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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Northern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
317
2422
5011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
316
2415
4984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
301
2376
4934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
1978
4391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
49
443
1171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
48
442
1170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
281
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
6
84
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern Cape
6 Families width 198 Species and 1 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies123SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps51SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant14SpeciesTaxom
Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892Bradynobaenid wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae (Leach, 1815)Mammoth wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern Cape
84 Genera with 198 Species
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Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Andreimyrme Lelej, 01SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1937Blue-Black Spider Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 19102SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 01SpeciesTaxom
Apterogyna Latreille, 05SpeciesTaxom
Apteromutilla Ashmead, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18793SpeciesTaxom
Brachymutilla André, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeriella Betrem, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Celonites Latreille, 198913SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 193513SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Charimeris Betrem, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Clavelia Lucas, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Claveliella Arnold, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Cordyloscelis Arnold, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabris Radoszkowski, 03SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabroides André, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Dolichomutilla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1855Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Gynecaptera Skorikov, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1855Tarantula Hawks8SpeciesTaxom
Idopompilus Haupt, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Jugurtia Saussure, 192914SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Labidomilla André, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Labus Saussure, 02SpeciesTaxom
Masarina Richards, 199711SpeciesTaxom
Micatagla Argaman, 1994
0SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Microphadnus Cameron, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 18984SpeciesTaxom
Myrmilla Wesmael, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Odontomutilla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 19147SpeciesTaxom
Paraclavelia Haupt, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Paraferreola Sustera, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Parapompilus Smith, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Paravespa Radoszkowski, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Poecilagenia Haupt, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Pompiloides Haupt, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 18043SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Promecilla André, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Psammochares McKeown, 19373SpeciesTaxom
Psammoderes Haupt, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagenia Kohl, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoclavelia Haupt, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pterochilus Say, 02SpeciesTaxom
Pygmachus Haupt, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 200724SpeciesTaxom
Raphiglossa Saunders, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Raphiglossoides Giordani Soika, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
0SpeciesTaxom
Sapyga Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Schistonyx Saussure, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 02SpeciesTaxom
Smicromyrme Thomson, 01SpeciesTaxom
Stenomutilla André, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Telostegus Costa, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Trielis Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Zetheumenidion Bequaert, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19792SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Cape
198 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus insignis de Saussure, 1856
Aethiopicodynerus laetus Giordani Soika, 1941
Aethiopicodynerus major de Saussure, 1853
Agenioideus (Gymnochares) rufipes Arnold, 1937
Alastor (Alastor) ricae Giordani Soika, 1934
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905
Andreimyrme viriata nitela
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus Linnaeus, 1758Black Banded Spider Wasp
Anoplius subfasciatus Arnold, 1937
Antepipona sesquicincta Saussure, 1856
Antepipona silaos Saussure, 1853
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Antodynerus incognitus Giordani Soika, 1943
Antodynerus stiraspis Cameron, 1910
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Apterogyna boschimana
Apterogyna climene
Apterogyna cybele
Apterogyna karroa
Apterogyna rhodesia
Apteromutilla daphne Péringuey, 1898
Auplopus nigroaurantiacus Magretti, 1895
Belonogaster griseus Fabricius, 1775
Belonogaster lateritius Gerst., 1857
Belonogaster menelikii Gribodo, 1879
Brachymutilla peringueyi Bischoff, 1920
Brachymutilla scabrosa Bischoff, 1920
Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) caelebs Sichel, 1864
Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) thoracica Fabricius, 1787
Celonites andrei Brauns, 1905
Celonites arenarius Gess, 2007
Celonites capensis Brauns, 1905
