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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region North France (Metropolitan France, France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
587
6209
13946
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
585
6206
13944
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
541
6054
13571
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
349
4943
11722
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
62
715
1838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
51
653
1707
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
297
1226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
55
134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North France
4 Families width 134 Species and 1 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies83SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps40SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae (Leach, 1815)Mammoth wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North France
55 Genera with 134 Species
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Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Allodynerus Bluthgen, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776European tube wasp10SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1758Blue-Black Spider Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 02SpeciesTaxom
Arachnospila Kincaid, 18384SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19123SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeriella Betrem, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 17633SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1758Cow Killer4SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17895SpeciesTaxom
Dipogon Fox, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1930Aerial Yellowjackets8SpeciesTaxom
Eoferreola Arnold, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 09SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1920Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 18653SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1855Tarantula Hawks3SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Oreumenes Bequaert, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Parapolybia Saussure, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Physetopoda Schuster, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps9SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 17807SpeciesTaxom
Proepipona Giordani Soika, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosoma Cresson, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 17663SpeciesTaxom
Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Spuridiophorus Arnold, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18323SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Taiwania Spaeth, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Trielis Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1836Hornets6SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1905Ground Yellowjackets8SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19796SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North France
134 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus scripticeps Cameron, 1910
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) cinctellus Spinola, 1808
Agenioideus (Gymnochares) rutilus Klug, 1834
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus claripennis (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus dusmetiolus Strand, 1914
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus longispinosus Saussure, 1855
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus striativentris Cameron, 1910
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Anoplius (Anoplius) concinnus Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius (Anoplius) nigerrimus Scopoli, 1763
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus Linnaeus, 1758Black Banded Spider Wasp
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Aporus (Aporus) bicolor Spinola, 1808
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) anceps Wesmael, 1851
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) trivialis Dahlbom, 1843
Arachnospila (Anoplochares) spissa Schioedte, 1837
Arachnospila (Arachnospila) fumipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Auplopus albifrons (Dalman, 1823)⇒ Auplopus arcuaticornis Wahis, 2006
Auplopus carbonarius Scopoli, 1763Spider wasp
Auplopus nigrellus Banks, 1912
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879
Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808
Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) caelebs Sichel, 1864
Cryptocheilus (Adonta) fabricii Vander Linden, 1827
Cryptocheilus (Adonta) variipennis Sustera, 1924
Cryptocheilus (Adonta) versicolor Scopoli, 1763
Dasymutilla blawa
Dasymutilla canella Blake, 1871
Dasymutilla gloriosa Saussure, 1868Thistle Down Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Delta bonellii Giordani Soika, 1973
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Delta unguiculatum Villers, 1789
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) subintermedius Magretti, 1886
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Dipogon variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media Retzius, 1783Media Wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula pacifica Birula, 1930
Eoferreola rhombica Christ, 1791
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) labiatus Giordani Soika, 1941
Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes (Eumenes) papillarius Christ, 1791
Eumenes (Eumenes) pedunculatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) pomiformis Fabricius, 1781
Eumenes (Eumenes) punctatus de Saussure, 1852
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus gaullei Brèthes, 1920
Evagetes (Evagetes) alamannicus Bluthgen, 1944
Evagetes (Evagetes) crassicornis Shuckard, 1837
Evagetes parvus Cresson, 1865
Hemipepsis glabrata Klug, 1834
Hemipepsis vespertilio Gerstaecker, 1857
Hemipepsis vindex Smith, 1855
Micromeriella aureola Klug, 1832
Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Velvet Ant
Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalus Gmelin, 1790Black Headed Mason Wasp
Odynerus ochlerus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758
Oreumenes decoratus Smith, 1852
Pachodynerus bicuspidatus Willink & Ro..., 1998
Parabatozonus fuliginosus Klug, 1834
Paracyphononyx diversus Dahlbom, 1845
Parapolybia varia Fabricius, 1787
Physetopoda halensis Fabricius, 1787
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes (Polistella) eboshinus Sonan, 1943
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistella) takasagonus Sonan, 1943
Polistes (Polistes) associus Kohl, 1898
Polistes (Polistes) bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) gallicus Linnaeus, 1767Paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) nimpha Christ, 1791
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Pompilus arctus Cresson, 1865
Pompilus haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1804
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) exaltata Fabricius, 1775
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) fennica Haupt, 1927
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) germana Cresson, 1867
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) pellipleuris Wahis, 1998
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) coriacea Dahlbom, 1843
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) fallax Verhoeff, 1922
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) perturbator Harris, 1780
Proepipona meadewaldoi Bequaert, 1918
Rhopalosoma simile Brues, 1943
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Rhynchium quinquecinctum Fabricius, 1787
Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp
Scolia (Discolia) hirta Schrank, 1781
Scolia (Scolia) sexmaculata O. F. Muller, 1766
Spuridiophorus inermis Arnold, 1934
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) crassicornis Panzer, 1798
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) gracilis Brullé, 1832
Synagris (Paragris) analis Saussure, 1856
Taiwania formosana Tsuneki, 1989
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Vespa coarctata Linnæus, 1758
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771Oriental hornet
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespa spinipes Linnæus, 1758
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula acadica Sladen, 1918Forest Yellowjacket
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket
Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978Downy Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Zeteumenidion invertitus Giordani Soika, 1944
Zethus (Zethus) delagoensis Schulthess, 1899
Zethus (Zethus) fuscus Perty, 1833
Zethus (Zethus) rhodesianus Giordani Soika, 1940
Zethus (Zethusculus) magnus Saussure, 1852
Zethus (Zethusculus) westwoodi Saussure, 1852
Zethus yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in North France
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
17
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
4
5
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
29
83
Genera
Species

Taxom



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