Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Orange County (California, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 247
1114
1428 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 247
1114
1428 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 236
1077
1374 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
900
1159 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 30
148
231 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 27
141
225 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 15
108
198 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
13
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Orange County (California)
4 Families width 12 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Orange County (California)
13 Genera with 12 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1853 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1843 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899 | Cow Killer | 0 | Species | Taxom | Ephuta Say, 1836 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lomachaeta Mickel, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachodynerus Saussure, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pepsis Fabricius, 1857 | Tarantula hawk | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1853 | Paper nest wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1857 | Ground Yellowjackets | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Orange County (California)
12 Species and 2 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853 | Bramble Mason Wasp | | Anoplius amethystinus atramentarius (Dahlbom, 1843) | ⇒ Anoplius lepidus atramentarius Dahlbom, 1843 | | Anoplius lepidus atramentarius Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Lomachaeta chionothrix Pitts & Manley, 2004 | | | Pachodynerus guadulpensis Saussure, 1853 | | | Pepsis mildei Stål, 1857 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aurifer (Saussure, 1853) | ⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793 | | Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837 | Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Common European Yellowjacket | | Vespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857 | Western yellow jacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Orange County (California) | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 4
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 2
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 2
1 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Vespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets | 5
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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