Checklist for Infraorder Aculeata Latreille, 1802 (Stinging wasps)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 211
830
1111 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 206
825
1106 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 144
685
939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 26
137
195 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 26
137
195 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 15
101
160 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Cape Peninsula
15 Families width 160 Species and 3 Subspecies | Vespidae Leach, 1815 | And Allies | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Megachilidae Schenk, 1860 | And Resin Bees | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Apidae Latreille, 1802 | Bumble bees | 41 | Species | Taxom | | Ampulicidae Shuckard, 1840 | Ampulicid wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formicidae Latreille, 1809 | Ants | 57 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecidae (Latreille, 1802) | Digger & Sand wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysididae Latreille, 1802 | Chrysidid wasps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841 | Colletid bees | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Crabronidae (Latreille, 1802) | Bee Wolves | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilidae Latreille, 1805 | Pompilid wasps | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Halictidae Thomson, 1869 | Flower bees | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mutillidae André, 1907 | Cow ant | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Andrenidae Webster, 1913 | Andrenid bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896 | Rhopalosomatid wasps | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sapygidae Latreille, 1810 | Club-horned wasps | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Cape Peninsula
101 Genera with 160 Species #ABCDEFGHKLMNOPQRSTVWXZ
| Aethiopicodynerus Gusenleitner, 1856 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Afranthidium Michener, 1935 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allepipona Giordani Soika, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allodape Lepeletier &..., 1933 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Allodapula Cockerell, 1934 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Amegilla Friese, 1905 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ampulex Jurine, 1822 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antepipona Saussure, 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthophora Latreille, 1854 | Common Digger Bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apis Linnaeus, 1758 | Honey Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bombus Latreille, 1882 | Bumble Bee | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bothroponera Smith, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Braunsapis Michener, 1971 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1916 | Black carpenter ant | 6 | Species | Taxom | Cerapachys Smith, 1857 | Ant-raiding ant | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ceratina Latreille, 1912 | Little Carpenter Bees | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chalybion Dahlbom, 1781 | Blue mud dauber wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chrysis Linnaeus, 1775 | Cuckoo Wasp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coelioxys Latreille, 1932 | Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colletes Latreille, 0 | Cellophane bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Compsomelissa Alfken, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crabro Fabricius, 1804 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1926 | Acrobat Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptosalius Turner, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Ctenonomia Cameron, 1903 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Dasylabroides André, 1901 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1817 | driver ant | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Elaphrosyron Haupt, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epeolus Latreille, 1869 | Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eufriesea Cockerell, 1854 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumenes Latreille, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Eupetersia Blüthgen, 1928 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Evylaeus Robertson, 1902 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Fidelia Friese, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1886 | And Field Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | Glossotilla Bischoff, 1920 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Halictus Latreille, 1937 | End-banded Furrow Bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | Hasinamelissa Chenoweth & ..., 2008 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1781 | Tarantula Hawks | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Heriades Spinola, 1889 | Armored-Resin Bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homonotus Dahlbom, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hylaeus Fabricius, 1911 | Masked Bees | 2 | Species | Taxom | Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Kolposphex Haupt, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Koptortosoma Gribodo, 1894 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lasioglossum Curtis, 1913 | Base-banded Furrow Bees | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1758 | Citronella ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepisiota Santschi, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 1858 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Megachile Latreille, 1937 | And Resin Bees | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Meliturgula Friese, 1936 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1944 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmhopla Forel, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odynerus Latreille, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Oligomyrmex Westwood, 1840 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | Olixon Cameron, 1887 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1860 | Panther Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paltothyreus Mayr, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasyscia Emery, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Patellapis Friese, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1910 | Big-headed Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | Pithitis Klug, 1807 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plectroctena F.Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polistes Latreille, 1775 | Paper nest wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pompilus Fabricius, 1775 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Priocnemis Schiødte, 1959 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Proepipona Giordani Soika, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Psammochares McKeown, 1942 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Psammoderes Haupt, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudagenia Kohl, 1934 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudapis W. F. Kirby, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Quartinia André, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Sapyga Latreille, 1796 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Schistonyx Saussure, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scrapter Lepeletier &..., 1853 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | Smicromyrme Thomson, 1870 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1865 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sphecodopsis Bischoff, 1923 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sphex Linnaeus, 1758 | Digger wasps | 1 | Species | Taxom | Stenomutilla André, 1896 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Stilbum Spinola, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stizus Latreille, 1771 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 2000 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1877 | Fierce Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1886 | Slender ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thyreus Panzer, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Vespa Linnaeus, 1775 | Hornets | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Wainia Tkalcu, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xylocopa Latreille, 1983 | Carpenter bees | 7 | Species | Taxom | Zonalictus Michener, 1978 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Peninsula
160 Species and 3 Subspecies | Aethiopicodynerus capensis de Saussure, 1856 | | | Afranthidium micrurum Cockerell, 1935 | | | Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905 | | | Allodape australissima Michener, 1975 | | | Allodape ceratinoides Gribodo, 1884 | | | Allodape exoloma Strand, 1915 | | | Allodape friesei Strand, 1915 | | | Allodape mucronata Smith, 1854 | | | Allodape panurgoides Smith, 1854 | | | Allodape pictifrons Smith, 1854 | | | Allodape punctata Lepeletier &..., 1825 | | | Allodape skaifeorum Michener, 1975 | | | Allodape stellarum Cockerell, 1916 | | | Allodape tridentipes Cockerell, 1933 | | | Allodapula (Allodapula) melanopus Cameron, 1905 | | | Allodapula (Allodapula) variegata Smith, 1854 | | | Allodapula (Allodapulodes) maculithorax Michener, 1971 | | | Allodapula acutigera Cockerell, 1936 | | | Allodapula turneri Cockerell, 1934 | | | Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata Friese, 1905 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) aspergina Cockerell, 1933 | | | Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma Cameron, 1905 | | | Ampulex cyanator Thunberg, 1822 | Livid macron | | Anoplolepis custodiens Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Antepipona peregrinabunda Giordani Soika, 1985 | | | Anthophora (Heliophila) vestita Smith, 1854 | | | Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 | Drone-Bee | | Bombus ruderatus eurynotus (Dalla Torre, 1882) | ⇒ Bombus ruderatus Fabricius, 1775 | | Bothroponera cavernosa Roger, 1860 | | | Bothroponera pumicosa Roger, 1860 | | | Braunsapis acuticauda Michener, 1971 | | | Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) niveosetosus Mayr, 1862 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) mystaceus Emery, 1886 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus angusticeps Emery, 1886 | | | Camponotus klugii Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916 | | | Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854 | | | Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) armata Smith, 1854 | | | Ceratina nyassensis Strand, 1912 | | | Chalybion tibiale Fabricius, 1781 | | | Chrysis lincea Fabricius, 1775 | | | Coelioxys (Allocoelioxys) difformis Friese, 1904 | | | Coelioxys obtusispina Thomson, 1872 | Alfilaree | | Coelioxys spilaspis Cockerell, 1932 | | | Colletes cyanonitidus Kuhlmann, 2007 | | | Colletes hereroensis | | | Compsomelissa angustula Cockerell, 1934 | | | Crabro occultus Fabricius, 1804 | Aleutian macoma | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) nigronitens Santschi, 1917 | Ringed lucine | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) peringueyi Emery, 1895 | Cocktail Ant | | Crematogaster (Orthocrema) transvaalensis Forel, 1894 | | | Crematogaster boera Santschi, 1926 | | | Cryptosalius spinosipes Turner, 1927 | | | Dorylus (Dorylus) braunsi Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764 | Wavy amphissa | | Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817 | | | Elaphrosyron pauperculus Arnold, 1959 | | | Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869 | | | Eufriesea fallax Smith, 1854 | | | Eumenes maxillosus (De Geer, 1773) | ⇒ Delta fenestrale Saussure, 1852 | | Fidelia (Fidelia) paradoxa Friese, 1899 | | | Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912 | Silvery Field Ant | | Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785 | Leiberg's ptychomitrium moss | | Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973 | | | Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886 | Cande diplodon | | Halictus (Seladonia) jucundus (Smith, 1853) | ⇒ Halictus africanus Friese, 1909 | | Halictus (Seladonia) pruinescens Cockerell, 1937 | | | Hemipepsis braunsi Arnold, 1932 | | | Hemipepsis capensis Fabricius, 1781 | | | Heriades (Heriades) freygessneri Schletterer, 1889 | | | Homonotus sanguinolentus Fabricius, 1793 | Bloody Spider-hunting Wasp | | Hylaeus (Nothylaeus) heraldicus Smith, 1853 | Neighbor tagelus | | Hylaeus rufipedoides Strand, 1911 | | | Kolposphex atronitens Arnold, 1959 | | | Lasioglossum lasioglossum Strand, 1913 | | | Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Garden Ant | | Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862 | Alaska great-tellin | | Leptogenys castanea Mayr, 1862 | | | Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868 | Argentine ant | | Megachile (Callomegachile) rufipennis Fabricius, 1793 | | | Megachile (Creightonella) ianthoptera Smith, 1853 | Bunchberry dogwood | | Megachile (Cressoniella) veterna Vachal, 1908 | | | Megachile (Eutricharaea) gratiosa Smith, 1853 | | | Megachile (Eutricharaea) semiflava (Cockerell, 1937) | ⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879 | | Megachile (Eutricharaea) stellarum (Cockerell, 1920) | ⇒ Megachile malangensis Friese, 1904 | | Megachile (Pseudomegachile) sinuata Friese, 1903 | | | Megachile mackieae (Cockerell, 1937) | ⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879 | | Megachile rufohirtula Cockerell, 1937 | | | Meliturgula (Meliturgula) scriptifrons Walker, 1871 | | | Meliturgula haematospila Cockerell, 1936 | | | Meranoplus peringueyi Emery, 1886 | | | Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917 | Ringed lucine | | Monomorium excelsior Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium paternum Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium rhopalocerum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Monomorium speculiceps (Santschi, 1928) | ⇒ Monomorium excelsior Arnold, 1926 | | Monomorium tablense Santschi, 1932 | | | Monomorium xanthognathum Arnold, 1944 | | | Myrmhopla acantha acasta Smith, 1860 | | | Nesomyrmex denticulatus Mayr, 1901 | | | Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886 | | | Odynerus oculatus (Say, 1837) | ⇒ Rhynchalastor anormis Say, 1824 | | Pachycondyla cavernosa Roger, 1860 | | | Pachycondyla peringueyi Emery, 1899 | | | Pachycondyla pumicosa Roger, 1860 | Florida marshclam | | Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798 | | | Paracyphononyx funebris Magretti, 1884 | | | Parasyscia peringueyi Emery, 1886 | | | Patellapis pearstonensis Cameron, 1905 | | | Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862 | Tennessee riffleshell | | Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910 | | | Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798 | Southern acornshell | | Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858 | | | Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) vestita Smith, F., 1860 | Reddish lepton | | Polyrhachis nigra Mayr, 1862 | | | Pompilus bilineatus Arnold, 1937 | | | Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1775 | Grey spider wasp | | Priocnemis annectens Arnold, 1932 | | | Priocnemis venustus Arnold, 1959 | | | Proepipona lateralis Fabricius, 1781 | | | Psammoderes mimicus Haupt, 1929 | | | Pseudagenia hessei Arnold, 1934 | | | Pseudapis (Pachynomia) amoenula Gerstäcker, 1870 | | | Quartinia bonaespei Gess, 2007 | | | Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr, 1901 | | | Schistonyx sinuatus Bischoff, 1913 | | | Scrapter nitidus Friese, 1909 | | | Scrapter opacus Friese, 1909 | | | Scrapter striatus Smith, 1853 | Stout tagelus | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) punctaticeps Mayr, 1865 | Northern riffleshell | | Sphecodopsis aculeata Friese, 1922 | | | Sphecodopsis capensis Friese, 1915 | | | Sphecodopsis fumipennis Bischoff, 1923 | | | Sphex cyanea (Linnæus, 1758) | ⇒ Chalybion californicus Saussure, 1867 | | Stilbum calens Fabricius, 1781 | | | Stizus ruficornis (J. Forster, 1771) | ⇒ Gorytes quinquecinctus Fabricius, 1793 | | Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000 | | | Tetramorium capense Mayr, 1865 | Seaside bittercress | | Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913 | | | Tetramorium poweri Forel, 1914 | | | Tetramorium pusillum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery, 1886 | | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetraponera clypeata Emery, 1886 | | | Thyreus calceatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903 | | | Vespa haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775 | | | Vespa lateralis (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Proepipona lateralis lateralis Fabricius, 1781 | | Vespa marginalis Fabricius, 1775 | | | Wainia elizabethae Friese, 1909 | | | Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778 | | | Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) capitata Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) hottentotta Smith, 1854 | | | Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841 | | | Xylocopa isabelleae Hurd, 1959 | | | Xylocopa watmoughi Eardley, 1983 | |
Subnodes of Aculeata with occurrences in Cape Peninsula | Superfamily | Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees, Sphecoid wasps | 8
41
76 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Chrysidoidea
Latreille, 1802
Chrysidoid wasps, Cuckoo wasps, Cuckoo Wasps and Allies | 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
31
57 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Vespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social wasps, Spider wasps, Velvet ants, Vespoid wasps, Yellowjackets | 5
27
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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