Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Des Moines County (Iowa, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 237
1020
1397 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 236
1019
1396 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 219
971
1306 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 157
795
1082 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 31
116
174 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 24
98
157 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 13
74
140 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
13
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Des Moines County
3 Families width 17 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Des Moines County
13 Genera with 17 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1853 | European tube wasp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1865 | Cow Killer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1853 | Potter Wasp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1831 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodynerus Saussure, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Timulla Ashmead, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1905 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Des Moines County
17 Species and 1 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853 | Bramble Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853 | Smiling Mason Wasp | | Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865 | | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824 | Fraternal Potter Wasp | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) annulatus Say, 1824 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823 | | | Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) foraminatus Saussure, 1853 | | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831 | Metric Paper Wasp | | Pseudodynerus quadrisectus Say, 1837 | | | Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837 | Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp | | Timulla (Timulla) vagans Fabricius, 1798 | | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905 | Eastern yellow jacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Des Moines County | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 3
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 | 9
14 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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