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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Liberia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
373
5345
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
372
5344
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
5261
8620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
250
4580
7746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
48
627
960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
44
614
947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
290
560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
76
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Liberia
6 Families width 98 Species and 15 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies59SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae (Latreille, 1805)Pompilid wasps27SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant5SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896Rhopalosomatid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892Bradynobaenid wasps0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Liberia
76 Genera with 98 Species
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Afreumenes Bequaert, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Agelaia Lepeletier, 19784SpeciesTaxom
Ageniella Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1950Blue-Black Spider Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 19184SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 01SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 17817SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 1946
0SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Carinstrocerus Giordani Soika, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Cathimeris Betrem, 02SpeciesTaxom
Cephalastor Giordani Soika, 1982
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyemagenia Arnold, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1871Cow Killer1SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Dielis Saussure & S..., 17871SpeciesTaxom
Ephuta Say, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Epipompilus Kohl, 1884
0SpeciesTaxom
Epipona Latreille, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 02SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1823Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1844
Tarantula Hawks0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplognathoca Suárez, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Hoplomutilla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypalastoroides Saussure, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Java Pate, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Krombeinidia Lelej, 01SpeciesTaxom
Micreumenes Ashmead, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Minagenia Banks, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19787SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Notocyphus Smith, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Olixon Cameron, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Pararhaphidoglossa Schulthess-R..., 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1843Tarantula hawk10SpeciesTaxom
Poecilagenia Haupt, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1905Paper nest wasps9SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 05SpeciesTaxom
Polybioides Buysson, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemella Banks, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Priocnessus Banks, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagenia Kohl, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Psorthaspis Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 02SpeciesTaxom
Sericopompilus Howard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1978Drumming wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Traumatomutilla André, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Typhoctes Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Xerochares Evans, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Zeta Saussure, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Liberia
98 Species and 15 Subspecies
Afreumenes aethiopicus aethiopicus Saussure, 1852
Agelaia areata Say, 1837
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia panamensis Cameron, 1906
Agelaia yepocapa Richards, 1978
Anoplius aethiopicus Arnold, 1937
Anoplius montanus Haupt, 1950
Antepipona paralastoroides Giordani Soika, 1985
Antepipona tydides Cameron, 1904
Antodynerus alboniger Bequaert, 1918
Antodynerus desperatus Bequaert, 1918
Antodynerus lugubris Meade-Waldo, 1915
Antodynerus sheffieldi marginifasciatus Bequaert, 1918
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Auplopus enodans Kohl, 1894
Auplopus rufocinctus Smith, 1855
Auplopus scapularis Arnold, 1939
Belonogaster brunnea brunnea
Belonogaster filiventris Saussure, 1853
Belonogaster grisea Fabricius, 1775
Belonogaster juncea juncea Fabricius, 1781
Belonogaster levior Richards, 1982
Belonogaster libera Richards, 1982
Belonogaster macilenta Fabricius, 1781
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Carinstrocerus hilaris Giordani Soika, 1989
Cathimeris hymenaea hymenaea
Cathimeris lachesis corrupta
Cyemagenia imitatrix Arnold, 1934
Cyemagenia rubrozonata Cameron, 1910
Dasymutilla canella Blake, 1871
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Dielis dorsata Fabricius, 1787Scoliid wasp
Epipona guerini Saussure, 1854
Epipona niger Brèthes, 1926
Episyron bequaerti Arnold, 1936
Episyron pedunculatus Arnold, 1936
Eumenes fuellebornianus langi Bequard, 1918
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823
Hoplognathoca costarricensis Suárez, 1962
Java nigricornis Tullgren, 1904
Krombeinidia ira ira
Micreumenes curriei Ashmead, 1902
Micreumenes curriei curriei Ashmead, 1902
Micromeriella hyalina guineicola
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) immarginatus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) melanarius Cameron, 1906
Mischocyttarus (Phi) basimacula Cameron, 1906
Mischocyttarus cleomens Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus costaricensis Richards, 1945
Mischocyttarus mastigophorus Richards, 1978
Mutilla atracis Péringuey, 1899
Odynerus ochlerus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887
Parachartergus apicalis Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus fraternus Fabricius, 1804
Paracyphononyx africanus Radoszkowski, 1881
Parancistrocerus pseudodynerus Dalla Torre, 1889
Pepsis (Gigantopepsis) aquila Lucas, 1894
Pepsis (Pepsis) mexicana Lucas, 1894
Pepsis basifusca Lucas, 1895
Pepsis grossa Fabricius, 1798
Pepsis inbio Vardy, 2000
Pepsis lepida Mocsáry, 1894
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis optima Smith, 1879
Pepsis sommeri Dahlbom, 1845
Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843
Poecilagenia braunsi Arnold, 1934
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) deceptor Schulz, 1905
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953Unstable Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Polistella) aquilinus Buysson, 1905
Polistes (Polistella) ellenbergi Buysson, 1908
Polistes (Polistella) haugi Buysson, 1906
Polistes (Polistes) ornatus Lepeletier, 1836
Polistes tenellus tenellus du Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) barbouri Bequard, 1943
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta Fox, 1898
Polybia bribri
Polybioides tabidus Fabricius, 1781
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Proepipona ampla ampla Giordani Soika, 1989
Pseudagenia cameruna Kohl, 1894
Pseudagenia kilimandjaroensis Cameron, 1910
Pseudagenia spilotaenia Kohl, 1894
Scolia ebenina ebenina
Scolia nigrita nigrita
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Timulla (Timulla) adrastis Simon, 1881
Zeta argillaceum Linnaeus, 1758Potter wasp

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Liberia
FamilyBradynobaenidae
Saussure, 1892
Bradynobaenid wasps
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
10
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
27
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyRhopalosomatidae
Ashmead, 1896
Rhopalosomatid wasps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
5
6
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
32
59
Genera
Species

Taxom



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