Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Ventura County (California, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 224
948
1376 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 224
948
1376 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 207
907
1314 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 142
740
1109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 28
162
328 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 25
156
323 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
120
293 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
12
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Ventura County
3 Families width 14 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Ventura County
12 Genera with 14 Species | Anoplius Dufour, 1865 | Blue-Black Spider Wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arachnospila Kincaid, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Auplopus Spinola, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1928 | Cow Killer | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Evagetes Lepeletier, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microdynerus Thomson, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1793 | Paper nest wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1905 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ventura County
14 Species and 1 Subspecies | Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) tenebrosus Cresson, 1865 | | | Arachnospila (Arachnospila) fumipennis Zetterstedt, 1838 | | | Auplopus nigrellus Banks, 1912 | | | Dasymutilla archboldi Schmidt & Mi..., 1979 | | | Dasymutilla gloriosa Saussure, 1868 | Thistle Down Velvet Ant | | Dasymutilla magnifica Mickel, 1928 | Red Velvet Ant | | Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763 | Bald hornet | | Evagetes parvus Cresson, 1865 | | | Microdynerus trinodus Bohart, 1955 | | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Rhynchalastor apache Bohart, 1949 | | | Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905 | Eastern yellow jacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Ventura County | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 5
4 | Genera
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 | 6
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Vespoidea at artfakta.se
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