Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Penobscot County (Maine, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 294
1559
2595 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 293
1557
2593 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 277
1495
2458 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 207
1302
2200 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 36
202
349 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 28
160
285 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 13
85
206 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
15
22 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Penobscot County
3 Families width 22 Species and 2 Subspecies
Genera for Penobscot County
15 Genera with 22 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1798 | European tube wasp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1865 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caliadurgus Pate, 1808 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1865 | Cow Killer | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dipogon Fox, 1941 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1824 | Potter Wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1791 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilus Fabricius, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Priocnemis Schiødte, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1978 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Penobscot County
22 Species and 2 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853 | Bramble Mason Wasp | | Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798 | European potter wasp | | Anoplius (Lophopompilus) aethiops Cresson, 1865 | | | Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808 | | | Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Eastern Velvet Ant | | Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865 | | | Dipogon (Deuteragenia) sayi Banks, 1941 | | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775 | Aerial yellowjacket | | Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856) | ⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906 | | Eumenes (Eumenes) crucifera Prov., 1888 | Cross Potter Wasp | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Euodynerus (Euodynerus) annulatus Say, 1824 | | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Pompilus luctuosus (Cresson, 1865) | ⇒ Dicyrtomellus tingitanus Wolf, 1966 | | Priocnemis (Umbripennis) minorata Banks, 1912 | | | Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907 | | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978 | Downy Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Penobscot County | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 1
2 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 5
5 | 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 | 9
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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