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Checklist for Suborder Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867 (Ants)
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
 


List of families for Central Karoo
22 Families width 200 Species
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Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860And Resin Bees0SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies0SpeciesTaxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802Bumble bees0SpeciesTaxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802Digger & Sand wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802Ichneumon flies0SpeciesTaxom
Braconidae Latreille, 1829Braconid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802Bee Wolves0SpeciesTaxom
Chalcididae (Latreille, 1817)Chalcidid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant0SpeciesTaxom
Chrysididae Latreille, 1802Chrysidid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841Colletid bees0SpeciesTaxom
Eulophidae Westwood, 1829Eulophid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Evaniidae Latreille, 1802Ensign wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Bethylidae Halliday, 1839Bethylid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Halictidae Thomson, 1869Flower bees0SpeciesTaxom
Melittidae Schenk, 1860Melittid bees0SpeciesTaxom
Leucospidae Fabricius, 1775Leucospid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Eupelmidae Walker, 1833Eupelmid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Torymidae Walker, 1833Apple seed chalcids0SpeciesTaxom
Orussidae Newman, 1834Orussid wasps0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Karoo
200 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
Anomalon reticulatum (Cresson, 1865)⇒ Anomalon variistriatum Morley, 1912
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
Apanteles trabea Nixon, 1965
Aphanistes coxatus Hopper, 1981
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
Chorinaeus subcarinatus Holmgren, 1858
Chrysis alternans Dahlbom, 1854
Chrysis splendens Dahlbom, 1845
Chrysis stilboides Spinola, 1838
Cidaphus occidentalis Cushman, 1924
Clavelia ramosa Smith, 1865
Colletes capensis Cameron, 1905
Colletes malmus Cameron, 1905
Conocalama quebecensis Provancher, 1874
Cremastus incompletus Provancher, 1875
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) melanogaster Emery, 1895Carpenter carditid
Crematogaster (Decacrema) liengmei Forel, 1894Turgid blossom
Crossocerus acanthophorus Kohl, 1892
Cryptopimpla quadrilineata Gravenhorst, 1829
Cylloceria borealis Roman, 1925
Cylloceria melancholica Gravenhorst, 1820
Dasylabris autonoe
Delta caffrum Linnaeus, 1767
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Delta emarginatum Linnaeus, 1758
Dicyrtomellus rufofemoratus Bischoff, 1913
Diplazon laetatorius Fabricius, 1781Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp
Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764Wavy amphissa
Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus Westwood, 1839Blake lucine
Dusona stenocara (Thomson, 1887)⇒ Dusona minor Provancher, 1879
Enicospilus enicospilus Nikam, 1972
Epeolus amabilis Gerstäcker, 1869
Erigorgus curtus Norton, 1863
Erromenus marginatus Provancher, 1883
Erromenus punctulatus Holmgren, 1857
Eulophomorpha clubiona Sheng & Wang, 1997
Evania appendigaster Linnaeus, 1758Cockroach Egg Parasitoid Wasp
Exetastes peronatus Cameron, 1906
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
Himerta epicnemia Leblanc, 1989
Hoplismenus morulus Say, 1829
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
Leucospis schlettereri Schulthess-S..., 1899
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Lissonota (Lissonota) coracina Gmelin, 1790
Lissonota spilostethus Townes, 1978
Lissonota xanthophrys Townes, 1978
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
Meniscomorpha mirabilis Cresson, 1870
Mesochorus vittator Zetterstedt, 1838
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
Orgichneumon calcatorius Thunberg, 1822
Orussus occidentalis Cresson, 1879
Osprynchotus violator Thunberg, 1789
Pachycondyla hottentota Emery, 1886
Palarus latifrons Kohl, 1884
Palarus oneili Brauns, 1898
Parabatozonus fuliginosus Klug, 1834
Paraclavelia caffer Kohl, 1886
Pasites appletoni Cockerell, 1910
Perilissus decoloratus Cresson, 1864
Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Phytodietus (Neuchorus) obscurus (Ratzeburg, 1852)⇒ Phytodietus astutus Gravenhorst, 1829
Pison montanum (Cameron, 1908)⇒ Pison allonymum Schulz, 1906
Pleolophus indistinctus Provancher, 1886
Plesianthidium volkmanni Friese, 1909
Polistes (Polistes) marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Polyblastus (Polyblastus) varitarsus Gravenhorst, 1829
Pompilus bilineatus Arnold, 1937
Pseudoanthidium tuberculiferum Brauns, 1905
Quartinia artemis Richards, 1962
Rediviva macgregori Whitehead & ..., 2001
Rediviva neliana Cockerell, 1931
Rediviva pallidula Whitehead & ..., 1992
Rynchobanchus bicolor Kriechbaumer, 1894
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
Syspasis tauma Heinrich, 1951
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
Therion fuscipenne Norton, 1863
Thyreus delumbatus Vachal, 1903
Thyreus plumifer Brauns, 1909
Thyreus vachali Friese, 1905
Tricarinodynerus guerinii Saussure, 1852
Trichrysis arnoldi
Triclistus crassus Townes & Townes, 1959
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Vipio (Vipio) nomioides Shestakov, 1926
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 Apocrita with occurrences in Central Karoo
InfraorderAculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
13
84
161
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderOrussomorpha
Rasnitsyn, 1980
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderParasitica
Hartig, 1837
Parasitic Apocrita, Parasitic wasps, Parasitoid wasps
8
45
38
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Apocrita at artfakta.se
Apocrita at dyntaxa.se
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