Celonites clypeatus Brauns, 1913
Celonites davidi Gess, 1989
Celonites kalahariensis Gess, 2007
Celonites lobeliae Gess, 1997
Celonites michaelseni Schulthess, 1923
Celonites peliostomi Gess, 1989
Celonites promontorii Brauns, 1905
Celonites purcelli Brauns, 1905
Celonites tumidiscutellatus Gess, 1997
Celonites wahlenbergiae Gess, 1989
Ceramius beyeri Brauns, 1903
Ceramius bicolor Thunberg, 1815
Ceramius brevitarsis Gess, 1997
Ceramius caffer de Saussure, 1855
Ceramius capicola Brauns, 1902
Ceramius cerceriformis Saussure, 1853
Ceramius eburnea Turner, 1935
Ceramius lichtensteinii Klug, 1810
Ceramius linearis Klug, 1824
Ceramius metanotalis Richards, 1962
Ceramius nigripennis Saussure, 1854
Ceramius schulthessi Brauns, 1902
Ceramius toriger Schulthess, 1935
Ceropales (Ceropales) punctulatus Cameron, 1904
Clavelia lacteipennis Arnold, 1932
Clavelia ramosa Smith, 1865
Claveliella braunsi Arnold, 1932
Cordyloscelis namaqua Arnold, 1935
Cyphononyx antarctica Linnaeus, 1767
Dasylabris (Dasylabris) filum Bischoff, 1921
Dasylabris (Dasylabris) stimulatrix
Dasylabris autonoe
Dasylabroides latona
Dasylabroides simillima Bischoff, 1920
Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Delta lepeletierii Cameron, 1910
Episyron bicinctus Bischoff, 1913
Episyron viduus Arnold, 1936
Eumenes campaniformis (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Delta subfenestrale Giordani Soika, 1939
Eumenes maxillosus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Eumenes peringeyanus Schulthess, 1913
Euodynerus hottentotus Saussure, 1855
Evagetes argenteodecoratus Cameron, 1904
Gynecaptera boschimana Péringuey, 1914
Hemipepsis brunniceps Taschenberg, 1869
Hemipepsis capensis Fabricius, 1781
Hemipepsis glabrata Klug, 1834
Hemipepsis iodoptera Stål, 1857
Hemipepsis ochropus Stål, 1857
Hemipepsis tamisieri Guérin, 1848
Hemipepsis vespertilio Gerstaecker, 1857
Hemipepsis vindex Smith, 1855
Idopompilus braunsi Kohl, 1899
Idopompilus krugeri Kohl, 1900
Jugurtia braunsi Schulthess, 1922
Jugurtia braunsiella Schulthess, 1930
Jugurtia calcarata Richards, 1962
Jugurtia codoni Gess, 1997
Jugurtia discrepans Brauns, 1913
Jugurtia duplicata Richards, 1962
Jugurtia einensis Gess, 2004
Jugurtia elegans Gess, 2004
Jugurtia gariepensis Gess, 2004
Jugurtia koeroegabensis Gess, 1997
Jugurtia nigrifrons Gess, 2004
Jugurtia saussurei Brauns, 1905
Jugurtia tigrina Gess, 1997
Jugurtia turneri Schulthess, 1929
Katamenes macrocephalus Saussure, 1852
Knemodynerus euryspilus Cameron, 1910
Labus hessei
Labus terribilis
Masarina aptosimi Gess, 2005
Masarina familiaris Richards, 1962
Masarina hermanniae Gess, 2005
Masarina hyalinipennis Richards, 1962
Masarina mixta Richards, 1962
Masarina mixtoides Gess, 1997
Masarina namaqua Gess, 1997
Masarina parvula Gess, 1997
Masarina peliostomi Gess, 1997
Masarina strucki Gess & Gess, 1988
Masarina tylecodoni Gess, 1997
Microphadnus bicolor Cameron, 1905
Mutilla calliope
Mutilla hippolyte Péringuey, 1898
Mutilla scabrofoveolata Sichel & Rad..., 1869
Mutilla tecmessa Péringuey, 1898
Odynerus (Odynerus) pacator Giordani Soika, 1960
Odynerus (Odynerus) simplex Bingham, 1902
Odynerus carinulatus Saussure, 1856
Odynerus gestroi (Dusmet, 1929)⇒ Paravespa spinigera spinigera Schulthess, 1914
Odynerus hottentotus (Saussure, 1855)⇒ Euodynerus hottentotus Saussure, 1855
Odynerus insignis de Saussure, 0
Odynerus schultzeanus Schulthess, 1914
Paraclavelia caffer Kohl, 1886
Paraclavelia crudelis Smith, 1879
Paracyphononyx frustratus Smith, 1879
Paracyphononyx gemellus Arnold, 1936
Paracyphononyx metemmensis Magretti, 1884
Paraferreola melanostoma Cameron, 1904
Parapompilus angustiventris Arnold, 1932
Parapompilus infernalis Arnold, 1932
Parapompilus robustus Cameron, 1904
Paravespa (Gestrodynerus) mima Giordani Soika, 1960
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 haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1804
Priocnemis braunsi Arnold, 1932
Psammochares brunniventris Arnold, 1937
Psammochares decipiens Bischoff, 1913
Psammochares varians Arnold, 1937
Psammoderes lightfooti Arnold, 1937
Pseudagenia grata Arnold, 1934
Pseudagenia hessei Arnold, 1934
Pseudonortonia bisuturalis Saussure, 1852
Pterochilus major de Saussure, 0
Pterochilus scripticeps Cameron, 0
Pygmachus umbratus Haupt, 1930
Quartinia aerosa Gess, 2011
Quartinia artemis Richards, 1962
Quartinia clypeata Gess, 2009
Quartinia codoni Gess, 2009
Quartinia conchicola Gess, 2007
Quartinia diana Richards, 1962
Quartinia flava Richards, 1962
Quartinia frontalis Gess, 2011
Quartinia geigeriae Gess. F., 2007
Quartinia laeta Schulthess, 1935
Quartinia luteomandibulata Gess, 2011
Quartinia namaqua Gess, 2007
Quartinia namaquensis Gess, 2007
Quartinia obibensis Gess, 2007
Quartinia persephone Richards, 1962
Quartinia poecila Schulthess, 1930
Quartinia propinqua Schulthess, 1932
Quartinia refugicola Gess, 2007
Quartinia scutellaris Gess, 2011
Quartinia setosa Gess, 2009
Quartinia setositerminalis Gess, 2011
Quartinia tarsata Richards, 1962
Quartinia vagepunctata Schulthess, 1929
Quartinia vexillata Gess, 2007
Raphiglossa flavoornata Cameron, 1905
Raphiglossa natalensis Smith, 1857
Raphiglossoides aethiopicus Giordani Soika, 1936
Rhynchalastor ferruginatus Giordani Soika, 1934
Rhynchium marginellum Fabricius, 1793
Schistonyx aterrimus Arnold, 1946
Schistonyx perezi Tournier, 1895
Schistonyx sinuatus Bischoff, 1913
Scolia (Discolia) chrysotricha Burmeister, 1853
Scolia alastor
Smicromyrme ceto
Synagris (Paragris) abyssinica Guérin, 1848
Tachypompilus ignitus Smith, 1855
Telostegus insidiosus Smith, 1879
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Zethus hessei
Zethus yarrowi Giordani Soika, 1979

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Northern Cape
FamilyBradynobaenidae
Saussure, 1892
Bradynobaenid wasps
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
13
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
30
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySapygidae
Latreille, 1810
Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
5
4
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
123
Genera
Species

Taxom



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