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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Ohio (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
512
5022
11222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
510
5017
11216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
485
4918
10959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
340
4206
9214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
69
916
1735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
59
839
1574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
248
896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
61
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ohio
5 Families width 168 Species and 34 Subspecies
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps99SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies53SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant8SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ohio
61 Genera with 168 Species
#ABCDEMOPRSTVZ
Ageniella Banks, 186711SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 18673SpeciesTaxom
Allaporus Banks, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1906European tube wasp9SpeciesTaxom
Andreimyrme Lelej, 01SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1944Blue-Black Spider Wasps27SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Arachnospila Kincaid, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 191010SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Calicurgus Lepeletier, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Calopompilus Ashmead, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 18232SpeciesTaxom
Cephalodynerus Parker, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Chirodamus Haliday, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1865Cow Killer2SpeciesTaxom
Dielis Saussure & S..., 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Dipogon Fox, 19579SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775Aerial Yellowjackets2SpeciesTaxom
Entypus Dahlbom, 18283SpeciesTaxom
Eoferreola Arnold, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Ephuta Say, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 19065SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 05SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1853Potter Wasp6SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 19198SpeciesTaxom
Minagenia Banks, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosa Latreille, 1824Velvet Ant1SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 18577SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1804
Tarantula hawk0SpeciesTaxom
Phanagenia Banks, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 2012Paper nest wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 18655SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 19128SpeciesTaxom
Priocnessus Banks, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodynerus Saussure, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphiglossa Saunders, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Sapyga Latreille, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Sapygina Costa, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Sericopompilus Howard, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerophthalma Mickel, 1928
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 17982SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1758Hornets2SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1854Ground Yellowjackets7SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 18372SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ohio
168 Species and 34 Subspecies
Ageniella (Ageniella) accepta Cresson, 1867
Ageniella (Ageniella) cupida Cresson, 1867
Ageniella (Ageniella) norata Banks, 1914
Ageniella (Ageniella) vogeli Townes, 1957
Ageniella (Leucophrus) fulgifrons Cresson, 1867
Ageniella (Leucophrus) semitincta Banks, 1912
Ageniella (Nemagenia) longula Cresson, 1867
Ageniella (Priophanes) agenioides Fox, 1893
Ageniella (Priophanes) faceta Cresson, 1872
Ageniella (Priophanes) placita
Ageniella petiolata Cresson, 1867
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) usurarius Tournier, 1889
Agenioideus (Rioestus) birkmanni Banks, 1910
Agenioideus humilis Cresson, 1867
Allaporus pulchellus Banks, 1910
Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853Bramble Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus adiabatus adiabatus Saussure, 1852
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus antilope antilope Panzer, 1798
Ancistrocerus birenimaculatus (Saussure, 1852)⇒ Ancistrocercus birenimaculatus
Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853Smiling Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus unifasciatus Saussure, 1853One-Banded Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus waldenii Viereck, 1906Walden’S Potter Wasp
Andreimyrme viriata nitela
Anoplius (Anoplius) alpinobalticus Wolf, 1965
Anoplius (Anoplius) depressipes Banks, 1919
Anoplius (Anoplius) illinoensis Robertson, 1901
Anoplius (Anoplius) ithaca Banks, 1912
Anoplius (Anoplius) ventralis Banks, 1910
Anoplius (Anoplius) virginiensis Cresson, 1867
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) americanus Beauvois, 1811Blue-Black Spider Wasp
Anoplius americanus americanus Palisot de B..., 1811
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) apiculatus Smith, 1855
Anoplius apiculatus autumnalis Banks, 1914
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) cylindricus Cresson, 1867
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) marginatus Say, 1824
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) percitus Evans, 1950
Anoplius rectangularis rectangularis
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) relativus Fox, 1893
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) semicinctus Dahlbom, 1843Half-Belted Blue-Black Spider Wasp
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) semirufus Cresson, 1867
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) splendens Dreisbach, 1949
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) subcylindricus Banks, 1917
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) tenebrosus Cresson, 1865
Anoplius (Lophopompilus) aethiops Cresson, 1865
Anoplius (Lophopompilus) atrox Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius (Lophopompilus) cleora Banks, 1917
Anoplius amethystinus atramentarius (Dahlbom, 1843)⇒ Anoplius lepidus atramentarius Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius lepidus atramentarius Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius carolina Banks, 1921
Anoplius imbellis Banks, 1944
Aporinellus completus Banks, 1917
Aporinellus yucatanensis Cameron, 1893
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Aporus (Aporus) niger Cresson, 1867
