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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Norway (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
598
9876
49850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
595
9870
49838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
572
9770
49629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
8320
44878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
66
1569
8606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
55
1399
6956
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
251
1102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
43
130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Norway
5 Families width 130 Species and 4 Subspecies
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps64SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies58SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant3SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Norway
43 Genera with 130 Species
#ACDEGHMNOPRSTV
Agenioideus Ashmead, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776European tube wasp12SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1904Blue-Black Spider Wasps9SpeciesTaxom
Arachnospila Kincaid, 189316SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Calicurgus Lepeletier, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 20222SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899
Cow Killer0SpeciesTaxom
Deuteragenia Å ustera, 19792SpeciesTaxom
Dipogon Fox, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763Aerial Yellowjackets10SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 17993SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1793Potter Wasp2SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 19417SpeciesTaxom
Gayella Spinola, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Gymnomerus Bluthgen, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Homonotus Dahlbom, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Microdynerus Thomson, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Monosapyga Pic, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosa Latreille, 1801Velvet Ant1SpeciesTaxom
Nectarinia takazze_ sic..., 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 17903SpeciesTaxom
Paranortonia Bequaert, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 192711SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Psiliglossa Saunders, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Pterocheilus Klug, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Sapyga Latreille, 17933SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Smicromyrme Thomson, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18948SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Triarthra Dalla Torre, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1905Hornets7SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1758Ground Yellowjackets4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Norway
130 Species and 4 Subspecies
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) cinctellus Spinola, 1808
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) sericeus Vander Linden, 1827
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus claripennis (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus ichneumonideus Ratzeburg, 1844
Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758Vespid wasp
Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus scoticus Curtis, 1826
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Anoplius (Anoplius) caviventris Aurivillius, 1907
Anoplius (Anoplius) concinnus Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius (Anoplius) nigerrimus Scopoli, 1763
Anoplius (Anoplius) tenuicornis (Tournier, 1889)⇒ Anoplius suspectus Saussure, 1904
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus Vander Linden, 1827Dragging spider
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus Linnaeus, 1758Black Banded Spider Wasp
Anoplius viaticus paganus Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius cujanus Holmberg, 1881
Anoplius suspectus Saussure, 1904
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) abnormis Dahlbom, 1842
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) anceps Wesmael, 1851
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) consobrina Dahlbom, 1843
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) hedickei Haupt, 1929
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) opinata Tournier, 1890
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) pseudabnormis Wolf, 1965
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) trivialis Dahlbom, 1843
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) wesmaeli Thomson, 1870
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) westerlundi Morawitz, 1893
Arachnospila (Anoplochares) minutula Dahlbom, 1842
Arachnospila (Anoplochares) spissa Schioedte, 1837
Arachnospila (Arachnospila) fumipennis Zetterstedt, 1838
Arachnospila (Arachnospila) rufa Haupt, 1927
Arachnospila (Arachnospila) sogdiana Morawitz, 1893
Arachnospila (Arachnospila) sogdianoides Wolf, 1964
Arachnospila guentheri Morawitz, 1893
Auplopus albifrons (Dalman, 1823)⇒ Auplopus arcuaticornis Wahis, 2006
Auplopus carbonarius Scopoli, 1763Spider wasp
Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808
Calicurgus hyalinatus Banks, 1933
Ceropales (Ceropales) maculata Fabricius, 1775Parasitic spider wasp
Ceropales pallida Ødegaard et ..., 2022
Deuteragenia immarginata (Gussakovskij, 1932)⇒ Dipogon immarginatus Gussakovskij, 1932
Deuteragenia vechti Day, 1979
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) bifasciatus Geoffroy, 1785
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) subintermedius Magretti, 1886
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Dipogon variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) vechti (Day, 1979)⇒ Deuteragenia vechti Day, 1979
Dipogon variegatum (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Dipogon variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841
Discoelius zonalis Panzer, 1801
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media Retzius, 1783Media Wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) omissa Bischoff, 1931
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) sylvestris Scopoli, 1763Tree wasp
Dolichovespula loekenae (Eck, 1980)⇒ Dolichovespula pacifica Birula, 1930
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula pacifica Birula, 1930
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Episyron albonotatum Vander Linden, 1827
Episyron arrogans Smith, 1873
Episyron ordinarius (Priesner, 1966)⇒ Episyron albonotatum Vander Linden, 1827
Episyron rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Red Legged Spider Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) coarctatus Linnaeus, 1758Heath Potter Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) pedunculatus Panzer, 1799
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) notatus Jurine, 1807
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1793
Evagetes (Evagetes) alamannicus Bluthgen, 1944
Evagetes (Evagetes) crassicornis Shuckard, 1837
Evagetes (Evagetes) dubius Vander Linden, 1827
Evagetes (Evagetes) pectinipes Linnaeus, 1758
Evagetes (Evagetes) proximus Dahlbom, 1843
Evagetes (Evagetes) sahlbergi Morawitz, 1893
Evagetes (Evagetes) subglaber Haupt, 1941
Gymnomerus laevipes Shuckard, 1837
Homonotus sanguinolentus Fabricius, 1793Bloody Spider-hunting Wasp
Microdynerus trinodus Bohart, 1955
Monosapyga clavicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Velvet Ant
Myrmosa atra Panzer, 1801Black Headed Velvet Ant
Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalus Gmelin, 1790Black Headed Mason Wasp
Odynerus (Odynerus) spinipes Linnaeus, 1758Spiny Mason Wasp
Odynerus (Spinicoxa) reniformis Gmelin, 1790
Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Polistes (Polistes) biglumis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) nimpha Christ, 1791
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) cordivalvata Haupt, 1927
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) exaltata Fabricius, 1775
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) fennica Haupt, 1927
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) hyalinata Fabricius, 1793
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) parvula (Dahlbom, 1845)⇒ Priocnemis perraudini Wolf, 1978
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) perraudini Wolf, 1978
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) pusilla Schioedte, 1837
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) schioedtei Haupt, 1927
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) agilis (Shuckard, 1837)⇒ Priocnemis agilis Shuckard, 1837
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) perturbator Harris, 1780
Priocnemis confusor Haupt, 1927
Pterocheilus phaleratus tuberculatus Blüthgen, 1955
Rhynchalastor picticrus Thomson, 1874
Sapyga clavicornis Linnaeus, 1758
Sapyga quinquepunctata Fabricius, 1781
Sapyga similis Fabricius, 1793
Scolia (Discolia) hirta Schrank, 1781
Smicromyrme rufipes Fabricius, 1787Small Velvet Ant
Stenodynerus picticrus (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Rhynchalastor picticrus Thomson, 1874
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) allobrogus Saussure, 1855
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) angustatus Zetterstedt, 1838
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) connexus Curtis, 1826
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) crassicornis Panzer, 1798
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) gracilis Brullé, 1832
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) murarius Linnaeus, 1758
Symmorphus mutinensis (Baldini, 1894)⇒ Symmorphus bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa muraria Linnæus, 1758
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespa spinipes Linnæus, 1758
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905Asian 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

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Norway
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
6
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
14
64
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySapygidae
Latreille, 1810
Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets
20
58
Genera
Species

Taxom



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