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Checklist for Infraorder Aculeata Latreille, 1802 (Stinging wasps)
and region Central Karoo (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
147
552
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
146
551
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
140
542
715
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
101
467
637
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
25
135
205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
22
130
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
13
84
161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Karoo
13 Families width 161 Species
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants33SpeciesTaxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860And Resin Bees23SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies16SpeciesTaxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802Bumble bees33SpeciesTaxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802Digger & Sand wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802Bee Wolves15SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant2SpeciesTaxom
Chrysididae Latreille, 1802Chrysidid wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841Colletid bees7SpeciesTaxom
Bethylidae Halliday, 1839Bethylid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Halictidae Thomson, 1869Flower bees4SpeciesTaxom
Melittidae Schenk, 1860Melittid bees10SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Karoo
84 Genera with 161 Species
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Aenictus Shuckard, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Afranthidium Michener, 19326SpeciesTaxom
Afrostelis Cockerell, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Alastor Boisduval, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Allepipona Giordani Soika, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Allodapula Cockerell, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Ammophila W. Kirby, 0Beachgrass2SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1909Common Digger Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 1837Bumble Bee7SpeciesTaxom
Brachymutilla André, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1910Black carpenter ant6SpeciesTaxom
Ceramius Latreille, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 2007Little Carpenter Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Cerceris Latreille, 1926Weevil Wasp4SpeciesTaxom
Chrysis Linnaeus, 1838Cuckoo Wasp3SpeciesTaxom
Clavelia Lucas, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Colletes Latreille, 1905Cellophane bees2SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1894Acrobat Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Crossocerus Lepeletier d..., 18921SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabris Radoszkowski, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dasylabroides André, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1839driver ant2SpeciesTaxom
Epeolus Latreille, 1869Cellophane-Cuckoo Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Fidelia Friese, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1893And Field Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Goniozus Förster, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Halictus Latreille, 1903End-banded Furrow Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Hedychridium Abeille de P..., 19401SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1834Tarantula Hawks2SpeciesTaxom
Hesperapis Cockerell, 19325SpeciesTaxom
Hylaeus Fabricius, 2014Masked Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Jugurtia Saussure, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Knemodynerus Bluethgen, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Lasioglossum Curtis, 1913Base-banded Furrow Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Masarina Richards, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 1911And Resin Bees11SpeciesTaxom
Melitta Kirby, 1935Blunt-Horn Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1886Panther Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Palarus Latreille, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Paraclavelia Haupt, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Pasites Jurine, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Patellapis Friese, 1909
0SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1870Big-headed Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pison Spinola, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Plesianthidium Cameron, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Pompilus Fabricius, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoanthidium Friese, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoclavelia Haupt, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Rediviva Friese, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Scrapter Lepeletier &..., 19162SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1895Digger wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Stilbum Spinola, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 2000Miniature Trap-jaw Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Tachysphex Kohl, 1917Black cockroach hunter5SpeciesTaxom
Tapinolepis Emery, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872
0SpeciesTaxom
Tetraloniella Ashmead, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1895Fierce Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1886Slender ants1SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Tricarinodynerus Giordani Soika, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Trichrysis Lichtenstein, 01SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1758Ground Yellowjackets1SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1841Carpenter bees5SpeciesTaxom
Zonalictus Michener, 1978
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Karoo
161 Species
Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901San Diego fairy shrimp
Afranthidium (Immanthidium) sjoestedti Friese, 1909
Afranthidium abdominale Friese, 1904
Afranthidium braunsi Friese, 1904
Afranthidium capicola Brauns, 1905
Afranthidium folliculosum Buysson, 1897
Afranthidium odonturum Cockerell, 1932
Afrostelis aethiopica Friese, 1925
Alastor promotori Meade-Waldo, 1913
Allepipona (Allepipona) erythrospila Cameron, 1905
Allodapula (Allodapula) melanopus Cameron, 1905
Allodapula (Allodapula) variegata Smith, 1854
Allodapula xerica Michener, 1971
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Micramegilla) niveata Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) obscuriceps Friese, 1905
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) spilostoma Cameron, 1905
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila confera
Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Anoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894Black pugnacious ant
Anoplolepis trimenii Forel, 1895Smooth astarte
Antepipona ferruginosa Saussure, 1856
Anthophora labrosa Friese, 1911
Anthophora leonis Cockerell, 1933
Anthophora praecox Friese, 1909
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Bembecinus rhopaloceroides Arnold, 1929
Bombus (Bombus) terricola Kirby, 1837Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus (Cullumanobombus) rufocinctus Cresson, 1863Red-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus (Psithyrus) insularis (Smith, 1861)⇒ Bombus hypnorum Linnaeus, 1758
Bombus (Psithyrus) suckleyi Greene, 1860Suckley Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) perplexus (Cresson, 1863)⇒ Bombus soroeensis Fabricius, 1776
Bombus (Pyrobombus) ternarius Say, 1837Orange-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus (Subterraneobombus) borealis Kirby, 1837Northern amber bumble bee
Brachymutilla melete Péringuey, 1898
Braunsapis albipennis Friese, 1909
Camponotus (Myrmespera) cuneiscapus Forel, 1910
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) fulvopilosus De Geer, 1778South African Golden Desert Ant
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus simulans Forel, 1910
Camponotus storeatus Forel, 1910
Ceramius beyeri Brauns, 1903
Ceratina (Ceratina) aloes Cockerell, 1932
Ceratina (Ceratina) subquadrata Smith, 1854
Ceratina braunsi Eardley & Daly, 2007
Cerceris amakosa Brauns, 1926
Cerceris languida Cameron, 1905Mokihana
Cerceris nasidens Schletterer, 1887
Cerceris reginula Brauns, 1926
Chrysis alternans Dahlbom, 1854
Chrysis splendens Dahlbom, 1845
Chrysis stilboides Spinola, 1838
Clavelia ramosa Smith, 1865
Colletes capensis Cameron, 1905
Colletes malmus Cameron, 1905
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) melanogaster Emery, 1895Carpenter carditid
Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei Forel, 1894Turgid blossom
Crossocerus acanthophorus Kohl, 1892
Dasylabris autonoe
Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Dicyrtomellus rufofemoratus Bischoff, 1913
Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764Wavy amphissa
Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus Westwood, 1839Blake lucine
Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869
Fidelia (Fidelia) paradoxa Friese, 1899
Fidelia (Fidelia) villosa Brauns, 1902
Fidelia kobrowi Brauns, 1905
Formica subaenescens Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Goniozus tibialis Vollenhoven, 1878
Halictus (Seladonia) hotoni Vachal, 1903
Hedychridium discrepans Edney, 1940
Hemipepsis brunniceps Taschenberg, 1869
Hemipepsis glabrata Klug, 1834
Hesperapis aliciae Cockerell, 1932
Hesperapis braunsiana Friese, 1911
Hesperapis flavitarsis (Friese, 1912)⇒ Capicola flavitarsis Friese, 1912
Hesperapis nanula Cockerell, 1936
Hesperapis rhodostoma Cockerell, 1932
Hylaeus (Deranchylaeus) curvicarinatus Cameron, 1905
Hylaeus atripes Vachal, 1901
Hylaeus izikosalis Dathe, 2014
Jugurtia alfkeni Buysson, 1904
Jugurtia braunsiella Schulthess, 1930
Knemodynerus turneri Giordani Soika, 1934
Lasioglossum callophrys Ebmer, 2002
Lasioglossum cinereum Friese, 1917
Lasioglossum lasioglossum Strand, 1913
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Masarina familiaris Richards, 1962
Masarina hyalinipennis Richards, 1962
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile (Chalicodoma) murina Friese, 1913
Megachile (Chalicodoma) niveofasciata Friese, 1904
Megachile (Creightonella) discolor Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Eutricharaea) gratiosa Smith, 1853
Megachile (Eutricharaea) semiflava (Cockerell, 1937)⇒ Megachile cordata Smith, 1879
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) fulva Smith, 1853Stout tagelus
Megachile (Pseudomegachile) sinuata Friese, 1903
Megachile atripes Friese, 1904
Megachile maxillosa Guérin-Ménev..., 1845
Megachile ruficheloides Strand, 1911
Melitta (Cilissa) arrogans Smith, 1879
Melitta albida Cockerell, 1935
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Monomorium australe Emery, 1886
Monomorium fridae Forel, 1905
Monomorium havilandi Forel, 1910
Monomorium macrops Arnold, 1944
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910
Pachycondyla hottentota Emery, 1886
Palarus latifrons Kohl, 1884
Palarus oneili Brauns, 1898
Parabatozonus fuliginosus Klug, 1834
Paraclavelia caffer Kohl, 1886
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pison montanum (Cameron, 1908)⇒ Pison allonymum Schulz, 1906
Plesianthidium volkmanni Friese, 1909
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Pompilus bilineatus Arnold, 1937
Pseudoanthidium tuberculiferum Brauns, 1905
Quartinia artemis Richards, 1962
Rediviva macgregori Whitehead & ..., 2001
Rediviva neliana Cockerell, 1931
Rediviva pallidula Whitehead & ..., 1992
Scrapter nitidus Friese, 1909
Scrapter ruficornis Cockerell, 1916
Sphex decipiens Kohl, 1895
Stilbum cyanurum Forster, 1771
Stizus imperialis Handlirsch, 1892Fringed littleneck
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Tachypompilus ignitus Smith, 1855
Tachysphex albocinctus Lucas, 1849
Tachysphex claripes Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex dolosus Arnold, 1923
Tachysphex kalaharicus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex vulneratus R. Turner, 1917
Tetraloniella junodi Friese, 1909
Tetramorium grandinode Santschi, 1913Western pearlshell
Tetramorium margueriteae Mbanyana, Ro..., 2018
Tetramorium peringueyi Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery, 1886
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium signatum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetraponera clypeata Emery, 1886
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Trichrysis arnoldi
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Xylocopa (Apoxylocopa) lugubris Gerstäcker, 1857
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa (Xylocopoides) capitata Smith, 1854
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) io Vachal, 1898
Xylocopa (Xylomelissa) rufitarsis Lepeletier, 1841

Subnodes of Aculeata with occurrences in Central Karoo
SuperfamilyApoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees, Sphecoid wasps
7
37
95
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyChrysidoidea
Latreille, 1802
Chrysidoid wasps, Cuckoo wasps, Cuckoo Wasps and Allies
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyFormicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
19
33
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyVespoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hornets, Mason Wasps, Mud wasps, Paper Wasps, Pollen Wasps, Potter Wasps, Social wasps, Spider wasps, Velvet ants, Vespoid wasps, Yellowjackets
3
23
26
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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