, 1773 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microdynerus Thomson, 1960 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mutilla Linnaeus, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nemka Lelej, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odynerus Latreille, 1837 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Parodontodynerus Bluthgen, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 0 | Paper nest wasps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudepipona Saussure, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Quartinia André, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchium Spinola, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sapyga Latreille, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1766 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Smicromyrme Thomson, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1771 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1793 | Ground Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Crete
49 Species and 5 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus auctus Fabricius, 1793 | | | Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798 | European potter wasp | | Ancistrocerus longispinosus Saussure, 1855 | | | Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836 | | | Antepipona cariniceps Giordani Soika, 1979 | | | Arachnospila (Ammosphex) trivialis Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Celonites (Eucelonites) cyprius Saussure, 1854 | | | Ctenagenia vespiformis Klug, 1834 | | | Delta unguiculatum Villers, 1789 | | | Delta unguiculatum unguiculatum Villers, 1789 | | | Eumenes coarctatus lunulatus Fabricius, 1804 | | | Eumenes (Eumenes) dubius Saussure, 1852 | | | Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879 | | | Eumenes (Eumenes) pomiformis Fabricius, 1781 | | | Eumenes (Eumenes) subpomiformis Bluethgen, 1938 | | | Eumenes dimidiatus Br., 0 | | | Eumenes flavigularis Blüthgen, 0 | | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) curictensis Bluethgen, 1940 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) dantici Rossi, 1790 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) fastidiosus Saussure, 1853 | | | Gymnomerus laevipes Shuckard, 1837 | | | Hemipterochilus bembeciformis Morawitz, 1867 | | | Leptochilus (Lionotulus) ebmeri Gusenleitner, 1985 | | | Leptochilus (Lionotulus) mimulus Gusenleitner, 1970 | | | Megascolia (Regiscolia) maculata Drury, 1773 | Mammoth wasp | | Megascolia maculata maculata Drury, 1773 | | | Microdynerus appenninicus Giordani Soika, 1960 | | | Mutilla quinquemaculata Cyrillo, 1787 | | | Nemka viduata Pallas, 1773 | | | Odynerus (Odynerus) femoratus Saussure, 1856 | | | Odynerus (Odynerus) rotundigaster Saussure, 1853 | | | Odynerus egregius (Viereck, 1906) | ⇒ Euodynerus pratensis Saussure, 1870 | | Odynerus floricola de Saussure, 1853 | | | Odynerus oculatus (Say, 1837) | ⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824 | | Parodontodynerus ephippium Klug, 1817 | | | Polistes (Polistes) associus Kohl, 1898 | | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) gallicus Linnaeus, 1767 | Paper wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) nimpha Christ, 1791 | | | Polistes bucharensis Erichson, 0 | | | Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) cretensis Bluethgen, 1942 | | | Pseudepipona disconotata Licht., 0 | | | Quartinia cretica Gusenleitner, 1994 | | | Rhynchium oculatum oculatum Fabricius, 1781 | | | Sapyga quinquepunctata Fabricius, 1781 | | | Scolia (Discolia) hirta Schrank, 1781 | | | Scolia (Scolia) sexmaculata O. F. Muller, 1766 | | | Smicromyrme turanica F. Morawitz, 1893 | | | Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 | Oriental hornet | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Crete | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Sapygidae ♰
Latreille, 1810
Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 2
3 | 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 | 18
40 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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