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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
546
5554
13778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
542
5540
13730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
512
5443
13568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
333
4250
11221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
57
686
1774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
47
624
1623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
261
904
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
76
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Portugal
5 Families width 172 Species and 21 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies80SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps63SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant18SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Portugal
76 Genera with 172 Species
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Agelaia Lepeletier, 18046SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 18407SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Amblyellus Day, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1841European tube wasp12SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1846Blue-Black Spider Wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Anospilus Haupt, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 18083SpeciesTaxom
Arachnospila Kincaid, 19339SpeciesTaxom
Arachnotheutes Ashmead, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Batozonellus Arnold, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeriella Betrem, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Celonites Latreille, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 17901SpeciesTaxom
Colpa Lepeletier, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 17905SpeciesTaxom
Ctenagenia Saussure, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabris Radoszkowski, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1865Cow Killer2SpeciesTaxom
Dasyscolia Bradley, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Dipogon Fox, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763Aerial Yellowjackets3SpeciesTaxom
Entomobora Gistel, 18272SpeciesTaxom
Eoferreola Arnold, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 194311SpeciesTaxom
Eumicrodynerus Gusenleitner, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1793Potter Wasp2SpeciesTaxom
Eustenancistrocerus Blüthgen, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Gymnomerus Bluthgen, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Jugurtia Saussure, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 18554SpeciesTaxom
Megascolia Betrem, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Microdynerus Thomson, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Microphadnus Cameron, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Myrmilla Wesmael, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Odontodynerus Bluthgen, 02SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18375SpeciesTaxom
Onychopterocheilus Bluthgen, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnomerus Bluthgen, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Parodontodynerus Bluthgen, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Physetopoda Schuster, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1889Paper nest wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 19226SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepipona Saussure, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pterocheilus Klug, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchium Spinola, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Ronisia Costa, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Sapyga Latreille, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 17936SpeciesTaxom
Sigilla Skorikov, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Smicromyrme Thomson, 19574SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Stenomutilla André, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Syneuodynerus Blüthgen, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1804Drumming wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Tachyagetes Haupt, 19595SpeciesTaxom
Telostegus Costa, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Traumatomutilla André, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Tropidodynerus Bluthgen, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Tropidotilla Bischoff, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1905Hornets6SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1758Ground Yellowjackets2SpeciesTaxom
