Checklist of Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 514
6360
16212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
6356
16208 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 486
6227
15868 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 306
4996
13412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 51
534
1395 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 46
514
1379 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 17
277
1145 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 5
33
99 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Venezuela
5 Families width 99 Species and 7 Subspecies
Genera for Venezuela
31 Genera with 99 Species
| Agelaia Lepeletier, 1792 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Apoica Lepeletier, 1804 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aporus Spinola, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atopagenia Wasbauer, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Auplopus Spinola, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Brachygastra Perty, 1854 | Honey wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ceropales Latreille, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphomenes Giordani Soika, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entypus Dahlbom, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epipona Latreille, 1797 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hoplomutilla Ashmead, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypalastoroides Saussure, 1982 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Irenangelus Schulz, 1969 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lomachaeta Mickel, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metapolybia Ducke, 1978 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mischocyttarus Saussure, 1945 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Olixon Cameron, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachodynerus Saussure, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragia Shuckard, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pepsis Fabricius, 1843 | Tarantula hawk | 44 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1972 | Paper nest wasps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Polybia Lepeletier, 1792 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Protopolybia Ducke, 1854 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synoeca de Saussure, 1767 | Drumming wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Timulla Ashmead, 1841 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tobantilla Casal, 2011 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Traumatomutilla André, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zeta Saussure, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zethus Fabricius, 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Venezuela
99 Species and 7 Subspecies | Agelaia areata Say, 1837 | | | Agelaia multipicta Haliday, 1836 | | | Agelaia myrmecophila Ducke, 1905 | | | Agelaia pallipes Olivier, 1792 | | | Apoica (Apoica) pallens Fabricius, 1804 | Central American Paper Wasp | | Aporus (Aporus) idris | | | Atopagenia menkei Wasbauer, 1987 | | | Auplopus crassus Priesner, 1967 | | | Auplopus cyaneus Dreisbach, 1963 | | | Brachygastra augusti Saussure, 1854 | | | Ceropales (Bifidoceropales) cubensis Cresson, 1865 | | | Cyphomenes anisitsii ornatissimus Giordani Soika, 1978 | | | Entypus aurifrons Banks, 1946 | | | Entypus carinatus Fox, 0 | | | Epipona niger Brèthes, 1926 | | | Epipona tatua Cuv., 1797 | | | Hoplomutilla paradoxa | | | Hypalastoroides (Hypalastoroides) pulchricolor Giordani Soika, 1982 | | | Hypalastoroides impunctatus Giordani Soika, 1982 | | | Irenangelus furtivus Evans, 1969 | | | Irenangelus ichneumonoides Ducke, 1908 | | | Irenangelus lucidus Evans, 1969 | | | Lomachaeta hyphantria Pitts & Manley, 2004 | | | Metapolybia nigra Richards, 1978 | | | Mischocyttarus (Clypeopolybia) heliconius Richards, 1941 | | | Mischocyttarus (Mischocyttarus) drewseni RAPOSO FILHO, 1954 | | | Mischocyttarus (Phi) angulatus Richards, 1945 | | | Mischocyttarus (Phi) cubensis Saussure, 1854 | | | Mischocyttarus duidensis Richards, 1945 | | | Olixon testaceum Cameron, 1887 | | | Pachodynerus carpenteri Willink & Ro..., 1998 | | | Paragia monocesta Snelling, 1986 | | | Pepsis (Gigantopepsis) marginata Beauvois, 1809 | | | Pepsis adonta Vardy, 2005 | | | Pepsis amyntas Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis assimilis Banks, 1946 | | | Pepsis atalanta Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis atripennis Fabricius, 1804 | | | Pepsis auriguttata Burmeister, 1872 | | | Pepsis aurozonata Smith, 1855 | | | Pepsis cassiope Mocsáry, 1888 | | | Pepsis chrysoptera Burmeister, 1872 | | | Pepsis cyanescens Lepeletier, 1845 | | | Pepsis cybele Banks, 1945 | | | Pepsis dimidiata Fabricius, 1804 | | | Pepsis egregia Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis elongata Lepeletier, 1845 | | | Pepsis equestris Erichson, 1848 | | | Pepsis frivaldszkyi Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis gracilis Lepeletier, 1845 | | | Pepsis gracillima Taschenberg, 1869 | | | Pepsis grossa Fabricius, 1798 | | | Pepsis heros (Fabricius, 1798) | ⇒ Pepsis marginata Beauvois, 1809 | | Pepsis hyalinipennis Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis hymenaea Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis ianthina Erichson, 1848 | | | Pepsis infuscata (Spinola, 1841) | ⇒ Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843 | | Pepsis luteicornis Fabricius, 1804 | | | Pepsis menechma Lepeletier, 1845 | | | Pepsis montezuma Smith, 1855 | | | Pepsis nana Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis optima Smith, 1879 | | | Pepsis pilosa Banks, 1946 | | | Pepsis plutus Erichson, 1848 | | | Pepsis pulszkyi Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis purpurea Smith, 1873 | | | Pepsis purpureipes Packard, 1869 | | | Pepsis sabina Mocsáry, 1885 | | | Pepsis seladonica Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Pepsis smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Pepsis sommeri Dahlbom, 1845 | | | Pepsis terminata Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Pepsis tricuspidata Gribodo, 1894 | | | Pepsis viridisetosa Spinola, 1841 | | | Pepsis vitripennis Smith, 1855 | | | Pepsis xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) canadensis Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Polistes lanio weberi Bequard, 1940 | | | Polistes major weyrauchi Bequard, 1940 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) myersi Bequard, 1934 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) peruvianus Bequard, 1934 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) versicolor Olivier, 1791 | South American paper wasp | | Polistes stenopus stenopus van der Vecht, 1972 | | | Polybia (Myrapetra) occidentalis Olivier, 1791 | | | Polybia occidentalis occidentalis | | | Polybia occidentalis venezuelana Giordani Soika, 1965 | | | Polybia (Trichinothorax) ignobilis Haliday, 1836 | | | Polybia (Trichinothorax) sericea Olivier, 1792 | | | Protopolybia chartergoides Gribodo, 1891 | | | Protopolybia sedula Saussure, 1854 | | | Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907 | | | Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978 | | | Synoeca surinama Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Timulla (Timulla) rectangula Spinola, 1841 | | | Tobantilla kolasma Williams, Br..., 2011 | | | Tobantilla xouthos Williams, Br..., 2011 | | | Traumatomutilla americana Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Zeta argillaceum Linnaeus, 1758 | Potter wasp | | Zethus (Zethusculus) vincenti Stange, 1997 | | | Zethus carpenteri Stange, 1997 | |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Venezuela | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 6
6 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 8
55 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Rhopalosomatidae ♰
Ashmead, 1896
Rhopalosomatid wasps | 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Scoliidae
Leach, 1815
Mammoth wasps, Scoliid wasps | 1
0 | 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 | 17
37 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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