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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
623
8303
28781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
620
8294
28770
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
594
8148
28351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
405
6866
24763
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
72
1269
3843
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
61
1159
3468
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
324
1301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps
5
68
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Canada
5 Families width 158 Species and 6 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies86SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps60SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant9SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Canada
68 Genera with 158 Species
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Acarepipona Giordani Soika, 1985
0SpeciesTaxom
Ageniella Banks, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Agenioideus Ashmead, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ammosphex Wilcke, 02SpeciesTaxom
Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1906European tube wasp11SpeciesTaxom
Andreimyrme Lelej, 01SpeciesTaxom
Anoplius Dufour, 1944Blue-Black Spider Wasps16SpeciesTaxom
Anterhynchium de Saussure, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Aporinellus Banks, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Aporus Spinola, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Arachnospila Kincaid, 19513SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Caliadurgus Pate, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeris Guérin-Ménev..., 17701SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Ceropales Latreille, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Chirodamus Haliday, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocheilus Panzer, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1845Cow Killer4SpeciesTaxom
Dipogon Fox, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1763Aerial Yellowjackets8SpeciesTaxom
Eoferreola Arnold, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Episyron Schioedte, 18354SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 07SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1945Potter Wasp4SpeciesTaxom
Evagetes Lepeletier, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Krombeinopyga Kurzenko, 01SpeciesTaxom
Leptochilus Saussure, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Leucodynerus Bohart, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Micreumenes Ashmead, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 19452SpeciesTaxom
Myrmilla Wesmael, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Myrmilloides André, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosa Latreille, 1824Velvet Ant1SpeciesTaxom
Odontophotopsis Viereck, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Odynerus Latreille, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Pachodynerus Saussure, 18121SpeciesTaxom
Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Paranortonia Bequaert, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Pepsis Fabricius, 1894Tarantula hawk1SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Polochrum Spinola, 1805
0SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Priochilus Banks, 01SpeciesTaxom
Priocnemis Schiødte, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Priocnessus Banks, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomasaris Ashmead, 18643SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Pterocheilus Klug, 05SpeciesTaxom
Pterochilus Say, 1824
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Rygchium Spinola, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Sapyga Latreille, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenodyneriellus Giordani Soika, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Stenodynerus Saussure, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Symmorphus Wesmael, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902
0SpeciesTaxom
Teinotrachelus Arnold, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Timulla Ashmead, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Vespa Linnaeus, 1758Hornets2SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1854Ground Yellowjackets12SpeciesTaxom
Zeteumenidion1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Canada
158 Species and 6 Subspecies
Ageniella (Ageniella) coronata Banks, 1919
Ageniella (Ageniella) cupida Cresson, 1867
Ageniella (Priophanes) agenioides Fox, 1893
Agenioideus (Rioestus) birkmanni Banks, 1910
Ammosphex angularis
Ammosphex anomalus
Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853Bramble Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus albolacteus (Bequaert, 1943)⇒ Ancistrocerus adiabatus Saussure, 1853
Ancistrocerus albophaleratus Saussure, 1855White-Banded Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus antilope Panzer, 1798Lobed Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus campestris Saussure, 1853Smiling Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus catskill Viereck, 1902Catskill Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus gazella Panzer, 1798European potter wasp
Ancistrocerus lineativentris Cameron, 1906
Ancistrocerus tuberculocephalus Saussure, 1853Vespid wasp
Ancistrocerus unifasciatus Saussure, 1853One-Banded Mason Wasp
Ancistrocerus waldenii Viereck, 1906Walden’S Potter Wasp
Andreimyrme viriata nitela
Anoplius (Anoplius) depressipes Banks, 1919
Anoplius (Anoplius) illinoensis Robertson, 1901
Anoplius (Anoplius) ithaca Banks, 1912
Anoplius (Anoplius) nigerrimus Scopoli, 1763
Anoplius (Anoplius) tenuicornis (Tournier, 1889)⇒ Anoplius suspectus Saussure, 1904
Anoplius (Anoplius) virginiensis Cresson, 1867
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) insolens Banks, 1912
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) marginatus Say, 1824
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) relativus Fox, 1893
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) semirufus Cresson, 1867
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) splendens Dreisbach, 1949
Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) tenebrosus Cresson, 1865
Anoplius (Lophopompilus) aethiops Cresson, 1865
Anoplius (Lophopompilus) atrox Dahlbom, 1843
Anoplius (Lophopompilus) cleora Banks, 1917
Anoplius imbellis Banks, 1944
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) fallax Saussure, 1856
Anterhynchium (Anterhynchium) natalense Saussure, 1856
Aporinellus completus Banks, 1917
Aporinellus yucatanensis Cameron, 1893
Aporus (Aporus) idris
Aporus (Aporus) luxus Banks, 1914