Xenaporus Ashmead, 19671SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portugal
172 Species and 21 Subspecies
Agelaia angulata Fabricius, 1804
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia constructor Saussure, 1854
Agelaia fulvofasciata Deg., 1773
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Agelaia testacea Fabricius, 1804
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) nubecula Costa, 1874
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) sericeus Vander Linden, 1827
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) usurarius Tournier, 1889
Agenioideus (Mimochares) coronatus Nouvel & Ribaut, 1958
Agenioideus (Rioestus) excisus Morawitz, 1890
Agenioideus (Schizanoplius) ciliatus Lepeletier, 1845
Agenioideus (Schizanoplius) dichrous Brullé, 1840
Alastor antigae Buysson, 1903
Amblyellus hasdrubal Kohl, 1894
Ancistrocerus auctus Fabricius, 1793
Ancistrocerus biphaleratus Saussure, 1852
Ancistrocerus biphaleratus triphaleratus Saussure, 1856
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus longispinosus Saussure, 1855
Ancistrocerus lucasius Maindron, 1882
Ancistrocerus madaera Saussure, 1852
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus parietinus Linnaeus, 1758Wall Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758Vespid wasp
Ancistrocerus renimacula Lepeletier, 1841
Anoplius (Anoplius) concinnus Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius (Anoplius) nigerrimus Scopoli, 1763
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus Linnaeus, 1758Black Banded Spider Wasp
Anoplius viaticus nigripennis Tournier, 1890
Anoplius samariensis grandis Eversmann, 1846
Anospilus (Anospilus) intactus Tournier, 1889
Anospilus (Anospilus) orbitalis Costa, 1863
Antepipona deflenda S. S. Saunders, 1853
Antepipona orbitalis Herrich-Schä..., 1839
Antepipona tydides Cameron, 1904
Aporinellus (Aporinellus) sexmaculatus Spinola, 1805
Aporinellus sexmaculatus asiaticus Gussakowskij, 1935
Aporus (Aporus) bicolor Spinola, 1808
Aporus bicolor hirtipennis Saunders, 1901
Aporus (Aporus) unicolor Spinola, 1808
Arachnospila (Alpinopompilus) nuda Tournier, 1890
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) anceps Wesmael, 1851
Arachnospila anceps peninsulana Wolf, 1966
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) ausa Tournier, 1890
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) silvana Kohl, 1886
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) trivialis Dahlbom, 1843
Arachnospila (Arachnospila) rufa Haupt, 1927
Arachnospila (Melanospila) esau Kohl, 1886
Arachnospila esau rufocincta Haupt, 1933
Arachnotheutes turgidus Tournier, 1890
Auplopus carbonarius Scopoli, 1763Spider wasp
Auplopus ichnusus Wolf, 1960
Auplopus rectus ater Haupt, 1930
Batozonellus lacerticida Pallas, 1771
Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) thoracica Fabricius, 1787
Celonites (Celonites) mayeti Richards, 1962
Ceramius fonscolombei Latreille, 1810
Ceropales (Ceropales) albicincta Rossius, 1790
Colpa (Colpa) sexmaculata Fabricius, 1781
Colpa (Heterelis) quinquecincta Fabricius, 1793
Colpa quinquecincta occidentalis Betrem & Bra..., 1972
Cryptocheilus (Adonta) fischeri Spinola, 1838
Cryptocheilus (Adonta) hispanicus Sustera, 1924
Cryptocheilus (Adonta) variabilis Rossius, 1790
Cryptocheilus (Chyphonocheilus) rubellus Eversmann, 1846
Cryptocheilus (Cryptocheilus) octomaculatus Rossius, 1790
Ctenagenia vespiformis Klug, 1834
Dasylabris (Inbaltilla) lugubris Fabricius, 1804
Dasylabris atrata Linnaeus, 1767
Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865
Dasyscolia ciliata Fabricius, 1787
Delta unguiculatum Villers, 1789
Dicyrtomellus tingitanus Wolf, 1966
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Dipogon variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Dipogon variegatum (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Dipogon variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) sylvestris Scopoli, 1763Tree wasp
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Entomobora crassitarsis Costa, 1887
Entomobora fuscipennis Vander Linden, 1827
Eoferreola manticata Pallas, 1771
Episyron arrogans Smith, 1873
Episyron funerarius Tournier, 1890
Episyron rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Red Legged Spider Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) coarctatus Linnaeus, 1758Heath Potter Wasp
Eumenes coarctatus lunulatus Fabricius, 1804
Eumenes coarctatus maroccanus Gusenleitner, 1972
Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) dubius Saussure, 1852
Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes (Eumenes) papillarius Christ, 1791
Eumenes (Eumenes) pomiformis Fabricius, 1781
Eumenes (Eumenes) subpomiformis Bluethgen, 1938
