Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Jefferson County (Alabama, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 210
956
1246 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 210
956
1246 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 195
916
1194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 142
804
1067 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 26
100
150 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 24
97
148 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
74
131 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
10
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Jefferson County (Alabama)
3 Families width 11 Species
Genera for Jefferson County (Alabama)
10 Genera with 11 Species | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1758 | Cow Killer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragia Shuckard, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1791 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Timulla Ashmead, 1899 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1770 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Jefferson County (Alabama)
11 Species | Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Eastern Velvet Ant | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Paragia monocesta Snelling, 1986 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Pseudomethoca frigida Smith, 1855 | | | Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837 | Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp | | Scolia bicincta Fabricius, 1775 | Double-banded Scoliid | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Jefferson County (Alabama) | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 4
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 1
2 | 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 | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Vespoidea at artfakta.se
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