Vespidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Vespoidea

Familia: Vespidae
Subfamiliae: Eumeninae - Euparagiinae - Masarinae - Polistinae - Stenogastrinae - Vespinae

Overview of genera (53)

Agalaia – Agelaia – Angiopolybia – Anischnogaster – Apoica – Asteloeca – Belonogaster – Brachygastra – Chalogaster – Chartergellus – Charterginus – Chartergus – Chatergellus – Clypearia – Curiosavespa – Curiosivespa – Dolchivespula – Dolichovespula – Epipona – Eustennogaster – Eustenogaster – Icaria – Ischnogaster – Leipomeles – Liostenogaster – Metapolybia – Metischnogaster – Mischocyttarus – Monacanthocnemis – Monerebia – Myraptera – Nectarinella – Odynerus – Palaeovespa – Parachartergus – Paraicaria – Parapolybia – Parischnogaster – Polistes – Polybia – Polybioides – Priorvespa – Protonectarina – Protopolybia – Provespa – Pseudopolybia – Ropalidia – Stenogaster – Sybillina – Synoeca – Vespa – Vespula – Zethus

Name

Vespidae Latreille, 1802

References

Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.
Carpenter, J.M. 2008: Review of the Hawaiian Vespidae (Hymenoptera). Bishop Museum occasional papers, (99) full article (PDF)
Carpenter, J.M. & Gadallah, N.S. 2020. Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Vespoidea, Vespidae. Pp 191–216 In Gadallah, N.S., Brothers, D.J. & Williams, K.A., eds. Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula. Zootaxa 1-216. Reference page. . Zootaxa 4754(1): 191–216. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.20 Reference page.
Dos Santos, J.N.A. Jr, Silveira, O. T. & Carpenter, J.M. 2015: Phylogeny of Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 and taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia exigua species-group (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae), with description of four new species. Zootaxa 3956(2): 151–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.2.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Dvořák, L.; Roberts, S.P.M. 2006: Key to the paper and social wasps of Central Europe (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46: 221–244. PDF Reference page.
Gawas, S.M., Kumar, P.G., Gupta, A. & Sureshan, P.M. 2019. Checklist of vespid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Goa, India, with new records and a key to species. Zootaxa 4585(2): 269–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.3 Reference page.
Gawas, S.M., Kumar, G.P., Pannure, A., Gupta, A. & Carpenter, J.M.. 2020. An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4784(1): 1–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1 Reference page.
Gusenleitner, J. 2010: Order Hymenoptera, family Vespidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 3: 422–467. [not seen]
Hensen, R. V. & L. H. M. Blommers 1987: Review of the Malagasy species of Belonogaster Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 130 (1): 11–31.
Kojima, J. & C. van Achterberg 1997: List of the primary types of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) deposit in the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, and the Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam. Zoologische Meededelingen 71 (14): 157–169. Full article: [1]
Kojima, J.-I. et al. 2011: On the species-group taxa of Taiwanese social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) described and/or treated by J. Sonan. Zootaxa, 2920: 42–64. Preview PDF
Rafi, M.A., Carpenter, J.M., Qasim, M., Shehzad, A., Zia, A., Khan, M.R., Mastoi, M.I., Naz, F., Ilyas, M., Shah, M. & Bhatti, A.R. 2017. The vespid fauna of Pakistan. Zootaxa 4362(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.1 Reference page.
Richards, O.W. 1978: The Australian social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (61) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS061
dos Santos, J.N.A. Jr, Silveira, O.T. & Carpenter, J.M. 2017. A new species of the genus Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), with taxonomic contributions to the exigua species-group. Zootaxa 4286(3): 432–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.11. Reference page.
dos Santos, J.N.A., Silveira, O.T. & Carpenter, J.M. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Protopolybia sedula species-group (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae), with an new identification key to species. Zootaxa 4403(1): 87–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.4 Reference page.
Vecht, J. van der; Carpenter, J.M. 1990: A catalogue of the genera of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 260: 1–62. ISSN: 0024-1652
Mahmood, K., Ullah, M., Aziz, A., Hasan, S.A. & Inayatullah, M. 2012. To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan. Zootaxa 3318: 26–50. Preview Reference page.
ZooBank: EC5A49CA-8D1A-416B-BEF4-7D292A4E3755

Links

Taxonomic tree: Vespidae – on Catalogue of Life (CoL): 2019 Annual Checklist.
Taxons containing „Vespidae“ – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).

Vernacular names

català: Vespa
čeština: Sršňovití
Deutsch: Faltenwespen
English: Wasps
español: Avispa, Véspidos
eesti: Voltherilased
suomi: Ampiaiset
français: Guêpe
magyar: Redősszárnyú darazsak, valódi darazsak, darazsak
հայերեն: Բալղինջ, կրետ, բրետ, իշամեղու, պիծակ, տրիժան
italiano: Vespa
日本語: スズメバチ科
Līvõ kēļ: Vapsūd
lietuvių: Vapsvos
latviešu: Lapsenes
Nederlands: Plooivleugelwespen
Diné bizaad: Tsísnáłtsʼooí
occitan: Vèspa
polski: Osowate
português: Vespa
русский: Настоящие осы, складчатокрылые осы
davvisámegiella: Vieksát
slovenščina: Prave ose
српски / srpski: Осе
svenska: Getingar
vèneto: Brespa