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes punctaticlypeus Giordani Soika, 1943
Eumicrodynerus longicorpus Gusenleitner, 1976
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) dantici Rossi, 1790
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) variegatus Fabricius, 1793
Eustenancistrocerus (Parastenancistrocerus) amadanensis Saussure, 1855
Evagetes (Evagetes) dubius Vander Linden, 1827
Evagetes (Evagetes) tumidosus Tournier, 1890
Gymnomerus laevipes Shuckard, 1837
Jugurtia biskrensis Bequard, 1937
Jugurtia dispar Dufour, 1851
Leptochilus (Euleptochilus) duplicatus Klug, 1835
Leptochilus (Lionotulus) alpestris Saussure, 1855
Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) ibizanus von Schulthess, 1934
Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) regulus Saussure, 1855
Megascolia (Regiscolia) bidens Linneus, 1767
Megascolia (Regiscolia) maculata Drury, 1773Mammoth wasp
Megascolia maculata flavifrons Fabricius, 1775
Microdynerus (Alastorynerus) microdynerus Dalla Torre, 1889
Microphadnus pumilus Costa, 1882
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Myrmilla (Eurygnathilda) calva Villers, 1789
Myrmilla (Myrmilla) capitata Lucas, 1849
Odontodynerus deflendus Saunders, 0
Odontodynerus orbitalis Herrich-Schä..., 0
Odynerus (Spinicoxa) navasi Dusmet, 1903
Odynerus delphinalis Gir., 0
Odynerus egregius (Viereck, 1906)⇒ Euodynerus pratensis Saussure, 1870
Odynerus emortualis de Saussure, 1853
Odynerus oculatus (Say, 1837)⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824
Onychopterocheilus matritensis Dusmet, 1909
Parabatozonus lacerticida Pallas, 1771
Paragymnomerus signaticollis Moravitz, 1883
Parodontodynerus ephippium Klug, 1817
Physetopoda pusilla Klug, 1835
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) dominulus (Christ, 1791)⇒ Polistes dominula Christ, 1791
Polistes (Polistes) gallicus Linnaeus, 1767Paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) nimpha Christ, 1791
Polistes (Polistes) semenowi Morawitz, 1889
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) diversa Junco y Reyes, 1946
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) fastigiata Haupt, 1934
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) propinqua Lepeletier, 1845
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) corax Gussakowskij, 1930
Priocnemis faillae corax (Gussakovskij, 1930)⇒ Priocnemis corax Gussakowskij, 1930
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) fallax Verhoeff, 1922
Pseudepipona fastidiosissima de Saussure, 0
Pterocheilus phaleratus tuberculatus Blüthgen, 1955
Rhynchium oculatum ibericum Giordani Soika, 1966
Ronisia barbarula Petersen, 1988
Ronisia ghilianii Spinola, 1843
Sapyga quinquepunctata Fabricius, 1781
Scolia (Discolia) hirta Schrank, 1781
Scolia hirta hirta Schrank, 1781
Scolia (Scolia) erythrocephala Fabricius, 1798
Scolia (Scolia) sexmaculata O. F. Muller, 1766
Scolia sexmaculata sexmaculata O. F. Müller, 1766
Scolia quinquecincta Fabricius, 1793
Sigilla dorsata Fabricius, 1798
Smicromyrme ingauna Invrea, 1958
Smicromyrme partita Klug, 1835
Smicromyrme rufipes Fabricius, 1787Small Velvet Ant
Smicromyrme suberrata Invrea, 1957
Stenodynerus fastidiosissimus Saussure, 1855
Stenomutilla (Stenomutilla) argentata Villers, 1789
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) gracilis Brullé, 1832
Syneuodynerus egregius Herrich-Schä..., 1839
Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767
Synoeca virginea Fabricius, 1804
Tachyagetes aegyptiacus aegyptiacus Priesner, 1955
Tachyagetes (Tachyagetes) iberomaculatus Wolf, 1975
Tachyagetes (Tachyagetes) immaculatus Wolf, 1975
Tachyagetes (Tachyagetes) leucocnemis Haupt, 1930
Tachyagetes (Tachyagetes) maculatus Nouvel & Ribaut, 1959
Telostegus delicatus Haupt, 1930
Traumatomutilla americana Linnaeus, 1758
Traumatomutilla ocellaris Klug, 1821
Tropidodynerus (Tropidodynerus) fertoni Dusmet, 1925
Tropidotilla litoralis Petagna, 1787
Vespa coarctata Linnæus, 1758
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836Asian Hornet
Vespa velutina nigrithorax Buysson, 1905Asian hornet
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Xenaporus (Baguenaia) schmidti Priesner, 1967

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Portugal
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
10
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
26
63
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySapygidae
Latreille, 1810
Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
5
10
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
34
80
Genera
Species

Taxom



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Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
Vespoidea at itis.gov