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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Lesotho (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
288
1986
3848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
287
1983
3844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
273
1955
3809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
164
1398
2793
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
35
266
559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
33
263
556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
215
524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
7
83
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lesotho
7 Families width 142 Species and 22 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies50SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps69SpeciesTaxom
Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892Bradynobaenid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps12SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant6SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896Rhopalosomatid wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lesotho
83 Genera with 142 Species
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Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1936European tube wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1804Blue-Black Spider Wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 198512SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Apterogyna Latreille, 1809
0SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19052SpeciesTaxom
Aureimeris Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 17782SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeriella Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Cathimeris Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotilla Bischoff, 1920
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 193711SpeciesTaxom
Charimeris Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Corytilla Arnold, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochilus Rafinesque, 1815
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyemagenia Arnold, 19462SpeciesTaxom
Cyphodynerus Vecht, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabris Radoszkowski, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabroides André, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Deuteragenia Å ustera, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Dichragenia Haupt, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Epiclinotus Haupt, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Euclavelia Arnold, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 19136SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904
Potter Wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Ferreoloides Haupt, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Glossotilla Bischoff, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1857Tarantula Hawks7SpeciesTaxom
Idopompilus Haupt, 19365SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Macroocula Panfilov, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 03SpeciesTaxom
Odontodynerus Bluthgen, 01SpeciesTaxom
Odontomutilla Ashmead, 01SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Olixon Cameron, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Ovodynerus Giordani Soika, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paniscomima Enderlein, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Paraclavelia Haupt, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18346SpeciesTaxom
Paraferreola Sustera, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Parapompilus Smith, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Pompiloides Haupt, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 19553SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Psammochares McKeown, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Psammoderes Haupt, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagenia Kohl, 19344SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Pterochilus Say, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pygmachus Haupt, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Sapyga Latreille, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Schistonyx Saussure, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 05SpeciesTaxom
Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Stellepipona Giordani Soika, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Stenomutilla André, 01SpeciesTaxom
Stroudia Gribodo, 19764SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Telostegus Costa, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 02SpeciesTaxom
Trichosalius Arnold, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Trogaspidia Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Turbatimeris Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Viereckia Ashmead, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lesotho
142 Species and 22 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus insignis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus scripticeps Cameron, 1910
Alastor (Alastorellus) mandibularis Giordani Soika, 1950
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905
Allepipona erythrospila lesothensis Giordani Soika, 1987
Ancistrocerus neuvillei stevensoni Giordani Soika, 1936
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus Linnaeus, 1758Black Banded Spider Wasp
Anoplius fuscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1761
Anoplius successor Cameron, 1910
Anoplius varius Fabricius, 1804
Antepipona aequinoxialis Saussure, 1854
Antepipona frendens Gribodo, 1891
Antepipona jacoti Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona karibae Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antepipona mamathensis Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona peregrinabunda Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona quadrituberculata Smith, 1857
Antepipona sesquicincta Saussure, 1856
Antepipona silaos Saussure, 1853
Antepipona silaos silaos de Saussure, 1853
