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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Okayama (Chugoku, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
119
594
756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
119
594
756
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
107
564
721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
95
535
685
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
21
65
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
17
55
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
13
49
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
3
12
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Okayama
3 Families width 24 Species
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies22SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Okayama
12 Genera with 24 Species
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1894European tube wasp2SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Paranortonia Bequaert, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Parapolybia Saussure, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1862Paper nest wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19403SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 19753SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1868Hornets3SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1870Ground Yellowjackets1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Okayama
24 Species
Ancistrocerus japonicus Schulthess, 1908
Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Discoelius zonalis Panzer, 1801
Eumenes (Eumenes) fraterculus Dalla Torre, 1894
Eumenes (Eumenes) micado Cameron, 1904
Eumenes (Eumenes) rubrofemoratus Giordani Soika, 1941
Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Parapolybia indica Saussure, 1854
Parapolybia varia Fabricius, 1787
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) testaceicolor Bequard, 1937
Polistes (Polistella) nipponensis Perkins, 1905
Polistes (Polistella) snelleni de Saussure, 1862
Priocnemis mitakensis Ishikawa, 1954
Rhynchalastor chinensis Sk. Yamane &..., 1982
Rhynchalastor frauenfeldi de Saussure, 1867
Rhynchalastor tokyanus Kostylev, 1940
Scolia (Discolia) oculata Matsumura, 1911
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) foveolatus Gussakovsky, 1933
Symmorphus apiciornatus Cameron, 1911
Symmorphus cliens Giordani Soika, 1975
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa mandarinia Smith, 1852Asian giant hornet
Vespa simillima Smith, 1868Japanese hornet
Vespula flaviceps Smith, 1870

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Okayama
FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
1
1
Genus
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
10
22
Genera
Species

Taxom



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