Arachnospila apicata (Provancher, 1882)⇒ Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882
Auplopus adjunctus Banks, 1911
Auplopus architectus Say, 1836
Auplopus caerulescens Dahlbom, 1843
Auplopus caerulescens subcorticalis Walsh, 1869
Auplopus carbonarius Scopoli, 1763Spider wasp
Auplopus mellipes Say, 1836Spider Wasp
Auplopus mellipes mellipes Say, 1836
Auplopus mellipes variitarsatus Dalla Torre, 1897
Auplopus nigrellus Banks, 1912
Auplopus odontocephalus Cameron, 1910
Belonogaster ornata Saussure, 1900
Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808
Caliadurgus fasciatellus alienatus (Smith, 1855)⇒ Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808
Calicurgus fasciatellus (Spinola, 1808)⇒ Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808
Calicurgus hyalinatus alienatus (Smith, 1855)⇒ Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808
Campsomeris plumipes Drury, 1770
Campsomeris plumipes confluenta Say, 1823
Ceropales (Bifidoceropales) elegans Cresson, 1872
Ceropales (Bifidoceropales) longipes Smith, 1855
Ceropales (Bifidoceropales) rugata Townes, 1957
Ceropales (Ceropales) maculata Fabricius, 1775Parasitic spider wasp
Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith, 1855
Chirodamus albopilosus Cresson, 1867
Chirodamus fortis Cresson, 1867
Cryptocheilus attenuatum Banks, 1933
Cryptocheilus attenuatus (Banks, 1933)⇒ Cryptocheilus attenuatum Banks, 1933
Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) calipterus Say, 1836
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) papago Banks, 1943
Dipogon papago anomalus Dreisbach, 1953
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) pulchripennis Cresson, 1867
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) sayi Banks, 1941
Dipogon sayi sayi Banks, 1941
Dipogon (Dipogon) brevis Cresson, 1867
Dipogon brevis brevis Cresson, 1867
Dipogon brevis recalvus Townes, 1957
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Entypus fulvicornis Cresson, 1867
Entypus unifasciatus Say, 1828Eastern Tawny-Horned Spider Wasp
Entypus unifasciatus unifasciatus Say, 1828
Eoferreola rhombica Christ, 1791
Ephuta puteola Blake, 1879
Episyron biguttatus Fabricius, 1798Two-Spotted Spider Wasp
Episyron biguttatus biguttatus Fabricius, 1798
Episyron quinquenotatus Say, 1835White-trimmed black wasp
Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus Say, 1835
Episyron snowi Viereck, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) crucifera Prov., 1888Cross Potter Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824Fraternal Potter Wasp
Eumenes crucifer Provancher, 1888
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) hidalgo Saussure, 1857Hidalgo Mason Wasp
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) megaera Lepeletier, 1841
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) schwarzi Krombein, 1962
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) foraminatus Saussure, 1853
Euodynerus foraminatus foraminatus Saussure, 1853
Evagetes asignus Dreisbach, 1956
Evagetes hyacinthinus Cresson, 1867
Evagetes ingenuus Cresson, 1867
Evagetes mohave Banks, 1933
Evagetes padrinus Viereck, 1903Spider wasp
Evagetes padrinus minusculus Banks, 1910
Evagetes parvus Cresson, 1865
Evagetes subangulatus Banks, 1919
Minagenia congrua Cresson, 1867
Minagenia julia Brimley, 1934
Minagenia montisdorsa Dreisbach, 1953
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763Four-toothed Mason Wasp
Myrmosa (Myrmosa) unicolor Say, 1824
Parancistrocerus histrio Lepeletier, 1841
Parancistrocerus leionotus Viereck, 1906
Parancistrocerus pedestris pedestris Saussure, 1855
Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus Saussure, 1856
Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus pensylvanicus Saussure, 1855
Parancistrocerus perennis Saussure, 1857
Parancistrocerus perennis perennis Saussure, 1857
Phanagenia bombycina Cresson, 1867
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) annularis Linnaeus, 1763Jack Spaniard Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) apachus Saussure, 1857
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) bellicosus (Cresson, 1872)⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carolina Linnaeus, 1767Red Paper Wasps
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793Dark Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831Metric Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) perplexus Cresson, 1872
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes parametricus Buck, 2012
Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882
Pompilus arctus Cresson, 1865
Pompilus doriae (Mantero, 1904)⇒ Agenioideus usurarius Tournier, 1889
Pompilus nigritus Fabricius, 1781
Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) cornica Say, 1836
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) germana Cresson, 1867
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) hestia Banks, 1915
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) notha Cresson, 1867
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) scitula Banks, 1912
Priocnemis scitula relicta Banks, 1912
Priocnemis scitula scitula Banks, 1912
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) minorata Banks, 1912
Priocnessus nebulosus Dahlbom, 1843
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus Say, 1837
Pseudomethoca frigida Smith, 1855
Rhaphiglossa symmorpha Saussure, 1852
Sapyga centrata Say, 1836
Sapyga louisi Krombein, 1938Louis'S Club-Horned Cuckoo Wasp
Sapygina louisi
Sapygina lugens manica Arnold, 1960
Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp
Scolia (Discolia) nobilitata Fabricius, 1805
Scolia bicincta Fabricius, 1775Double-banded Scoliid
Sericopompilus apicalis Say, 1835
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Stenodynerus ammonia paraensis Saussure, 1856
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) canadensis Saussure, 1855Canadian Potter Wasp
Synagris tropidia (Schletterer, 1891)⇒ Tricarinodynerus ventralis Saussure, 1890
Tachypompilus ferrugineus nigrescens Banks, 1944
Timulla (Timulla) dubitatiformis Mickel, 1937
Timulla (Timulla) vagans Fabricius, 1798
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870
Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978Downy Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770Southern Yellowjacket
Vespula vidua de Saussure, 1854Widow Yellowjacket
Zethus (Zethus) miscogaster Saussure, 1852
Zethus (Zethus) spinipes Say, 1837

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Ohio
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
8
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
28
99
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
3
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
20
53
Genera
Species

Taxom



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