Dutch species names of Superfamily Vespoidea (Hornets)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Dutch species names of Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social wasps, Spider wasps, Velvet ants, Vespoid wasps, Yellowjackets

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps	319 21125 328720	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Vespoidea Latreille, 1802

Family	Anthoboscidae	5 0	Genera Species
Family	Armaniidae ♰ Dlussky, 1983	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Brachycistidae	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892 Bradynobaenid wasps	13 244	Genera Species
Family	Eumenidae Leach, 1815 ⇒ Vespidae Eumenid wasps, Mason wasps, Potter Wasp, Potter wasps	9 7	Genera Species
Family	Falsiformicidae ♰ Rasnitsyn, 1975	2 2	Genera Species
Family	Limnetidae ♰ Hong, 1983	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Masaridae ⇒ Vespidae Masarid wasps, Pollen wasps	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Methochidae	1 1	Genus Species
Family	Mutillidae André, 1907 Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants	309 4273	Genera Species
Family	Myrmosidae Fox, 1894 Myrmosid Wasps	3 15	Genera Species
Family	Pompilidae Latreille, 1805 Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp	464 12311	Genera Species
Family	Psammocharidae Yasumatsu, 1935 ⇒ Pompilidae	1 0	Genus Species
Family	Rhopalosomatidae ♰ Ashmead, 1896 Rhopalosomatid wasps	9 69	Genera Species
Family	Sapygidae ♰ Latreille, 1810 Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps	20 90	Genera Species
Family	Scoliidae Leach, 1815 Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps	189 944	Genera Species
Family	Sphecomyrmidae ♰	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Vespidae Leach, 1815 And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps	546 12600	Genera Species

Synonyms

Formicoidea (Latreille, 1802)

Pompiloidea (Latreille, 1804)

Scolioidea (Mello-Leitao, 1944)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Vespoidea

German	Faltenwespenartige, Wespen, Wespenartige
English	Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social wasps, Spider wasps, Velvet ants, Vespoid wasps, Yellowjackets
Dutch	Wespachtigen
Swedish	Getingar, Myror mm
Finnish	Ampiasmaiset, Pistiäiset

