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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Vespidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Vespidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Egypt Species List, Journal of Hymenoptera Research, University of Alberta Museums, Natural History Museum Species of the day, Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Journal of Hymenoptera Research (archived), Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico, IABIN, Moorea Biocode, Afghanistan Species List, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Austria Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Cyprus Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Estonia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Liechtenstein Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Malta Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Mongolia Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Reunion Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Saint Martin Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Serbia Species List, Singapore Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tonga Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, United States Species List, and Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology

Alternative Names

? shanwangensis Hong, 1983
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acarepipona Giordani Soika 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acutopterocheilus Kurzenko 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agalaia
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alastoroides Saussure 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alpha Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alphamenes Bertoni 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alstor
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ancistocerus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ancistroerus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ancitrocerus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ancystrocerus Dalla Torre 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anthreneida White 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aphanilopterus Meunier 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Asiapterocheilus Kurzenko 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Atropancistrocerus Blüthgen 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Baeoprymna Cameron 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Beta Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Caba Ihering 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cesachilus Koçak & Kemal 2010
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Clypeopolybia Brèthes 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Covextrocerus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyanotiphia Cameron 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Deuterapoica Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Deuterepipona Blüthgen 1951
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didymogastra Perty 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Duckea Silveira 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Epicnemius Richards 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Estiella Giordani Soika 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eualastor Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euceramius Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euepipona Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euleptochilus Bluthgen 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eumenidium
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eumontezumia Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euodynerus Blüthgen 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eupolybia Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eurrhynchium Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eusynagris Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euzethus Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Extraepipona Gusenleitner 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Fuscopolistes Richards 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ghilarocheilus Kurzenko 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gibberrhynchium Gusenleitner 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gibbodynerus Gusenleitner 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gnatho Klug 1810
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gribodiana Gusenleitner 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gymnopolybia Ducke 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hymenosmithia Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hypalastoroidwes
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hypodynerus Saussure 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Icariastrum Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Immutatus Gusenleitner 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ischnogaster Guérin-Ménéville 1838
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kalliepipona Giordani Soika 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptocilus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptopolistes Blüthgen 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lionotus Thomson 1870
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Marimbonda Richards 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Masariella Brauns 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megacanothopus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megapterocheilus Bohart 1940
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melissaia Shuckard 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Micropterocheilus Bohart 1940
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Monoplomerus Blüthgen 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myrapetra White 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neodiscoelius Stange 1979
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neopterocheilus Kurzenko 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nicastrocerus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nygmopolistes Richards 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Odnyerus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Okinawepipona Nguyen, Nguyen & Bozdoğan 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Onchopterocheilus Bohart 1940
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Onerarius Richards 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pachyodynerus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palaeopolybia Antropov 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palisotius Richards 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paraceramius Saussure 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parastalor Blöthgen 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parasymmorphus Vecht 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paratropancistrocerus Blüthgen 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paravespa Radoszkowski 1886
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polistarchus Richards 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polistes
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polistoides Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polistratus Cameron 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polybia Richards 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protapoica Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protonectarina Ducke 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protopolistes Antropov 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudepipona Blüthgen 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudochartergus Ducke 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudomicrodyneru
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudonortonia Giordani Soika 1936
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudopolybia de Saussure 1863
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudopterochilus Kostuilev 1940
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudpolistes
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Psiloglossa Dalla Torre 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rethus
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhaphidoglossa Dalla Torre 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sarochilus Gusenleitner 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Saryara Kuznetzov 1923
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Saussurea Silveira 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Scytokeraia Cooper 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sibyllina Westwood 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Smithia Saussure 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stenancistrocerus Blüthgen 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stenochilus Giordani Soika 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stenodyneroides Giordani Soika 1940
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stenodyneru
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Synoecoides Ducke 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tanyzethus Cameron 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tatua Saussure 1854
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tetrarthra Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Triarthra Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trichinothorax Carpenter & Day 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trichothorax Richards 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ubirodynerus Borsato 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vespula Thomson 1869
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Wettsteinia Dalla Torre 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zetamenes Bertoni 1925
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zethoides Fox 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

"hornets, hornets and yellowjackets, paper wasps, potter wasps, and yellowjackets"
Recognized by admin
yellowjackets, hornets, and paper wasps preferred
Yellowjackets and Hornets, Paper Wasps; Potter Wasps, Mason and Pollen Wasps
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Afrikaans

Perdebye preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

زنبوريات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

Իսկական կրետներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

сапраўдныя восы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

оси preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Vèspid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

胡蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Ose preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

sršňovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Gedehamse preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

plooivleugelwespen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Vespedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Voltherilased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

ampiaiset preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Vespidés preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Véspidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

კრაზანისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Faltenwespen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Hebrew

צרעיים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

redősszárnyú darazsak preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ingush

Ювмоза preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

スズメバチ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Kazakh

Қағаз аралары preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

말벌과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Lapseņu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Klostinės vapsvos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Falenharespelen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Wespen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

stikkevepser preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

زنبوران preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

osowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

настоящие осы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sardinian

Espe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Оса preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Ose preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

prave ose preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Getingar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tunisian Arabic

فرفزّو preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

справжні оси preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

Viäpsáh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nan

Hó͘-thâu-phang Kho preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nds Nl

Wespe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vls

Plooivleugelwespn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

胡蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

胡蜂科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Vespidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Vespidae (this page)
730 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.