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Vespinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae

Taxonomy
Vespinae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Vespa.

It was assigned to Vespidae by Statz (1936), Perrard et al. (2016).

Subtaxa
Palaeovespa, Provespa, Vespa (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Vespinae Latreille p. 358
1936Vespinae Statz p. 280
2016Vespinae Perrard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
—Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
—Aculeata()
superfamilyVespoidea
familyVespidae()
subfamilyVespinae
subfamilyVespinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Vespinae Latreille 1802
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G. †Palaeovespa Cockerell 1906
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†Palaeovespa baltica Cockerell 1909
†Palaeovespa florissantia Cockerell 1906
†Palaeovespa gillettei Cockerell 1906
†Palaeovespa relecta Cockerell 1923
†Palaeovespa scudderi Cockerell 1906
†Palaeovespa socialis Poinar 2005
†Palaeovespa wilsoni Cockerell 1915
†Paleovespa menatensis Nel and Auvray 2006
G. Provespa Ashmead 1903
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†Provespa nobilis Zhang et al. 1994
G. Vespa Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Vespa (Intervespa) Engel and Nel 2024
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†Vespa (Intervespa) tortonica Engel and Nel 2024
†Vespa bilineata Statz 1936
Vespa binghami du Buysson 1904
†Vespa ciliata Zhang et al. 1994
†Vespa cordifera Statz 1936
†Vespa crabroniformis Heer 1867
Vespa mandarinia Smith 1852 [Asian giant hornet]
†Vespa nigra Statz 1936
†Vespa picea Zhang et al. 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Turolian or 61.66000 to 5.09000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24France (Auvergne) Paleovespa menatensis (123436)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeovespa baltica (123927) Palaeovespa socialis (125139)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Palaeovespa florissantia, Palaeovespa scudderi, Palaeovespa gillettei (106384) Palaeovespa relecta (124527) Palaeovespa scudderi (106379 144782) Palaeovespa wilsoni (113749)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia Palaeovespa sp. (239646) Polistinae indet. (155296)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Vespa cordifera, Vespa bilineata, Vespa nigra (122010)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Provespa nobilis, Vespa ciliata (138944) Vespa magnifica (128552) Vespa picea (138946) Vespa sp., Vespa binghami (128551)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Croatia Vespa crabroniformis (117250)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09France (Ardèche) Vespa tortonica (113893)