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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Santa Elena (Starr County, Texas, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
165
790
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
165
790
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
162
777
645
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
127
689
576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
28
128
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
27
127
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
79
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
25
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Santa Elena (Starr County)
4 Families width 8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies4SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Santa Elena (Starr County)
25 Genera with 8 Species
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Ageniella Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1834
Blue-Black Spider Wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 01SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1837Honey wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1871Cow Killer1SpeciesTaxom
Ephuta Say, 1836
0SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 01SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904
Potter Wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1844
Tarantula Hawks0SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1798Tarantula hawk2SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopompilus Howard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1953Paper nest wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Priocnessus Banks, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Santa Elena (Starr County)
8 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Dasymutilla canella Blake, 1871
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Pepsis (Pepsis) mexicana Lucas, 1894
Pepsis grossa Fabricius, 1798
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953Unstable Paper Wasp
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Santa Elena (Starr County)
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
5
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
11
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyVespidae
Leach, 1815
And Allies, Hornets, Indet. Wasp, Mason Wasps, Paper wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social Wasps, Vespid wasps, Wasps, Yellowjackets
8
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Vespoidea at artfakta.se
Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
Vespoidea at itis.gov