Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 320
2218
3746 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 318
2216
3744 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 306
2167
3663 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
1748
3051 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 31
190
350 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 29
183
344 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 16
88
218 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
12
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Mauritius
3 Families width 20 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Mauritius
12 Genera with 20 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1798 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aporus Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Campsomeriella Betrem, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Delta Saussure, 1787 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904 | Potter Wasp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptochilus Saussure, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1793 | Paper nest wasps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Subancistrocerus de Saussure, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1836 | Hornets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1758 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mauritius
20 Species and 3 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798 | European potter wasp | | Aporus (Aporus) idris | | | Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) caelebs Sichel, 1864 | | | Delta esuriens Fabricius, 1787 | | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) trilobus Fabricius, 1787 | | | Euodynerus seychellensis (Dalla Torre, 1904) | ⇒ Knemodynerus seychellensis Dalla Torre, 1904 | | Knemodynerus sechellensis Dalla Torre, 1904 | | | Knemodynerus seychellensis Dalla Torre, 1904 | | | Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970 | | | Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773 | Macao paper wasp | | Polistes stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972 | | | Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron, 1900 | | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Polistes macaensis Fabricius, 1793 | Macao paper wasp | | Subancistrocerus sichelii Saussure, 1856 | | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 | Asian Hornet | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Common European Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Mauritius | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 1
1 | 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 | 10
18 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Vespoidea at artfakta.se
Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
Vespoidea at itis.gov
|
