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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region South Brazil (Brazil)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
447
5281
10268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
447
5281
10268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
431
5219
10149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
275
4237
8364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
51
664
1566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
46
647
1541
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
409
1309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
4
75
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Brazil
4 Families width 142 Species and 2 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies91SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps43SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Brazil
75 Genera with 142 Species
#ABCDEHILMNOPQRSTZ
Agelaia Lepeletier, 18546SpeciesTaxom
Ageniella Banks, 192514SpeciesTaxom
Alphamenes Vecht, 1977
0SpeciesTaxom
Anacyphonyx Banks, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1906European tube wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1947Blue-Black Spider Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Aplochares Banks, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Apoica Lepeletier, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19464SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastra Perty, 1837Honey wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Brachygastre1SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Charterginus Fox, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Chartergus arizonaensis..., 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Darditilla Casal, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1899
Cow Killer0SpeciesTaxom
Dicranoplius Haupt, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Dielis Saussure & S..., 17871SpeciesTaxom
Dolichomutilla Ashmead, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ephuta Say, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Epipompilus Kohl, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Epsilon Saussure, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 02SpeciesTaxom
Hoplomutilla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypoferreola Ashmead, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Irenangelus Schulz, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Leipomeles Moebius, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Lophomutilla Mickel, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Lynchiatilla Casal, 1963
0SpeciesTaxom
Metapolybia Ducke, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Minagenia Banks, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 194517SpeciesTaxom
Monobia Saussure, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Notocyphus Smith, 19472SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18123SpeciesTaxom
Pachymenes Saussure, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Pappognatha Mickel, 1939
0SpeciesTaxom
Parachartergus Ihering, 18043SpeciesTaxom
Paragia Shuckard, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Paramasaris Cameron, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Paranortonia Bequaert, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1845Tarantula hawk10SpeciesTaxom
Pertyella Mickel, 1952
0SpeciesTaxom
Pirhosigma Giordani Soika, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Poecilopompilus Howard, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1791Paper nest wasps15SpeciesTaxom
Polybia Lepeletier, 179212SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemella Banks, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Protonectarina Ducke, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Protopolybia Ducke, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Rethus Cameron, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Santamenes Giordani Soika, 1990
0SpeciesTaxom
Sericopompilus Howard, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Stelopolybia Ducke, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Synoeca de Saussure, 1775Drumming wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Tallium André, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Traumatomutilla André, 18212SpeciesTaxom
Trimeria Saussure, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Zeta Saussure, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Zethus Fabricius, 19113SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Brazil
142 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agelaia cajennensis Fabricius, 1798
Agelaia multipicta Haliday, 1836
Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905
Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792
Agelaia panamensis Cameron, 1906
Agelaia vicina de Saussure, 1854
Ageniella (Cyrtagenia) innuba Evans, 1973
Ageniella banksii Waichert, 2018
Ageniella cleora Banks, 1946
Ageniella dolorosa Banks, 1946
Ageniella festina (Banks, 1917)⇒ Ageniella semitincta Banks, 1912
Ageniella flavipennis Banks, 1946
Ageniella insignis Banks, 1946
Ageniella insolens Banks, 1946
Ageniella marcida Banks, 1946
Ageniella otiosa Banks, 1946
Ageniella plagosa Banks, 1946
Ageniella rustica Fabricius, 1804
Ageniella thione Banks, 1946
Ageniella zeteki Banks, 1925
Anacyphonyx fidelis Banks, 1946
Ancistrocerus flavomarginatus Brèthes, 1906
Anoplius angustus Banks, 1947
Anoplius vestoris Banks, 1947
Anoplius virilis Banks, 1947
Aplochares adrastes Banks, 1947
Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804Central American Paper Wasp
Apoica (Apoica) pallida Olivier, 1791
Apoica (Apoica) thoracica Buysson, 1906
Auplopus amalotis Banks, 1946
