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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Ecuador (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
569
8211
23107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
566
8203
23100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
8080
22778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
342
6365
19175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
709
2096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
686
2082
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
374
1698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
70
187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ecuador
5 Families width 187 Species and 5 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies99SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps74SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant11SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896Rhopalosomatid wasps2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ecuador
65 Genera with 187 Species
#ABCDEHILMNOPQRSTZ
Agelaia Lepeletier, 18366SpeciesTaxom
Ageniella Banks, 19463SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1857European tube wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Angiopolybia Araujo, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1798Blue-Black Spider Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Aphanilopterus Meunier, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18544SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 01SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Arachnospila Kincaid, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19463SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1792Honey wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 19463SpeciesTaxom
Calicurgus Lepeletier, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Cephalastor Giordani Soika, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Chartergellus Bequaert, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Chirodamus Haliday, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899
Cow Killer0SpeciesTaxom
Dielis Saussure & S..., 17871SpeciesTaxom
Dimorphagenia Evans, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Dipogon Fox, 19462SpeciesTaxom
Dolichomutilla Ashmead, 01SpeciesTaxom
Entypus Dahlbom, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Hoplomutilla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypodynerus Saussure, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Incodynerus Willink, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Irenangelus Schulz, 19695SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Liosphex Townes, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 18995SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19499SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Notocyphus Smith, 19474SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Olixon Cameron, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Orancistrocerus Vecht, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18121SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1843Tarantula hawk39SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1964Paper nest wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 190922SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 18044SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Priocnessus Banks, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 18548SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Pygodasis Bradley, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Quwitilla1SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Stelopolybia Ducke, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenonartonia Giordani Soika, 01SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Tallium André, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Traumatomutilla André, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecuador
187 Species and 5 Subspecies
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia areata Say, 1837
Agelaia baezae Richards, 1943
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia centralis Cameron, 1907
Agelaia multipicta Haliday, 1836
Ageniella dolorosa Banks, 1946
Ageniella hirsuta Banks, 1946
Ageniella notabilis Banks, 1946
Ancistrocerus parredes Saussure, 1857
Angiopolybia pallens Lepeletier, 1836
Angiopolybia zischkai Richards, 1978
Anoplius (Notiochares) amethystinus Fabricius, 1798
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) strigata Richards, 1978
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Apoica (Deuterapoica) arborea Saussure, 1854
Aporinellus galapagensis
Aporus (Aporus) spilurus Evans, 1976
Aporus (Neoplaniceps) umbratilis Evans, 1966
Arachnospila titicacaensis Strand, 1911
Auplopus associatus Banks, 1945
Auplopus editorialis Dreisbach, 1963
Auplopus mendicus Banks, 1946
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra baccalaurea Ihering, 1903
Brachygastra bilineolata Spinosa, 1841
Brachygastra buyssoni Ducke, 1905
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra moebiana Saussure, 1867
Brachygastra propodealis Bequard, 1942
Brachygastra scutellaris Olivier, 1792
Caliadurgus andicolus Banks, 1946
Caliadurgus loranthe Banks, 1946
Caliadurgus quitus Banks, 1946
Calicurgus orejones Banks, 1946
Cephalastor abraham Garcete-Barrett, 2001
Cephalastor relativus Fox, 1902
Chartergellus punctatior Richards, 1978
Charterginus fulvus Fox, 1904
Dielis dorsata Fabricius, 1787Scoliid wasp
Dimorphagenia naumanni Evans, 1973
Dipogon alastor Banks, 1946
Dipogon ariel Banks, 1946
Dolichomutilla guineensis sycorax
Entypus nitidus Banks, 1946
Epipona media Cooper, 2002
Epipona niger Brèthes, 1926
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Hypodynerus andeus Packer, 1869
