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Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Switzerland (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
519
5821
17620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
5819
17618
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
494
5734
17452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
4726
15307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
52
597
1999
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
470
1320
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
233
952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
53
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Switzerland
5 Families width 154 Species and 14 Subspecies
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps67SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies82SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant3SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Switzerland
53 Genera with 154 Species
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Agenioideus Ashmead, 18274SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Allodynerus Bluthgen, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1776European tube wasp12SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1904Blue-Black Spider Wasps9SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 18092SpeciesTaxom
Arachnospila Kincaid, 195717SpeciesTaxom
Arachnotheutes Ashmead, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Batozonellus Arnold, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Celonites Latreille, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Dipogon Fox, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Discoelius Latreille, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Dolichomutilla Ashmead, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763Aerial Yellowjackets4SpeciesTaxom
Eoferreola Arnold, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 177312SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1976Potter Wasp3SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 19429SpeciesTaxom
Ferreola Lepeletier, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Gymnomerus Bluthgen, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1855Tarantula Hawks1SpeciesTaxom
Homonotus Dahlbom, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Katamenes Meade-Waldo, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Microdynerus Thomson, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosa Latreille, 1801Velvet Ant1SpeciesTaxom
Nanoclavelia Priesner, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Paragymnomerus Bluthgen, 18082SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Parodontodynerus Bluthgen, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Poecilagenia Haupt, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 2017Paper nest wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 178010SpeciesTaxom
Pseudepipona Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pterocheilus Klug, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 18395SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 18571SpeciesTaxom
Sapyga Latreille, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Scolia Fabricius, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 18395SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Tachyagetes Haupt, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1763Hornets5SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1758Ground Yellowjackets2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Switzerland
154 Species and 14 Subspecies
Agenioideus apicalis haematopus Lepeletier, 1845
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) cinctellus Spinola, 1808
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) nubecula Costa, 1874
Agenioideus (Agenioideus) sericeus Vander Linden, 1827
Alastor (Alastor) mocsaryi André, 1884
Allodynerus delphinalis Giraud, 1866
Allodynerus rossii Lepeletier, 1841
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus auctus Fabricius, 1793
Ancistrocerus claripennis (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)⇒ Ancistrocerus melanocerus Dalla Torre, 1894
Ancistrocerus oviventris Wesmael, 1836
Ancistrocerus oviventris caucasicus Gusenleitner, 1994
Ancistrocerus parietum Linnaeus, 1758Vespid wasp
Ancistrocerus quadratus Panzer, 1799
Ancistrocerus renimacula Lepeletier, 1841
Ancistrocerus trifasciatus Muller, 1776Caterpillar-hunting potter wasp
Anoplius (Anoplius) alpinobalticus Wolf, 1965
Anoplius (Anoplius) caviventris Aurivillius, 1907
Anoplius (Anoplius) concinnus Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius (Anoplius) nigerrimus Scopoli, 1763
Anoplius (Anoplius) tenuicornis (Tournier, 1889)⇒ Anoplius suspectus Saussure, 1904
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) infuscatus Vander Linden, 1827Dragging spider
Anoplius viaticus paganus Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius (Lophopompilus) samariensis Pallas, 1771
Anoplius suspectus Saussure, 1904
Aporus (Aporus) bicolor Spinola, 1808
Aporus planiceps Latreille, 1809
Arachnospila (Alpinopompilus) alpivaga Kohl, 1888
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) abnormis Dahlbom, 1842
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) anceps Wesmael, 1851
Arachnospila anceps peninsulana Wolf, 1966
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) ausa Tournier, 1890
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) colpostoma Kohl, 1886
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) fuscomarginata Thomson, 1870
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) nivalabnormis Wolf, 1965
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) opinata Tournier, 1890
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) pseudabnormis Wolf, 1965
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) silvana Kohl, 1886
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) trivialis Dahlbom, 1843
Arachnospila trivialis insubrica Wolf, 1965
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) valesabnormis Wolf, 1965
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) wesmaeli Thomson, 1870
