Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Harris County (Texas, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 204
914
1187 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 203
913
1186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 190
880
1135 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 136
762
1005 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 24
125
191 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 23
124
191 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 13
89
168 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
12
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Harris County (Texas)
3 Families width 18 Species
Genera for Harris County (Texas)
12 Genera with 18 Species | Anoplius Dufour, 1843 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1865 | Cow Killer | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mischocyttarus Saussure, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopompilus Howard, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1872 | Paper nest wasps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sericopompilus Howard, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1854 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Harris County (Texas)
18 Species | Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) semirufus Cresson, 1867 | | | Anoplius (Lophopompilus) atrox Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Dasymutilla monticola Cresson, 1865 | | | Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865 | | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Eumenes (Eumenes) smithii de Saussure, 1852 | | | Mischocyttarus (Phi) cubensis Saussure, 1854 | | | Mischocyttarus (Phi) flavitarsis Saussure, 1854 | Wasp | | Poecilopompilus algidus Smith, 1855 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) apachus Saussure, 1857 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) bellicosus (Cresson, 1872) | ⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793 | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) perplexus Cresson, 1872 | | | Pseudomethoca frigida Smith, 1855 | | | Rhynchalastor oculeus Roberts, 1901 | | | Sericopompilus apicalis Say, 1835 | | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket | | Vespula vidua de Saussure, 1854 | Widow Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Harris County (Texas) | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 3
4 | 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 | 7
11 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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