Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Wake County (North Carolina, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 277
1355
1946 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 277
1355
1946 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 260
1295
1841 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 180
1084
1535 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 25
146
285 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 21
132
272 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 11
90
246 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 3
11
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Wake County
3 Families width 12 Species
Genera for Wake County
11 Genera with 12 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1853 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1758 | Cow Killer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Episyron Schioedte, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monobia Saussure, 1763 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1831 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Psorthaspis Banks, 1928 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Timulla Ashmead, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1770 | Ground Yellowjackets | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Wake County
12 Species | Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853 | Bramble Mason Wasp | | Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Eastern Velvet Ant | | Episyron biguttatus Fabricius, 1798 | Two-Spotted Spider Wasp | | Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856) | ⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906 | | Monobia quadridens Linnaeus, 1763 | Four-toothed Mason Wasp | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) carolina Linnaeus, 1767 | Red Paper Wasps | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831 | Metric Paper Wasp | | Psorthaspis brimleyi Malloch, 1928 | | | Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907 | | | Timulla (Timulla) vagans Fabricius, 1798 | | | Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905 | Eastern yellow jacket | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Wake County | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 3
2 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Pompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp | 2
2 | 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
8 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Vespoidea at artfakta.se
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