Incodynerus moei Willink, 1969
Irenangelus crossopus Kimsey & Was..., 2004
Irenangelus ichneumonoides Ducke, 1908
Irenangelus lucidus Evans, 1969
Irenangelus reversus Smith, 1873
Irenangelus townesorum Evans, 1969
Leipomeles dorsata Fabricius, 1804
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970
Liosphex achuar Lohrmann, 2010
Metapolybia acincta Richards, 1978
Metapolybia aztecoides Richards, 1978
Metapolybia cingulata Fabricius, 1804
Metapolybia rufata Richards, 1978
Metapolybia suffusa Fox, 1899
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Megacanthopus) clavicornis Cooper, 1997
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Phi) pallidipectus Smith, 1857
Mischocyttarus alienus Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus hirsutus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus rufidens Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus weyrauchi Zikan, 1949
Monobia angulosa Saussure, 1852
Monobia incarum Bequard, 1940
Mutilla coryphasia Péringuey, 1899
Notocyphus bipartitus Banks, 1947
Notocyphus fraternus Banks, 1947
Notocyphus ornatus Banks, 1947
Notocyphus williamsi Banks, 1947
Odynerus ochlerus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887
Orancistrocerus aterrimus Saussure, 1852
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Parachartergus fulgidipennis Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus richardsi Willink, 1959
Paracyphononyx affinis Haupt, 1929
Pepsis adonta Vardy, 2005
Pepsis assimilis Banks, 1946
Pepsis asteria Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis cassiope Mocsáry, 1888
Pepsis chiliensis Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis cofanes Banks, 1946
Pepsis dayi Vardy, 2005
Pepsis deaurata Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis dimidiata Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis ecuadorae Vardy, 2002
Pepsis egregia Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis festiva Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis fumipennis Smith, 1855
Pepsis gracilis Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis gracillima Taschenberg, 1869
Pepsis grossa Fabricius, 1798
Pepsis heros (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Pepsis marginata Beauvois, 1809
Pepsis hyalinipennis Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis ianthina Erichson, 1848
Pepsis inclyta Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis infuscata (Spinola, 1841)⇒ Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis lycaon Banks, 1945
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855
Pepsis multichroma Vardy, 2005
Pepsis nana Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis onorei Vardy, 2002
Pepsis optima Smith, 1879
Pepsis petitii Guérin, 1831
Pepsis pulszkyi Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis purpurea Smith, 1873
Pepsis purpureus Smith, 1873
Pepsis sabina Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis sumptuosa Smith, 1855
Pepsis toppini Turner, 1915
Pepsis vinipennis Packard, 1869
Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855
Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) apicalis Saussure, 1858
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aterrimus Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) infuscatus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes infuscatus ecuadorius Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) weyrauchorum Willink, 1964
Polybia (Alpha) bifasciata Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) quadricincta Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Alpha) signata Ducke, 1910
Polybia (Apopolybia) simillima Smith, 1862
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Formicicola) furnaria Ihering, 1904
Polybia (Furnariana) aequatorialis Zavattari, 1906
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Myrapetra) flavifrons Smith, 1857
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Platypolybia) liliacea Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta Fox, 1898
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia raui taeniata Richards, 1978
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Polybia (Trichinothorax) velutina Ducke, 1907
Polybia affinis Buysson, 1908
Polybia gorytoides Fox, 1898
Polybia selvana Carpenter, 2002
Polybia singularis Ducke, 1909
Pompilus riobambae Strand, 1911
Priochilus amabilis Banks, 1946
Priochilus nigrocyaneus Guérin, 1838
Priochilus nubilus Banks, 1946
Priochilus splendidulus Fabricius, 1804
Priocnessus caesius Dreisbach, 1960
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia biguttata Bequard, 1944
Protopolybia bituberculata Silveira & C..., 1995
Protopolybia clypeata Santos, Silv..., 2015
Protopolybia collombiana Santos, Silv..., 2015
Protopolybia diligens Smith, 1857
Protopolybia minutissima Spinosa, 1851
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Quwitilla bellatrix Manley & Pitts, 2007
Rhopalosoma guianense Schulz, 1906
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stenonartonia cooperi Garcete-Barrett, 0
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804
Timulla (Timulla) hedone
Timulla (Timulla) mediata Fabricius, 1805
Timulla (Timulla) valeria Mickel, 1938
Traumatomutilla incerta Spinola, 1841
Zethus (Zethus) montezuma Saussure, 1857

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Ecuador
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
10
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
22
74
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhopalosomatidae
Ashmead, 1896
Rhopalosomatid wasps
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
3
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets
33
99
Genera
Species

Taxom



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