Auplopus obscurus Priesner, 1967
Auplopus princeps Banks, 1946
Auplopus rufipes (Banks, 1946)⇒ Poecilagenia rufipes Priesner, 1955
Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille, 1824Black paper wasp
Brachygastra mellifica Say, 1837Mexican honey wasp
Brachygastre mellifica
Caliadurgus marginatus Banks, 1946
Ceropales taschenbergi Dalla Torre, 1897
Darditilla felina Burmeister, 1854
Dicranoplius nigritus Evans, 1969
Dielis dorsata Fabricius, 1787Scoliid wasp
Dolichomutilla guineensis sycorax
Ephuta icema Casal, 1969
Epipompilus excelsus Bradley, 1944
Epipompilus jocosus Evans, 1968
Epsilon dyscherum Saussure, 1853
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes rotundicollis Cameron, 0
Irenangelus clarus Evans, 1969
Leipomeles spilogastra Cameron, 1912
Metapolybia docilis Richards, 1978
Mischocyttarus (Artifex) cerberus Ducke, 1918
Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) bertonii Ducke, 1918
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) frontalis Fox, 1898
Mischocyttarus (Kappa) metathoracicus Saussure, 1854
Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) labiatus Fabricius, 1804
Mischocyttarus cassanunga Ihering, 1903
Mischocyttarus catharinaensis Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus claretianus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus curitybanus Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus extinctus Zikan, 1935
Mischocyttarus hoffmanni Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus mourei Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus plaumanni Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus richardsi Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus schadei Zikan, 1949
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Monobia angulosa Saussure, 1852
Monobia schrottkyi Berton, 1918
Mutilla coryphasia Péringuey, 1899
Notocyphus deceptus Banks, 1947
Notocyphus sigmoides Banks, 1947
Odynerus drewseni de Saussure, 0
Odynerus sylveirae Saussure, 1854
Pachodynerus argentinus Saussure, 1870
Pachodynerus guadulpensis Saussure, 1853
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Pachymenes picturatus (Fox, 1899)⇒ Pachymenes laeviventris Fox, 1899
Pachymenes sericeus Saussure, 1852
Pachymenes unicinctus Brèthes, 1906
Parachartergus apicalis Fabricius, 1804
Parachartergus compressus de Saussure, 1854
Parachartergus fraternus Fabricius, 1804
Paragia monocesta Snelling, 1986
Paramasaris brasiliensis Giordani Soika, 1974
Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Pepsis albocincta Smith, 1855
Pepsis amyntas Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis atalanta Mocsáry, 1885
Pepsis festiva Fabricius, 1804
Pepsis ianthina Erichson, 1848
Pepsis limbata Guérin, 1831
Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845
Pepsis ruficornis Fabricius, 1775Orange-horned Tarantula Hawk
Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843
Pepsis viridis Lepeletier, 1845
Pirhosigma limpidum Giordani Soika, 1978
Poecilopompilus eurymelus Banks, 1947
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) actaeon Haliday, 1836
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carnifex Fabricius, 1775Paper wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cavapyta Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cavapytiformis Richards, 1978
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) cinerascens Saussure, 1854
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) deceptor Schulz, 1905
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) erythrocephalus Latreille, 1813
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) ferreri Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) goeldii Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) instabilis Saussure, 1953Unstable Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) lanio Fabricius, 1775
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) occipitalis Ducke, 1904
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) pacificus Fabricius, 1804
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) simillimus Zikan, 1951
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791South American paper wasp
Polybia (Cylindroeca) rejecta Fabricius, 1798
Polybia (Myrapetra) barbouri Bequard, 1943
Polybia (Myrapetra) bistriata Fabricius, 1804
Polybia (Myrapetra) diguetana Buysson, 1905
Polybia (Myrapetra) fastidiosuscula Saussure, 1854
Polybia (Myrapetra) nidulatrix Bequard, 1933
Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791
Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris White, 1841
Polybia (Pedothoeca) emaciata Lucas, 1879
Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836
Polybia (Trichinothorax) minarum Ducke, 1906
Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792
Pompilus nigritus Fabricius, 1781
Protopolybia acutiscutis Cameron, 1906
Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854
Pseudomethoca pumila Burmeister, 1855
Quartinia hetaira Richards, 1962
Rhynchalastor abactus Brèthes, 1909
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Synoeca cyanea Fabricius, 1775
Traumatomutilla inermis Klug, 1821
Traumatomutilla ocellaris Klug, 1821
Trimeria americana Saussure, 1853
Trimeria howardi Berton, 1911
Zeta argillaceum Linnaeus, 1758Potter wasp
Zethus cinerascens Saussure, 1856
Zethus plaumanni Bohart & Stange, 1965
Zethus schrottkyanus Ihering, 1911

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in South Brazil
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
15
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
20
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
2
1
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
38
91
Genera
Species

Taxom



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