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) angularis Banks, 1910
Arachnospila (Ammosphex) michiganensis Dreisbach, 1949
Arachnospila imbecilla Evans, 1951
Auplopus nigrellus Banks, 1912
Auplopus odontocephalus Cameron, 1910
Caliadurgus fasciatellus Spinola, 1808
Campsomeris plumipes Drury, 1770
Ceramius jacoti Richards, 1962
Ceropales (Ceropales) maculata Fabricius, 1775Parasitic spider wasp
Chirodamus pyrrhomelas Walker, 1866
Dasymutilla canella Blake, 1871
Dasymutilla occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758Common Eastern Velvet Ant
Dasymutilla vesta Cresson, 1865
Dasymutilla vestita Lepeletier, 1845
Dipogon (Deuteragenia) sayi Banks, 1941
Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) maculata Linnaeus, 1763Bald hornet
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) adulterina du Buysson, 1905Parasitic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781Norwegian wasp
Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) saxonica Fabricius, 1793Saxon wasp
Dolichovespula alpicola Eck, 1984Rocky Mountain aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria Fabricius, 1775Aerial yellowjacket
Dolichovespula norvegicoides Sladen, 1918Arctic yellowjacket
Dolichovespula silvestris Scopoli, 1763
Eoferreola rhombica Christ, 1791
Episyron biguttatus Fabricius, 1798Two-Spotted Spider Wasp
Episyron oregon Evans, 1950
Episyron quinquenotatus Say, 1835White-trimmed black wasp
Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus Say, 1835
Eumenes (Eumenes) bollii Cresson, 1872
Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856)⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906
Eumenes (Eumenes) crucifera Prov., 1888Cross Potter Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) fraternus Say, 1824Fraternal Potter Wasp
Eumenes (Eumenes) verticalis Say, 1824
Eumenes crassicornis (Isely, 1917)⇒ Eumenes iturbide Saussure, 1857
Eumenes flavus leptogaster
Euodynerus (Euodynerus) crypticus Say, 1823
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) foraminatus Saussure, 1853
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) leucomelas Saussure, 1856Wasp
Euodynerus (Pareuodynerus) planitarsis Bohart, 1945
Evagetes (Evagetes) crassicornis Shuckard, 1837
Evagetes consimilis
Evagetes hyacinthinus Cresson, 1867
Evagetes parvus Cresson, 1865
Krombeinopyga pumila
Leptochilus (Zendalia) erubescens Bohart, 1940
Leucodynerus martini Bohart, 1942
Micreumenes adelphus Meade-Waldo, 1911
Micreumenes natalensis Saussure, 1855
Mischocyttarus (Phi) flavitarsis Saussure, 1854Wasp
Mischocyttarus thrypticus Richards, 1945
Myrmilla rhodesiana Arnold, 1960
Myrmosa (Myrmosa) unicolor Say, 1824
Odontophotopsis (Odontophotopsis) melicausa Blake, 1871
Odynerus (Odynerus) dilectus Saussure, 1870
Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1812Key hole wasp
Paracyphononyx ruficrus Klug, 1834
Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus Saussure, 1856
Parancistrocerus vagus Saussure, 1857
Paranortonia symmorphus (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Parazumia tolteca Saussure, 1875
Pepsis (Pepsis) thisbe Lucas, 1894
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) aurifer (Saussure, 1853)⇒ Polistes fuscata Fabricius, 1793
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793Dark Paper Wasp
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) metricus Say, 1831Metric Paper Wasp
Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi Cameron, 1900
Polistes (Polistella) defectivus Gerstaecker, 1871
Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791European paper wasp
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882
Pompilus arctus Cresson, 1865
Pompilus nigritus Fabricius, 1781
Pompilus occidentalis Dreisbach, 1950
Pompilus parvulus Banks, 1912
Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865
Priochilus splendidulum opacifrons
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) aequalis Banks, 1919
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) cornica Say, 1836
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) germana Cresson, 1867
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) notha Cresson, 1867
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) minorata Banks, 1912
Priocnemis (Umbripennis) oregona Banks, 1933
Priocnessus nebulosus Dahlbom, 1843
Pseudomasaris edwardsi Cresson, 1872
Pseudomasaris vespoides Cresson, 1863
Pseudomasaris zonalis Cresson, 1864
Pseudonortonia bisuturalis Saussure, 1852
Pseudonortonia maculinoda Cameron, 1910
Pseudonortonia rufoquadripustulata Cameron, 1910
Pterocheilus (Megapterocheilus) decorus Cresson, 1879
Pterocheilus (Megapterocheilus) quinquefasciatus Say, 1824
Pterocheilus (Micropterocheilus) morrisoni Cresson, 1879
Pterocheilus phaleratus tuberculatus Blüthgen, 1955
Pterocheilus leucotaenius
Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824
Rhynchalastor kennicottianus de Saussure, 1870
Rhynchalastor lucidus Rohwer, 1917
Sapyga similis Fabricius, 1793
Stenodyneriellus heterospilus Cameron, 1907
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) albomarginatus Saussure, 1856
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) canadensis Saussure, 1855Canadian Potter Wasp
Symmorphus (Symmorphus) cristatus Saussure, 1856
Synagris (Paragris) abyssinica Guérin, 1848
Synagris (Paragris) maxillosa Saussure, 1863
Teinotrachelus nox Arnold, 1960
Timulla (Timulla) vagans Fabricius, 1798
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758Cornish mallow
Vespa crabro crabro Linnaeus, 1758
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793European wasp
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) austriaca Panzer, 1799Boreal Yellowjacket
Vespula (Vespula) rufa Linnaeus, 1758Red Wasp
Vespula acadica Sladen, 1918Forest Yellowjacket
Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870Alaska Yellowjacket
Vespula atropilosa Sladen, 1918Prairie Yellowjacket
Vespula flavopilosa Jacobson, 1978Downy Yellowjacket
Vespula intermedia (du Buysson, 1904)⇒ Vespula yichunensis Lee, 1986
Vespula maculifrons du Buysson, 1905Eastern yellow jacket
Vespula pensylvanica de Saussure, 1857Western yellow jacket
Vespula vidua de Saussure, 1854Widow Yellowjacket
Zeteumenidion femoratus Schulthess, 1910

Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in West Canada
FamilyMutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps
9
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPompilidae
Latreille, 1805
Pompilid wasps, Spider hunting wasps, Spider wasp, Spider wasps, Spider-Hunting Wasp
24
60
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySapygidae ♰
Latreille, 1810
Club-horned wasps, Sapygid wasps
2
2
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
31
86
Genera
Species

Taxom



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