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Checklist of Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
for Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
633
8871
31367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
629
8860
31350
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
599
8751
31129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
6950
25723
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
61
951
2476
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
56
923
2424
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
268
867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
47
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Polynesia
4 Families width 110 Species and 11 Subspecies
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant11SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies76SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae (Latreille, 1805)Pompilid wasps21SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Polynesia
47 Genera with 110 Species
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Aglaotilla Brothers, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776European tube wasp3SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1893Blue-Black Spider Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 18381SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Chelodynerus Perkins, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Chirodamus Haliday, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 18302SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1845Cow Killer4SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 19287SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1793Aerial Yellowjackets2SpeciesTaxom
Ephutomorpha André, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Epipompilus Kohl, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 03SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1807Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Hadrotilla Bischoff, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Leomeris Betrem, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Nesodynerus Perkins, 016SpeciesTaxom
Odontomutilla Ashmead, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 190713SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Parodynerus Saussure, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Phimenes Giordani Soika, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps14SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 19878SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopterocheilus Perkins, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Radumeris Betrem, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Smicromyrme Thomson, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Sphictostethus Kohl, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Trichocurgus Haupt, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 0Hornets3SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1857Ground Yellowjackets7SpeciesTaxom
Zavatilla Tsuneki, 20182SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
110 Species and 11 Subspecies
Aglaotilla submetallescens Turner, 1916
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Anoplius (Anoplius) toluca Cameron, 1893Spider wasp
Antepipona kassalensis Giordani Soika, 1939
Anterhynchium (Epiodynerus) rufipes Fabricius, 1775
Auplopus carbonarius Scopoli, 1763Spider wasp
Ceropales (Ceropales) maculata Fabricius, 1775Parasitic spider wasp
Chelodynerus chelifer Perkins, 1899
Cryptocheilus (Cryptocheilus) octomaculatus Rossius, 1790
Cryptocheilus australis Guérin, 1830Golden Spider Wasp
Dasymutilla monticola Cresson, 1865
Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865
Dasymutilla vestita Lepeletier, 1845
Delta campaniforme Fabricius, 1775Yellow and black potter wasp
Delta campaniforme campaniforme Fabricius, 1775Yellow and black potter wasp
Delta campaniforme esuriens de Saussure, 0Wasp
Delta esuriens Fabricius, 1787
Delta latreillei petiolaris Schulz, 1904Wasp
Delta pyriforme Fabricius, 1775Potter Wasp
Delta pyriforme philippinense Bequaert, 1928Black potter wasp
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Ephutomorpha bivulnerata André, 1901
Epipompilus insularis Kohl, 1884
Eumenes (Eumenes) bollii Cresson, 1872
Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) notatus Jurine, 1807
Evagetes padrinus Viereck, 1903Spider wasp
Hadrotilla helle helle Perinquey, 1898
Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970
Leptochilus sarticus Blüthgen, 1939
Micromeriella marginella Klug, 1810Wasp
Mischocyttarus (Phi) flavitarsis Saussure, 1854Wasp
Nesodynerus conifer Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus cyphotes Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus dilatipes Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus heterochromus Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus leiodemas Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus obscurepunctatus Blackburn & ..., 0
Nesodynerus orbus Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus peles Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus pseudochromus Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus rubritinctus Smith, 1879
Nesodynerus rubropustulatus Blackburn, 1886
Nesodynerus rudolphi Dalla Torre, 1889
Nesodynerus scoriaceus Perkins, 0
Nesodynerus subegens Perkins, 1910
Nesodynerus vittativentris Perkins, 1899
Nesodynerus xerophilus Perkins, 0
Odontomutilla natalensis Bradley & Be..., 1923
Odynerus blackburni Blackburn & ..., 1880
Odynerus cyanopterus de Saussure, 0
Odynerus dromedarius Blackburn & ..., 1886
Odynerus dubiosus Smith, 1879
Odynerus eucharis Perkins, 1901
Odynerus eutretus Perkins, 1902
Odynerus insulicola (Dalla Torre, 1894)⇒ Rhynchalastor fastidiosissimus Moravitz, 1867
Odynerus kirbyi Dalla Torre, 1889
Odynerus montanus Smith, 1879
Odynerus oahuensis Dalla Torre, 1889
Odynerus paludicola Perkins, 1901
Odynerus pseudochromoides Perkins, 1907
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Paracyphononyx diversus Dahlbom, 1845
Paracyphononyx pedestris Smith, 1855Spider wasp
Parancistrocerus fulvipes Saussure, 1856Potter wasp
Parodynerus bicinctus Fabricius, 1781
Phimenes curvatus Saussure, 1856Black delta vespid wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) apachus Saussure, 1857
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aurifer (Saussure, 1853)⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) exclamans Viereck, 1906Paper wasp
Polistes fuscatus aurifer Saussure, 0Golden paper wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) jokahamae Radoszkowski, 1887Paper wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972
Polistes (Megapolistes) tepidus Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Polistella) humilis Fabricius, 1781Australian Paper Wasp
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis Fabricius, 1793Asian paper wasp
Polistes chinensis antennalis Perkins, 1905
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Pompilus luctuosus (Cresson, 1865)⇒ Dicyrtomellus tingitanus Wolf, 1966
Priocnemis (Trichocurgus) carbonarius (Smith, 1855)⇒ Priocnemis ni1idiventris Smith, 1878
Priocnemis (Trichocurgus) conformis Smith, 1876
Priocnemis (Trichocurgus) crawi Harris, 1987
Priocnemis (Trichocurgus) monachus Smith, 1855
Priocnemis (Trichocurgus) ni1idiventris Smith, 1878
Priocnemis (Trichocurgus) nitidiventris Smith, 1878
Priocnemis (Trichocurgus) ordishi Harris, 1987
Pseudopterocheilus relictus Perkins, 1899
Radumeris tasmaniensis Saussure, 1855
Rhynchium quinquecinctum Fabricius, 1787
Sphictostethus calvus Harris, 1987
Sphictostethus fugax (Fabricus, 1775)⇒ Sphictostethus nitidus Fabricius, 1775
Sphictostethus nitidus Fabricius, 1775Golden hunter wasp
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Tachypompilus analis Fabricius, 1781Red-tailed spider wasp
Timulla (Timulla) suspensa Gerstaecker, 1874
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa dasypodia
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) germanica (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Vespula germanica Fabricius, 1793
Vespula (Vespula) vulgaris (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Vespula vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Vespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857Western yellow jacket
Zavatilla flavotegulata Chen, 1957
Zavatilla nepalensis Zhou & Lelej, 2018

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Polynesia
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
8
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
13
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
4
2
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
22
76
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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