Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Kennebec County (Maine, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 269
1205
1725 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 268
1203
1723 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 255
1154
1624 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 187
996
1426 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 30
132
217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 24
113
198 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
81
176 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
16
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kennebec County
3 Families width 27 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Kennebec County
16 Genera with 27 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1798 | European tube wasp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Caliadurgus Pate, 1808 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceropales Latreille, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1865 | Cow Killer | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dipogon Fox, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Evagetes Lepeletier, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paranortonia Bequaert, 1940 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1791 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Symmorphus Wesmael, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1905 | Ground Yellowjackets | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kennebec County
27 Species and 2 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798 | Lobed Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus catskill Viereck, 1902 | Catskill Potter Wasp | | Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798 | European potter wasp | | Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808 | | | Ceropales (Ceropales) maculata Fabricius, 1775 | Parasitic spider wasp | | Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Eastern Velvet Ant | | Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865 | | | Dipogon (Deuteragenia) sayi Banks, 1941 | | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905 | Parasitic yellowjacket | | Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775 | Aerial yellowjacket | | Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856) | ⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906 | | Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824 | Fraternal Potter Wasp | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Evagetes hyacinthinus Cresson, 1867 | | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940) | ⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875 | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Pseudomethoca frigida Smith, 1855 | | | Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907 | | | Symmorphus (Symmorphus) canadensis Saussure, 1855 | Canadian Potter Wasp | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula acadica Sladen, 1918 | Forest Yellowjacket | | Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978 | Downy Yellowjacket | | Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905 | Eastern yellow jacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Kennebec County | 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 | 4
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 | 10
20 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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