Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 432
3970
7377 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 429
3965
7370 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 412
3896
7245 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 264
3041
5797 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 47
313
584 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 41
302
577 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 18
169
398 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
22
32 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Leeward Islands
4 Families width 32 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Leeward Islands
22 Genera with 32 Species #ACDEMOPQSTVZ
| Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776 | European tube wasp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1937 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aporus Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899 | Cow Killer | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dielis Saussure & S..., 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1793 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dromochares Haupt, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 1799 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mischocyttarus Saussure, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odynerus Latreille, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachodynerus Saussure, 1812 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pepsis Fabricius, 1775 | Tarantula hawk | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilopompilus Howard, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1853 | Paper nest wasps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Quartinia André, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Timulla Ashmead, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1758 | Ground Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zethus Fabricius, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Leeward Islands
32 Species and 2 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826) | ⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894 | | Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836 | | | Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776 | Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp | | Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) saegeri Arnold, 1937 | | | Aporus (Aporus) idris | | | Campsomeris dorsata Wolcott, 1923 | Scarab-hunter Wasp | | Dielis dorsata Fabricius, 1787 | Scoliid wasp | | Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781 | Norwegian wasp | | Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793 | Saxon wasp | | Dromochares transvaalensis Arnold, 1935 | | | Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799 | | | Mischocyttarus (Phi) phthisicus Fabricius, 1793 | | | Monobia puertoricensis Bequard, 1941 | | | Odynerus (Spinicoxa) reniformis Gmelin, 1790 | | | Odynerus figulus Saussure, 1855 | | | Pachodynerus guadulpensis Saussure, 1853 | | | Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812 | Key hole wasp | | Pepsis ruficornis Fabricius, 1775 | Orange-horned Tarantula Hawk | | Poecilopompilus mixtus Fabricius, 1798 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aurifer (Saussure, 1853) | ⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793 | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) crinitus Felton, 1764 | Jack Spaniard | | Polistes crinitus multicolor Olivier, 1791 | | | Polistes stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972 | | | Polistes (Polistella) humilis Fabricius, 1781 | Australian Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Polistes tricolor (Saussure, 1853) | ⇒ Polistes humilis Fabricius, 1781 | | Quartinia persephona Richards, 1962 | | | Scolia (Discolia) fulvofimbriata Burmeister, 1853 | | | Timulla (Timulla) dominica Mickel, 1938 | | | Timulla antiqua | | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Common European Yellowjacket | | Zethus (Zethusculus) mexicanus Linnaeus, 1767 | |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Leeward Islands | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 2
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 5
5 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 3
3 | 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 | 12
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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