Arachnospila (Anoplochares) minutula Dahlbom, 1842
Arachnospila usurata Blüthgen, 1957
Arachnotheutes rufithorax Costa, 1882
Auplopus carbonarius Scopoli, 1763Spider wasp
Auplopus odontocephalus Cameron, 1910
Batozonellus lacerticida Pallas, 1771
Belonogaster lateritius Gerst., 1857
Celonites (Celonites) abbreviatus Villers, 1789
Delta unguiculatum Villers, 1789
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) austriacus Wolf, 1964
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Dipogon variegata Linnaeus, 1758
Dipogon hircanum Fabricius, 1798
Dipogon nitidum Haupt, 1926
Discoelius dufourii Lepeletier, 1841
Discoelius zonalis Panzer, 1801
Dolichomutilla sycorax
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) omissa Bischoff, 1931
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) sylvestris Scopoli, 1763Tree wasp
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Eoferreola rhombica Christ, 1791
Episyron arrogans Smith, 1873
Episyron rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Red Legged Spider Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) coarctatus Linnaeus, 1758Heath Potter Wasp
Eumenes coarctatus lunulatus Fabricius, 1804
Eumenes (Eumenes) coronatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879
Eumenes (Eumenes) papillarius Christ, 1791
Eumenes (Eumenes) pedunculatus Panzer, 1799
Eumenes (Eumenes) sareptanus André, 1884
Eumenes sareptanus insolatus Müller, 1923
Eumenes (Eumenes) subpomiformis Bluethgen, 1938
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Eumenes lunulatus Fabricius, 1804
Eumenes maxillosus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) notatus Jurine, 1807
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) quadrifasciatus Fabricius, 1793
Euodynerus quadrifasciatus atripes Giordani Soika, 1976
Evagetes (Evagetes) alamannicus Bluthgen, 1944
Evagetes (Evagetes) dubius Vander Linden, 1827
Evagetes (Evagetes) implicatus Haupt, 1941
Evagetes (Evagetes) littoralis Wesmael, 1851
Evagetes (Evagetes) proximus Dahlbom, 1843
Evagetes (Evagetes) subglaber Haupt, 1941
Evagetes magrettii Kohl, 1886
Evagetes pilosellus Wesmael, 1851
Evagetes subnudus Haupt, 1942
Ferreola diffinis Lepeletier, 1845
Gymnomerus laevipes Shuckard, 1837
Hemipepsis vindex Smith, 1855
Homonotus sanguinolentus Fabricius, 1793Bloody Spider-hunting Wasp
Katamenes arbustorum Panzer, 1799
Leptochilus (Lionotulus) tarsatus Saussure, 1855
Microdynerus timidus Saussure, 1856
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, 1758Eastern Velvet Ant
Myrmosa atra Panzer, 1801Black Headed Velvet Ant
Nanoclavelia leucoptera Dahlbom, 1843
Odynerus (Odynerus) melanocephalus Gmelin, 1790Black Headed Mason Wasp
Odynerus (Spinicoxa) reniformis Gmelin, 1790
Odynerus delphinalis Gir., 0
Odynerus herrichii de Saussure, 1856
Paragymnomerus signaticollis Moravitz, 1883
Paragymnomerus spiricornis Spinola, 1808
Parancistrocerus leionotus leionotus Kirby & Spence, 1828
Parodontodynerus ephippium Klug, 1817
Poecilagenia rubricans Lepeletier, 1845
Polistes (Polistella) smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes stigma dubius Saussure, 1867
Polistes (Polistes) badius Gerst., 1873
Polistes (Polistes) biglumis Linnaeus, 1758
Polistes (Polistes) bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937
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 austroccidentalis van Achterbe..., 2017
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775Grey spider wasp
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) cordivalvata Haupt, 1927
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) diversa Junco y Reyes, 1946
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) exaltata Fabricius, 1775
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) fastigiata Haupt, 1934
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) fennica Haupt, 1927
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) melanosoma Kohl, 1880
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) mesobrometi Wolf, 1961
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) parvula (Dahlbom, 1845)⇒ Priocnemis perraudini Wolf, 1978
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) perraudini Wolf, 1978
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) perturbator Harris, 1780
Pseudepipona (Pseudepipona) herrichii Saussure, 1856Purbeck mason wasp
Pterocheilus phaleratus suarezi Gusenleitner, 1994
Rhynchalastor bluethgeni Vecht, 1971
Rhynchalastor chevrieranus de Saussure, 1856
Rhynchalastor picticrus Thomson, 1874
Rhynchalastor punctifrons Thomson, 1874
Rhynchalastor xanthomelas Herrich-SchÃ..., 1839
Ropalidia distigma Gerst., 1857
Sapyga quinquepunctata Fabricius, 1781
Scolia (Discolia) hirta Schrank, 1781
Stenodynerus bluethgeni (van der Vecht, 1971)⇒ Rhynchalastor bluethgeni Vecht, 1971
Stenodynerus chevrieranus Saussure, 1855
Stenodynerus picticrus (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Rhynchalastor picticrus Thomson, 1874
Stenodynerus punctifrons (Thomson, 1874)⇒ Rhynchalastor punctifrons Thomson, 1874
Stenodynerus xanthomelas (Herrich-Schä..., 1839)⇒ Rhynchalastor xanthomelas Herrich-SchÃ..., 1839
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) allobrogus Saussure, 1855
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) bifasciatus Linnaeus, 1761
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) crassicornis Panzer, 1798
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) debilitatus Saussure, 1855
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) murarius Linnaeus, 1758
Tachyagetes filicornis filicornis Tournier, 1890
Vespa coarctata Linnæus, 1758
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro germana (Christ, 1791)⇒ Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespa muraria Linnæus, 1758
Vespa parietum (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Dolichovespula sylvestris Scopoli, 1763
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Switzerland
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
19
67
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyScoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps
1
1
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
28
82
Genera
Species

Taxom



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