Distribution and Species lists of Vespoidea Latreille, 1802

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Afghanistan
5 Families  35 Genera  51 SpeciesAlbania
4 Families  22 Genera  36 SpeciesAlgeria
4 Families  53 Genera  134 SpeciesAndorra
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesAngola
6 Families  49 Genera  94 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesArgentina
6 Families  97 Genera  225 SpeciesArmenia
3 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesAustralia
6 Families  142 Genera  966 SpeciesAustria
5 Families  77 Genera  286 SpeciesAzerbaijan
2 Families  15 Genera  24 SpeciesBahamas
5 Families  19 Genera  27 SpeciesBahrain
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBangladesh
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesBarbados
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelarus
3 Families  7 Genera  15 SpeciesBelgium
5 Families  51 Genera  158 SpeciesBelize
5 Families  18 Genera  23 SpeciesBenin
3 Families  18 Genera  20 SpeciesBhutan
3 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesBolivia
5 Families  66 Genera  172 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesBotswana
6 Families  83 Genera  123 SpeciesBrazil
6 Families  154 Genera  687 SpeciesBrunei
3 Families  11 Genera  8 SpeciesBulgaria
4 Families  48 Genera  134 SpeciesBurkina Faso
4 Families  32 Genera  81 SpeciesBurundi
3 Families  21 Genera  33 SpeciesCambodia
3 Families  15 Genera  28 SpeciesCameroon
5 Families  73 Genera  194 SpeciesCanada
6 Families  91 Genera  288 SpeciesCape Verde
3 Families  23 Genera  30 SpeciesCentral African Republic
4 Families  26 Genera  49 SpeciesChad
4 Families  27 Genera  40 SpeciesChile
5 Families  62 Genera  118 SpeciesChina
8 Families  123 Genera  370 SpeciesColombia
5 Families  100 Genera  377 SpeciesComoros
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesCook Islands
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesCosta Rica
6 Families  128 Genera  262 SpeciesCroatia
4 Families  53 Genera  106 SpeciesCuba
5 Families  67 Genera  105 SpeciesCyprus
5 Families  40 Genera  66 SpeciesCzech Republic
5 Families  63 Genera  226 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
5 Families  114 Genera  489 SpeciesDenmark
4 Families  35 Genera  119 SpeciesDjibouti
3 Families  18 Genera  20 SpeciesDominica
4 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesDominican Republic
4 Families  29 Genera  42 SpeciesEast Timor
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesEcuador
5 Families  70 Genera  187 SpeciesEgypt
5 Families  74 Genera  189 SpeciesEl Salvador
4 Families  16 Genera  18 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
2 Families  14 Genera  29 SpeciesEritrea
4 Families  52 Genera  98 SpeciesEstonia
5 Families  38 Genera  116 SpeciesEthiopia
5 Families  86 Genera  247 SpeciesFiji
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesFinland
4 Families  38 Genera  161 SpeciesFrance
6 Families  146 Genera  519 SpeciesGabon
4 Families  39 Genera  85 SpeciesGambia
3 Families  54 Genera  104 SpeciesGeorgia
4 Families  24 Genera  34 SpeciesGermany
5 Families  89 Genera  381 SpeciesGhana
4 Families  40 Genera  83 SpeciesGreece
5 Families  104 Genera  311 SpeciesGrenada
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesGuatemala
5 Families  49 Genera  76 SpeciesGuinea
4 Families  36 Genera  62 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
3 Families  15 Genera  23 SpeciesGuyana
5 Families  34 Genera  108 SpeciesHaiti
4 Families  18 Genera  22 SpeciesHonduras
5 Families  58 Genera  81 SpeciesHungary
5 Families  54 Genera  122 SpeciesIceland
3 Families  20 Genera  37 SpeciesIndia
6 Families  111 Genera  334 SpeciesIndonesia
5 Families  103 Genera  243 SpeciesIran
4 Families  52 Genera  132 SpeciesIraq
2 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesIreland
6 Families  60 Genera  93 SpeciesIsrael
5 Families  76 Genera  184 SpeciesItaly
5 Families  117 Genera  538 SpeciesIvory Coast
5 Families  38 Genera  77 SpeciesJamaica
4 Families  22 Genera  23 SpeciesJapan
5 Families  105 Genera  308 SpeciesJordan
3 Families  50 Genera  112 SpeciesKazakhstan
4 Families  58 Genera  219 SpeciesKenya
6 Families  102 Genera  313 SpeciesKiribati
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKuwait
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
2 Families  46 Genera  189 SpeciesLaos
5 Families  24 Genera  35 SpeciesLatvia
3 Families  13 Genera  17 SpeciesLebanon
3 Families  16 Genera  20 SpeciesLesotho
7 Families  83 Genera  142 SpeciesLiberia
6 Families  76 Genera  98 SpeciesLibya
5 Families  31 Genera  57 SpeciesLiechtenstein
1 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesLithuania
4 Families  9 Genera  13 SpeciesLuxembourg
4 Families  32 Genera  95 SpeciesMadagascar
