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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Nicaragua (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
424
4260
8007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
423
4259
8007
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
403
4172
7847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
259
3357
6494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
41
412
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
38
401
942
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
232
821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
27
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nicaragua
4 Families width 50 Species and 3 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies31SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps13SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nicaragua
27 Genera with 50 Species
#ABCDEHLMPRST
Agelaia Lepeletier, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1836
European tube wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1853Honey wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomenes Giordani Soika, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1874Cow Killer2SpeciesTaxom
Dielis Saussure & S..., 17871SpeciesTaxom
Ephuta Say, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1844
Tarantula Hawks0SpeciesTaxom
Hypancistrocerus Saussure, 1855
0SpeciesTaxom
Lomachaeta Mickel, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 17934SpeciesTaxom
Pappognatha Mickel, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Paragia Shuckard, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1855Tarantula hawk11SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1972Paper nest wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 20028SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1978Drumming wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nicaragua
50 Species and 3 Subspecies
Agelaia areata Say, 1837
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia yepocapa Richards, 1978
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) pallida Olivier, 1791
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Auplopus blatteus Dreisbach, 1963
Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastra smithii Saussure, 1853
Campsomeris hesterae
Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Dasymutilla canella Blake, 1871
Dasymutilla paradoxa Gerstaecker, 1874
Dielis dorsata Fabricius, 1787Scoliid wasp
Lomachaeta chionothrix Pitts & Manley, 2004
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) immarginatus Richards, 1940
Mischocyttarus (Phi) basimacula Cameron, 1906
Mischocyttarus (Phi) phthisicus Fabricius, 1793
Parachartergus apicalis Fabricius, 1804
Paragia monocesta Snelling, 1986
Pepsis (Gigantopepsis) aquila Lucas, 1894
Pepsis (Pepsis) mexicana Lucas, 1894
Pepsis festiva Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis ianthina Erichson, 1848
Pepsis inbio Vardy, 2000
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857
Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855
Pepsis sommeri Dahlbom, 1845
Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953Unstable Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) minor Pal. de Beauv., 1818
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polistes stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972
Polybia (Apopolybia) simillima Smith, 1862
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia occidentalis bohemani Holmgren, 1868
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Trichinothorax) flavitincta Fox, 1898
Polybia selvana Carpenter, 2002
Priochilus splendidulum opacifrons
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978
Timulla harpagata

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Nicaragua
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
7
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
2
2
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
14
31
Genera
Species

Taxom



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