Antepipona solstitialis Saussure, 1856
Antepipona solstitialis frogna Giordani Soika, 1985
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) natalense Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus spoliatus Cameron, 1910
Aporinellus decipiens Arnold, 1936
Auplopus basutorum Arnold, 1955
Auplopus spilocephala Cameron, 1905
Aureimeris basilica basilica
Belonogaster lateritius Gerst., 1857
Belonogaster petiolata De Geer, 1778
Campsomeriella madonensis transvaalensis
Cathimeris (Cathimeris) capensis
Ceropales (Ceropales) cribrata Costa, 1881
Ceropales cribrata cribrata (Costa, 1881)⇒ Ceropales cribrata Costa, 1881
Ceropales (Ceropales) karooensis Arnold, 1937
Ceropales (Ceropales) latifasciatus Arnold, 1937
Ceropales latifasciatus montivagus Arnold, 1955
Ceropales (Ceropales) picta Schuckard, 1837
Ceropales (Ceropales) punctulatus Cameron, 1904
Ceropales punctulatus bulawayoensis (Bischoff, 1913)⇒ Ceropales punctulatus Cameron, 1904
Ceropales punctulatus cereris (Arnold, 1937)⇒ Ceropales punctulatus Cameron, 1904
Ceropales punctulatus punctulatus
Ceropales (Ceropales) waltoni Arnold, 1937
Charimeris jacoti
Corytilla guillarmodi Arnold, 1962
Cryptocheilus morosus Arnold, 1932
Cyemagenia kloofensis Arnold, 1946
Cyemagenia kloofensis monticola Arnold, 1946
Cyphodynerus guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1985
Cyphodynerus guillarmodi guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1985
Cyphononyx antarctica Linnaeus, 1767
Cyphononyx antennata (Saussure, 1892)⇒ Cyphononyx flavicornis Fabricius, 1781
Dasylabris (Dasylabris) stimulatrix
Dasylabris braunsi Bischoff, 1921
Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Deuteragenia dregei Arnold, 1934
Dichragenia pulchricoma (Arnold, 1934)⇒ Pseudagenia pulchricoma Arnold, 1934
Dicyrtomellus impressus Arnold, 1937
Dicyrtomellus meruensis Cameron, 1910
Epiclinotus erythrurus Haupt, 1929
Episyron histrio Lepeletier, 1845
Euclavelia fasciata Arnold, 1932
Eumenes (Eumenes) guillarmodi Giordani Soika, 1975
Eumenes acuminatus de Saussure, 1856
Eumenes braunsianus (Schulthess, 1913)⇒ Eumenes capensis Schulthess, 1910
Eumenes caffer (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Eumenes capensis Schulthess, 1910
Eumenes peringeyanus Schulthess, 1913
Evagetes argenteodecoratus Cameron, 1904
Ferreoloides basutorum Arnold, 1960
Ferreoloides braunsi Kohl, 1894
Ferreoloides versutus Arnold, 1960
Glossotilla globithorax Bischoff, 1920
Hemipepsis braunsi Arnold, 1932
Hemipepsis brunniceps Taschenberg, 1869
Hemipepsis caelebs Arnold, 1932
Hemipepsis capensis Fabricius, 1781
Hemipepsis glabrata Klug, 1834
Hemipepsis hilaris Smith, 1879
Hemipepsis vespertilio Gerstaecker, 1857
Idopompilus decipiens Arnold, 1960
Idopompilus fuliginosus Arnold, 1946
Idopompilus guillarmodi Arnold, 1960
Idopompilus handlirschi basutorum Arnold, 1959
Idopompilus handlirschii Arnold, 1936
Katamenes macrocephalus Saussure, 1852
Macroocula guillarmodi Invrea, 1957
Micromeriella atropos
Micromeriella aureola bobi
Micromeriella aureola godofredi
Odontodynerus silaos de Saussure, 0
Odontomutilla notata
Odynerus silaos de Saussure, 1853
Olixon dentatum Cameron, 1904
Olixon saltator Arnold, 1935
Ovodynerus capicola Meade-Waldo, 1915
Paniscomima erlangeriana Enderlein, 1904
Parabatozonus fuliginosus Klug, 1834
Paraclavelia caffer Kohl, 1886
Paraclavelia punctipleura Arnold, 1932
Paracyphononyx difficilis Bischoff, 1913
Paracyphononyx frustratus Smith, 1879
Paracyphononyx laboriosus Arnold, 1936
Paracyphononyx languidus Haupt, 1929
Paracyphononyx montanus Arnold, 1960
Paracyphononyx ruficrus Klug, 1834
Paraferreola soleana Cameron, 1905
Parapompilus braunsi Arnold, 1932
Polistes (Polistes) africanus Palisot de B..., 1818
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Pompiloides decipiens Arnold, 1936
Pompilus bilineatus Arnold, 1937
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Pompilus tripartitus Arnold, 1955
Priocnemis implacabilis basuto Arnold, 1948
Priocnemis longipes Arnold, 1932
Psammochares varians Arnold, 1937
Psammoderes mimicus Haupt, 1929
Pseudagenia basutorum Arnold, 1955
Pseudagenia flavotegulata Bingham, 1902
Pseudagenia impavida Arnold, 1955
Pseudagenia pulchricoma Arnold, 1934
Pseudonortonia soror Kohl, 1907
Pterochilus emortualis de Saussure, 0
Pygmachus umbratus Haupt, 1930
Quartinia metallescens Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia senecionis Richards, 1962
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Sapyga similis Fabricius, 1793
Schistonyx perezi Tournier, 1895
Schistonyx sinuatus Bischoff, 1913
Scolia (Discolia) chrysotricha Burmeister, 1853
Scolia (Discolia) erythropyga
Scolia (Discolia) fulvofimbriata Burmeister, 1853
Scolia (Discolia) praestabilis
Scolia tropica nigripennis
Stellepipona aequinoxialis aequinoxialis
Stellepipona brevicornis Giordani Soika, 1987
Stenomutilla baucis
Stroudia armata Gribodo, 1891
Stroudia simplicissima Giordani Soika, 1976
Stroudia striatella Giordani Soika, 1976
Stroudia striatelloides Giordani Soika, 1976
Synagris (Paragris) abyssinica Guérin, 1848
Synagris (Paragris) analis Saussure, 1856
Tachypompilus ignitus Smith, 1855
Telostegus insidiosus Smith, 1879
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Tricarinodynerus guerinii guerinii
Trichosalius obesus Arnold, 1934
Trichosalius obesus montanus Arnold, 1958
Turbatimeris turbata

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Lesotho
FamilyBradynobaenidae
Saussure, 1892
Bradynobaenid wasps
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
10
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
34
69
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhopalosomatidae
Ashmead, 1896
Rhopalosomatid wasps
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySapygidae
Latreille, 1810
Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
8
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets
26
50
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
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Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
Vespoidea at itis.gov