5 Families  99 Genera  271 SpeciesMalawi
6 Families  84 Genera  208 SpeciesMalaysia
5 Families  59 Genera  114 SpeciesMaldives
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesMali
4 Families  43 Genera  85 SpeciesMalta
3 Families  28 Genera  48 SpeciesMarshall Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesMauritania
4 Families  19 Genera  24 SpeciesMauritius
3 Families  12 Genera  20 SpeciesMexico
7 Families  128 Genera  465 SpeciesMicronesia
4 Families  16 Genera  17 SpeciesMoldova
3 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesMonaco
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMongolia
4 Families  41 Genera  165 SpeciesMontenegro
3 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesMorocco
4 Families  86 Genera  291 SpeciesMozambique
5 Families  105 Genera  266 SpeciesMyanmar
6 Families  27 Genera  34 SpeciesNamibia
6 Families  121 Genera  356 SpeciesNepal
3 Families  25 Genera  57 SpeciesNetherlands
6 Families  90 Genera  268 SpeciesNew Zealand
4 Families  23 Genera  40 SpeciesNicaragua
4 Families  27 Genera  50 SpeciesNiger
5 Families  41 Genera  73 SpeciesNigeria
6 Families  64 Genera  159 SpeciesNorth Korea
2 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesNorway
5 Families  43 Genera  130 SpeciesOman
4 Families  16 Genera  23 SpeciesPakistan
4 Families  33 Genera  68 SpeciesPalau
2 Families  9 Genera  10 SpeciesPalestine
4 Families  11 Genera  15 SpeciesPanama
6 Families  72 Genera  198 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
4 Families  30 Genera  37 SpeciesParaguay
5 Families  56 Genera  144 SpeciesPeru
6 Families  144 Genera  745 SpeciesPhilippines
5 Families  90 Genera  265 SpeciesPoland
5 Families  39 Genera  97 SpeciesPortugal
5 Families  76 Genera  172 SpeciesQatar
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
1 Families  15 Genera  37 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
7 Families  245 Genera  1417 SpeciesRomania
4 Families  26 Genera  52 SpeciesRussia
8 Families  73 Genera  220 SpeciesRwanda
3 Families  11 Genera  16 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSaint Lucia
3 Families  12 Genera  11 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesSamoa
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
3 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
4 Families  28 Genera  39 SpeciesSenegal
5 Families  68 Genera  161 SpeciesSerbia
4 Families  21 Genera  44 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  10 Genera  15 SpeciesSierra Leone
4 Families  30 Genera  60 SpeciesSingapore
4 Families  27 Genera  35 SpeciesSlovakia
4 Families  48 Genera  144 SpeciesSlovenia
3 Families  10 Genera  22 SpeciesSolomon Islands
4 Families  36 Genera  53 SpeciesSomalia
6 Families  60 Genera  104 SpeciesSouth Korea
4 Families  42 Genera  89 SpeciesSpain
5 Families  127 Genera  359 SpeciesSri Lanka
6 Families  46 Genera  68 SpeciesSudan
5 Families  65 Genera  109 SpeciesSuriname
5 Families  32 Genera  87 SpeciesSweden
7 Families  101 Genera  306 SpeciesSwitzerland
5 Families  53 Genera  154 SpeciesSyria
3 Families  37 Genera  90 SpeciesTaiwan
4 Families  115 Genera  461 SpeciesTajikistan
3 Families  31 Genera  72 SpeciesTanzania
6 Families  137 Genera  371 SpeciesThailand
6 Families  71 Genera  152 SpeciesTogo
3 Families  34 Genera  76 SpeciesTonga
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
4 Families  35 Genera  57 SpeciesTunisia
4 Families  71 Genera  187 SpeciesTurkey
5 Families  97 Genera  360 SpeciesTurkmenistan
4 Families  40 Genera  120 SpeciesUganda
4 Families  65 Genera  210 SpeciesUkraine
4 Families  46 Genera  89 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
3 Families  17 Genera  25 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
5 Families  101 Genera  251 SpeciesUruguay
3 Families  13 Genera  31 SpeciesUSA
7 Families  220 Genera  1237 SpeciesUzbekistan
4 Families  35 Genera  103 SpeciesVanuatu
4 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesVenezuela
5 Families  33 Genera  99 SpeciesVietnam
5 Families  34 Genera  59 SpeciesYemen
5 Families  63 Genera  132 SpeciesZambia
5 Families  112 Genera  286 SpeciesZimbabwe
7 Families  193 Genera  802 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
3 Families  18 Genera  34 SpeciesGreen River Formation
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesMuch Wenlock Limestone Formation
2 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesPosidonia Shale
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRott Formation
2 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesYixian Formation
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species

Links, sources and further information

Vespoidea at artfakta.se
Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
Vespoidea at itis.gov