Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Rensselaer County (New York, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 235
1025
1395 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 234
1023
1393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 222
986
1318 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 164
863
1180 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 35
142
210 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 29
115
183 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 13
79
155 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
11
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Rensselaer County
3 Families width 16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Rensselaer County
11 Genera with 16 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1798 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplius Dufour, 1867 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceropales Latreille, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1918 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Episyron Schioedte, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1791 | Paper nest wasps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scolia Fabricius, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Symmorphus Wesmael, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1770 | Ground Yellowjackets | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Rensselaer County
16 Species and 1 Subspecies | Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798 | European potter wasp | | Anoplius (Anoplius) virginiensis Cresson, 1867 | | | Ceropales (Ceropales) maculata Fabricius, 1775 | Parasitic spider wasp | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775 | Aerial yellowjacket | | Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918 | Arctic yellowjacket | | Episyron biguttatus Fabricius, 1798 | Two-Spotted Spider Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831 | Metric Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Scolia (Discolia) dubia Say, 1837 | Blue-Winged Scoliid Wasp | | Symmorphus (Symmorphus) canadensis Saussure, 1855 | Canadian Potter Wasp | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Common European Yellowjacket | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Rensselaer County | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 3
3 | 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 | 7
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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