Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Galveston County (Texas, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 168
680
853 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 167
679
852 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 160
652
817 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 110
535
675 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 27
101
139 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 25
98
137 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 14
75
122 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
11
8 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Galveston County
4 Families width 8 Species
Genera for Galveston County
11 Genera with 8 Species | Anoplius Dufour, 1811 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachygastra Perty, 1824 | Honey wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1845 | Cow Killer | 2 | Species | Taxom | Ephuta Say, 1836 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Odontophotopsis Viereck, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1906 | Paper nest wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodynerus Saussure, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Timulla Ashmead, 1899 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1857 | Ground Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Galveston County
8 Species
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Galveston County | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 5
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 1
0 | 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 | 4
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Vespoidea at artfakta.se
Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
Vespoidea at itis.gov
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