Checklist for Superfamily Vespoidea Latreille, 1802 (Hornets)
and region Whatcom County (Washington, USA)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 285
1349
2017 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 284
1348
2016 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 270
1301
1916 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 199
1107
1668 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 38
153
263 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 31
131
240 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
84
212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps | 2
10
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Whatcom County
2 Families width 14 Species
Genera for Whatcom County
10 Genera with 14 Species | Ancistrocerus Wesmael, 1855 | European tube wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1871 | Cow Killer | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichovespula Rohwer, 1781 | Aerial Yellowjackets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1791 | Paper nest wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomasaris Ashmead, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Sphaeropthalma Blake, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1758 | Hornets | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vespula Thomson, 1770 | Ground Yellowjackets | 6 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Whatcom County
14 Species | Ancistrocerus albophaleratus Saussure, 1855 | White-Banded Potter Wasp | | Dasymutilla mutata Blake, 1871 | | | Dolichovespula (Pseudovespula) norwegica Fabricius, 1781 | Norwegian wasp | | Eumenes (Eumenes) consobrinus (de Saussure, 1856) | ⇒ Cyphomenes anisitsii Brèthes, 1906 | | Polistes (Aphanilopterus) fuscatus Fabricius, 1793 | Dark Paper Wasp | | Polistes (Polistes) dominula Christ, 1791 | European paper wasp | | Pseudomasaris zonalis Cresson, 1864 | | | Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 | Cornish mallow | | Vespula (Paravespula) germanica Fabricius, 1793 | European wasp | | Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Common European Yellowjacket | | Vespula acadica Sladen, 1918 | Forest Yellowjacket | | Vespula alascensis Packard, 1870 | Alaska Yellowjacket | | Vespula atropilosa Sladen, 1918 | Prairie Yellowjacket | | Vespula squamosa Drury, 1770 | Southern Yellowjacket |
Subnodes of Vespoidea with occurrences in Whatcom County | Family | Mutillidae
André, 1907
Cow ant, Cow ants, Cow killer, Mutillid wasps, Panda ants, Velvet ant, Velvet ants, Velvet Ants-Wasps | 3
1 | 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 | 7
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Vespoidea at artfakta.se
Vespoidea at dyntaxa.se
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