Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Philadelphia County (Pennsylvania, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 163
633
801 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 163
633
801 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 155
604
757 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 134
572
716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 27
102
98 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 25
93
87 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 13
45
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 4
13
15 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Philadelphia County
4 Families width 15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Philadelphia County
13 Genera with 15 Species | Anoplius Dufour, 1843 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899 | Cow Killer | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmosa Latreille, 1824 | Velvet Ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1857 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1793 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1904 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Philadelphia County
15 Species and 1 Subspecies | Anoplius (Lophopompilus) aethiops Cresson, 1865 | | | Anoplius (Lophopompilus) atrox Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775 | Aerial yellowjacket | | Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824 | Fraternal Potter Wasp | | Eumenes flavus leptogaster | | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Myrmosa (Myrmosa) unicolor Say, 1824 | | | Parancistrocerus leionotus Viereck, 1906 | | | Parancistrocerus perennis Saussure, 1857 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) annularis Linnaeus, 1763 | Jack Spaniard Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Pseudomethoca frigida Smith, 1855 | | | Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837 | Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp | | Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978 | Downy Yellowjacket | | Vespula intermedia (du Buysson, 1904) | ⇒ Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986 |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Philadelphia County | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 1
1 | Genus
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 | 6
10 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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