Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Houston County (Texas, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 273
1287
1556 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 273
1287
1556 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 257
1237
1472 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 178
1042
1245 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 38
227
276 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 31
209
262 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 17
137
231 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
23
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Houston County (Texas)
4 Families width 24 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Houston County (Texas)
23 Genera with 24 Species #ACDEMPRSV
| Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1853 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1865 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aporus Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1865 | Cow Killer | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episyron Schioedte, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1823 | Potter Wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | Evagetes Lepeletier, 1845 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pepsis Fabricius, 1798 | Tarantula hawk | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1831 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilus Fabricius, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Priocnemis Schiødte, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphiglossa Saunders, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1854 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Houston County (Texas)
24 Species and 1 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853 | Smiling Mason Wasp | | Anoplius (Lophopompilus) aethiops Cresson, 1865 | | | Aporus (Aporus) idris | | | Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Eastern Velvet Ant | | Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865 | | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Episyron quinquenotatus Say, 1835 | White-trimmed black wasp | | Eumenes (Eumenes) crucifera Prov., 1888 | Cross Potter Wasp | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823 | | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Pepsis (Pepsis) thisbe Lucas, 1894 | | | Pepsis grossa Fabricius, 1798 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831 | Metric Paper Wasp | | Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882 | | | Priocnemis (Priocnemis) cornica Say, 1836 | | | Rhaphiglossa symmorpha Saussure, 1852 | | | Rhynchalastor oculeus Roberts, 1901 | | | Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837 | Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp | | Sphaeropthalma (Photopsis) orestes Fox, 1899 | | | Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907 | | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket | | Vespula vidua de Saussure, 1854 | Widow Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Houston County (Texas) | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 7
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 2
1 | 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 | 11
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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