Table 1.

Antigen 5 allergens currently listed in the official WHO/IUIS allergen nomenclature database [26]

Species	Common name	Allergen	Sensitization ratea
Dolichovespula arenaria	Yellow hornet	Dol a 5	81%b
Dolichovespula maculata	White-faced hornet	Dol m 5	65% [7]
Pachycondyla chinensis	Asian needle ant	Pac c 3	83% [36]
Polistes annularis	American paper wasp	Pol a 5	44–65% [30•, 32••]2
Polistes dominula	European paper wasp	Pol d 5	72% [30•]
Polistes exclamans	American paper wasp	Pol e 5	90% [7]
Polistes fuscatus	Golden/Northern paper wasp	Pol f 5	69% [83]
Polistes gallicus	European paper wasp	Pol g 5	80–100% [84]
Polistes metricus	Metricus paper wasp	Pol m 5	Yes [83]c
Polybia paulista	Polybia wasp	Poly p 5	100% [57•]
Polybia scutellaris	Polybia wasp	Poly s 5	58–70% [32••]c
Solenopsis geminata	Tropical fire ant	Sol g 3	100% [85]
Solenopsis invicta	Red imported fire ant	Sol i 3	67% [9]
Solenopsis richteri	Black fire ant	Sol r 3	Yes [86]c
Solenopsis saevissima	Brazilian fire ant	Sol s 3	?
Vespa crabro	European hornet	Vesp c 5	67% [32••]c Yes [87]
Vespa magnifica	Hornet	Vesp ma 5	73–91%b
Vespa mandarinia	Giant Asian hornet	Vesp m 5	?
Vespa velutina	Asian hornet	Vesp v 5	86%b
Vespula flavopilosa	Downy yellow jacket	Ves f 5	?
Vespula germanica	German yellow jacket	Ves g 5	Yes [88]
Vespula maculifrons	Eastern yellow jacket	Ves m 5	Yes [10]
Vespula pensylvanica	Western yellow jacket	Ves p 5	Yes [89]
Vespula squamosa	Southern yellow jacket	Ves s 5	79% [7]
Vespula vidua	Long/Widow yellow jacket	Ves vi 5	?
Vespula vulgaris	Common yellow jacket	Ves v 5	85–100% (Table 2)

A question mark indicates that no data was found. Yes means that sensitization was shown but data about sensitization rates is not given.

^aDetermined by different methods and with highly variable patient numbers

^bData obtained from the WHO/IUIS allergen nomenclature database

^cAnalyzed patient cohort is not entirely suitable to assess sensitization to the given allergen