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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
2042
4455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
2041
4453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2029
4437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
188
1652
3788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
33
170
481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
32
169
480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
116
410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
28
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Saudi Arabia
4 Families width 39 Species and 6 Subspecies
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps21SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies9SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant7SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Saudi Arabia
28 Genera with 39 Species
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Agenioideus Ashmead, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Antodynerus o´neili Came..., 18561SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Arachnotheutes Ashmead, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Chlorodynerus Bluthgen, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Ctenagenia Saussure, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Dentilla Lelej & Zabokov, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 19133SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1775Aerial Yellowjackets1SpeciesTaxom
Ferreola Lepeletier, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 2000Tarantula Hawks1SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 02SpeciesTaxom
Omotilla Invrea, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Pedinpompilus Wolf, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Stolidia Priesner, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Tachyagetes Haupt, 19865SpeciesTaxom
Telostegus Costa, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Tricholabiodes Radoszkowski, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Trispilotilla Bischoff, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Trogaspidia Ashmead, 19202SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1771Hornets1SpeciesTaxom
Xenaporus Ashmead, 19551SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
39 Species and 6 Subspecies
Agenioideus (Rioestus) melas Klug, 1834
Antodynerus radialis Saussure, 1856
Arachnotheutes micans Haupt, 1962
Belonogaster arabica Giordani Soika, 1958
Belonogaster filiformis Saussure, 1854
Belonogaster juncea juncea Fabricius, 1781
Ceropales (Ceropales) yemeni Móczár, 1988
Chlorodynerus chloroticus Spinosa, 1838
Ctenagenia vespiformis Klug, 1834
Cyphononyx castaneus simonyi Kohl, 1906
Cyphononyx rathjensi Wahis, 2000
Dentilla ehrenbergi Lelej, 0
Dentilla testacea Klug, 1829
Dicyrtomellus erioxyloniferus
Dicyrtomellus mimus Priesner, 1955
Dicyrtomellus polyspathus Morice, 1913
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Ferreola sagax Kohl, 1886
Hemipepsis buchardi Wahis, 2000
Leptochilus limbiferus achaeus Gusenleitner, 1970
Micromeriella aureola aureola
Micromeriella hyalina hyalina
Omotilla conjuncta Klug, 1829
Pedinpompilus saudianus Wolf, 1978
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Ropalidia aethiopica aethipica
Stolidia noscibilis Kohl, 1906
Tachyagetes sericans Klug, 1834
Tachyagetes sericeus Spinola, 1838
Tachyagetes tutenchamon Wolf, 1987
Tachyagetes yemeniticus Wolf, 1986
Tachyagetes zarzinus Wolf, 1986
Telostegus vachali Saunders, 1901
Tricholabiodes chloroticus Gribodo, 188..., 1884
Trispilotilla senegalensis Guerin-Menev..., 1831
Trogaspidia (Acutitropidia) nilotica Bischoff, 1920
Trogaspidia (Trogaspidia) miniaticeps Bischoff, 1920
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771Oriental hornet
Xenaporus rishedensis Priesner, 1955

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Saudi Arabia
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
15
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
1
2
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
7
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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