Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Kentucky (USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 433
3251
6874 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 431
3247
6871 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 407
3152
6692 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 287
2660
5716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 48
277
433 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 38
238
395 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 16
143
323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
33
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kentucky
4 Families width 51 Species
Genera for Kentucky
33 Genera with 51 Species #ADELMPRSTVZ
| Ageniella Banks, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1906 | European tube wasp | 3 | Species | Taxom | Anoplius Dufour, 1834 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Auplopus Spinola, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1758 | Cow Killer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dipogon Fox, 1941 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1918 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Entypus Dahlbom, 1828 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episyron Schioedte, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 1824 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1962 | Potter Wasp | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Leptochilus Saussure, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Myrmilloides André, 1903 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1857 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Photomorphus Viereck, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1791 | Paper nest wasps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Priocnemis Schiødte, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodynerus Saussure, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhaphiglossa Saunders, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalosoma Cresson, 1943 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 1906 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Sphaerophthalma Mickel, 1928 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Timulla Ashmead, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1770 | Ground Yellowjackets | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Zethus Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Kentucky
51 Species | Ageniella (Priophanes) faceta Cresson, 1872 | | | Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853 | Smiling Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus unifasciatus Saussure, 1853 | One-Banded Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus waldenii Viereck, 1906 | Walden’S Potter Wasp | | Auplopus mellipes Say, 1836 | Spider Wasp | | Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Eastern Velvet Ant | | Dipogon (Deuteragenia) pulchripennis Cresson, 1867 | | | Dipogon (Deuteragenia) sayi Banks, 1941 | | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918 | Arctic yellowjacket | | Entypus unifasciatus Say, 1828 | Eastern Tawny-Horned Spider Wasp | | Episyron quinquenotatus Say, 1835 | White-trimmed black wasp | | Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824 | Fraternal Potter Wasp | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) annulatus Say, 1824 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) bidens Saussure, 1870 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) hidalgo Saussure, 1857 | Hidalgo Mason Wasp | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) megaera Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) schwarzi Krombein, 1962 | | | Leptochilus (Zendalia) acolhuus Saussure, 1857 | | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Parancistrocerus fulvipes Saussure, 1856 | Potter wasp | | Parancistrocerus perennis Saussure, 1857 | | | Photomorphus impar Melander Mel..., 0 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) annularis Linnaeus, 1763 | Jack Spaniard Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carolina Linnaeus, 1767 | Red Paper Wasps | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) exclamans Viereck, 1906 | Paper wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831 | Metric Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) perplexus Cresson, 1872 | | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Priocnemis (Umbripennis) minorata Banks, 1912 | | | Pseudodynerus quadrisectus Say, 1837 | | | Pseudomethoca frigida Smith, 1855 | | | Rhaphiglossa symmorpha Saussure, 1852 | | | Rhopalosoma nearcticum Brues, 1943 | | | Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824 | | | Rhynchalastor blepharus Bohart, 1953 | | | Rhynchalastor fundatiformis Bohart, 1944 | | | Rhynchalastor histrionalis Viereck, 1906 | | | Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837 | Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp | | Scolia bicincta Fabricius, 1775 | Double-banded Scoliid | | Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907 | | | Timulla (Timulla) vagans Fabricius, 1798 | | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978 | Downy Yellowjacket | | Vespula intermedia (du Buysson, 1904) | ⇒ Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986 | | Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905 | Eastern yellow jacket | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket | | Zethus (Zethus) spinipes Say, 1837 | |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Kentucky | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 7
4 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 9
7 | 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 | 16
38 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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