Vespinae

Classification of African and Madagascan paper wasps

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Vespoidea; Family: Vespidae)

Under construction

Tribe Polistini
- Genus Belonogaster Saussure
  - Belonogaster abyssinica Buysson, 1906
  - Belonogaster acaulis Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster adenensis Giordani Soika, 1957 (Yemen)
    - Belonogaster adenensis adenensis Giordani Soika, 1957
    - Belonogaster adenensis somaliensis Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster apicalis Saussure, 1900
  - Belonogaster arabica Giordani Soika, 1958 (Yemen)
  - Belonogaster atrata Schulthess, 1912
  - Belonogaster aurata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster barbata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster bicolor Saussure, 1900
  - Belonogaster bimaculata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster brachystoma Kohl, 1894
  - Belonogaster brevipetiolata Saussure, 1891
  - Belonogaster brevitarsus Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster brunnea Ritsema, 1874
    - Belonogaster brunnea brunnea Ritsema, 1874
    - Belonogaster brunnea nigriclava Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster brunnescens Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster clypeata Kohl, 1894
    - Belonogaster clypeata clypeata Kohl, 1894
    - Belonogaster clypeata fuscata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster dubia Khol, 1894
  - Belonogaster eumenoides Saussure, 1891
  - Belonogaster facialis Buysson, 1908
  - Belonogaster ferruginea Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster filiventris (Saussure, 1853)
  - Belonogaster flava Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster freyi Buysson, 1909
  - Belonogaster fuscipennis Buysson, 1909
  - Belonogaster grisea (Fabricius, 1775)
  - Belonogaster guerini (Saussure, 1853)
  - Belonogaster hildebrandti Saussure, 1891
  - Belonogaster hirsuta Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster jordani Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster juncea (Fabricius, 1781) (Yemen)
    - Belonogaster juncea colonialis Khol, 1894
    - Belonogaster juncea juncea (Fabricius, 1781)
  - Belonogaster keiseri Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster kelnerpillautae Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster kohli Schulz, 1906
  - Belonogaster lateritia Gerstaecker, 1855
  - Belonogaster leonhardii Buysson, 1909
  - Belonogaster leonina Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster levior Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster libera Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster longitarsus Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster macilenta (Fabricius, 1781)
  - Belonogaster maculata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster madecassa (Saussure, 1853)
  - Belonogaster maromandia Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster meneliki Gribodo, 1879
  - Belonogaster multipunctata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster neavei Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster nigricans Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster nitida Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster pennata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster petiolata (Degeer, 1778)
  - Belonogaster pileata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster prasina Saussure, 1891
  - Belonogaster principalis Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster punctata Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster punctilla Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster pusilloides Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster rothkirchi Schulthess, 1914
  - Belonogaster saeva Saussure, 1891
  - Belonogaster saussurei Kirby, 1881
  - Belonogaster somereni Richards,1982
  - Belonogaster tarsata Kohl, 1893
  - Belonogaster turbulenta Kohl, 1894
  - Belonogaster turgida Kohl, 1894
  - Belonogaster ugandae Richards, 1982
  - Belonogaster vasseae Buysson, 1906
- Genus Polistes Latreille,1802
  - Polistes africanus Palisot de Beauvais, 1818
  - Polistes albicinctus Saussure, 1890
  - Polistes albocalcaratus Buysson, 1905
  - Polistes aquilinus Busson, 1905
  - Polistes badius Gerstaecker, 1871
  - Polistes bituberculatus Buysson, 1905
  - Polistes defectivus Gerstaecker, 1871
  - Polistes dominulus (Christ, 1791)
  - Polistes ellenbergi Buysson, 1908
  - Polistes fastidiosus Saussure, 1853 (Yemen)
  - Polistes flavipennis Saussure, 1853
  - Polistes haugi Buysson, 1906
  - Polistes macaensis (Fabricius, 1901)
  - Polistes macrocephalus Bequaert, 1918
  - Polistes maculipennis Saussure, 1853
  - Polistes madecassus Saussure, 1853
  - Polistes marginalis Fabricius, 1804 (Yemen)
  - Polistes rubidus Lepeletier, 1836
  - Polistes saussurei Dalla Torre, 1894
  - Polistes smithii Saussure, 1853
  - Polistes spilophorus Schletterer, 1891
  - Polistes tristis Meade Waldo, 1911
  - Polistes tullgreni Schulz, 1906
- Genus Polybioides Buysson
  - Polybioides melaina (Meade Waldo, 1911)
  - Polybioides tabida (Fabricius, 1913)
- Genus Ropalidia Guérin
  - Ropalidia aethiopica (Buysson, 1906)
  - Ropalidia ambigua (Gribodo, 1894)
  - Ropalidia anarchica (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia antennata (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia atra (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia bicincta (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia brazzai (Buysson, 1906)
  - Ropalidia capensis (Saussure, 1862)
  - Ropalidia carinata (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia cariniscutis (Cameron, 1910)
  - Ropalidia cincta (Lepeletier, 1836)
  - Ropalidia clavata (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia constitutionalis (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia democratica (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia distigma (Gerstaecker, 1857)
  - Ropalidia dubia (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia ducalis (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia fraterna (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia galimatia (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia grandidieri (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia guttatipennis (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia hova (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia interjecta (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia nitidula (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia nobilis (Gerstaecker, 1857)
  - Ropalidia phalansterica (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia pomicolor (Saussure, 1853)
  - Ropalidia prasina (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia pulchella (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia ranavali (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia regina (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia sakalava (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia schulthessi (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia scottiana (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia subclavata (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia tomentosa (Gerstaecker, 1857)
  - Ropalidia variabilis (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia velutina (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia venustula (Saussure, 1900)
  - Ropalidia vetripennis (Saussure, 1890)
  - Ropalidia xanthura (Saussure, 1853)
Tribe Vespini
- Genus Vespa Linnaeus, 1758
  - Vespa orientalis somalica Giordani Soika (Yemen)
  - Vespa rubricans Pérez, 1910
- Genus Vespula Thomson, 1869
  - Vespula germanica (Fabricius,1793)

References

Bequaert, J.C. 1918. A revision of the Vespidae of the Belgian Congo based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition: with a list of Ethiopian diplopterous wasps. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 39: 1-384.

Richards, O.W. 1982. A revision of the genus Belonogaster de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History, Entomology 44: 31–114.

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