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Checklist for Order Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Ants)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
743
20447
107483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
739
20429
107440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
708
20177
106478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
435
15998
93602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
75
2060
12664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
75 Families width 12664 Species and 796 Subspecies
#ABCDEFGHILMOPRSTVX
Agaonidae Walker, 1848Fig wasp127SpeciesTaxom
Ampulicidae Shuckard, 1840Ampulicid wasps33SpeciesTaxom
Andrenidae Webster, 1913Andrenid bees38SpeciesTaxom
Anthophoridae (C. L. Koch, 1846)3SpeciesTaxom
Aphelinidae Thomson, 1876Aphelinid wasps93SpeciesTaxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802Bumble bees651SpeciesTaxom
Argidae Konow, 1890Argid flies46SpeciesTaxom
Aulacidae Shuckard, 1842Aulacid wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Bethylidae Halliday, 1839Bethylid wasps113SpeciesTaxom
Braconidae Latreille, 1829Braconid wasps957SpeciesTaxom
Bradynobaenidae Saussure, 1892Bradynobaenid wasps31SpeciesTaxom
Cephidae Newman, 1834Cephids3SpeciesTaxom
Ceraphronidae Haliday, 1833Ceraphronid wasps15SpeciesTaxom
Chalcididae Latreille, 1817Chalcidid wasps109SpeciesTaxom
Chrysididae Latreille, 1802Chrysidid wasps207SpeciesTaxom
Cimbicidae Kirby, 1837Cimbicid sawflies3SpeciesTaxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841Colletid bees114SpeciesTaxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802Bee Wolves984SpeciesTaxom
Cynipidae Latreille, 1802Cynipid gall wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Diapriidae Latreille, 1796Diapriid wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Dryinidae Haliday, 1840Dryinid wasps294SpeciesTaxom
Embolemidae Förster, 1856Embolemid wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Encyrtidae Walker, 1837Encyrtid wasps249SpeciesTaxom
Ephialtitidae Handlirsch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Eucharitidae Latreille, 1809Eucharitid wasp27SpeciesTaxom
Eucoilidae (Thomson, 1862)1SpeciesTaxom
Eulophidae Westwood, 1829Eulophid wasps278SpeciesTaxom
Eupelmidae Walker, 1833Eupelmid wasps85SpeciesTaxom
Eurytomidae Walker, 1832Eurytomid wasps90SpeciesTaxom
Evaniidae Latreille, 1802Ensign wasp27SpeciesTaxom
Figitidae Thomson, 1862Figitid wasps134SpeciesTaxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants2517SpeciesTaxom
Gasteruptiidae Ashmead, 1900Carrot Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Halictidae Thomson, 1869Flower bees655SpeciesTaxom
Heloridae Förster, 1856Helorid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802Ichneumon flies1416SpeciesTaxom
Leucospidae Fabricius, 1775Leucospid wasps23SpeciesTaxom
Liopteridae Ashmead, 1895Liopterid wasps19SpeciesTaxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860And Resin Bees632SpeciesTaxom
Megalyridae Schletterer, 1889Megalyrid wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Megaspilidae Ashmead, 1893Megaspilid wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Melittidae Schenk, 1860Melittid bees15SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant321SpeciesTaxom
Mymaridae Haliday, 1833Fairflies39SpeciesTaxom
Mymarommatidae Debauche, 1948False fairy wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Ormyridae Förster, 1856Armyrids9SpeciesTaxom
Orussidae Newman, 1834Orussid wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Pelecinidae Haliday, 1839Ancestral And Modern Pelecinid Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Perilampidae Latreille, 1809Perilampid waps24SpeciesTaxom
Platygastridae Haliday, 1833Platygastrid wasps25SpeciesTaxom
Plumariidae Bischoff, 1914Plumariid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps539SpeciesTaxom
Proctotrupidae Latreille, 1802Proctotrupid wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820Pteromalid wasps143SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalosomatidae Ashmead, 1896Rhopalosomatid wasps10SpeciesTaxom
Sapygidae Latreille, 1810Club-horned wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Scelionidae Haliday, 1839Scelionid wasps233SpeciesTaxom
Sclerogibbidae Ashmead, 1902Sclerogibbid wasp14SpeciesTaxom
Scolebythidae Evans, 1963Scolebythid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps139SpeciesTaxom
Sepulcidae Rasnitsyn, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Signiphoridae Howard, 1894Signiphorid waps3SpeciesTaxom
Siricidae Billberg, 1820Horntail6SpeciesTaxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802Digger & Sand wasps98SpeciesTaxom
Stephanidae Leach, 1815Crown wasp28SpeciesTaxom
Tanaostigmatidae Howard, 1890Tanaostigmatid wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Tenthredinidae Latreille, 1804Common sawflies78SpeciesTaxom
Tetracampidae Förster, 1856Tetracampid wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Thynnidae Shuckard, 1841Thynnid Wasps18SpeciesTaxom
Tiphiidae Leach, 1815Flower wasps78SpeciesTaxom
Torymidae Walker, 1833Apple seed chalcids53SpeciesTaxom
Trichogrammatidae Haliday, 1851Trichogrammatid wasps30SpeciesTaxom
Trigonalidae (Cresson, 1887)Trigonalid sawflies7SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies710SpeciesTaxom
Xyelidae Newman, 1835Sawfly0SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Hymenoptera with occurrences in East Africa
SuborderApocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps, True wasps, Wasps
67
2015
12526
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSymphyta
Gerstäcker, 1867
Horntails, Sawflies, Woodwasps
8
45
138
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Hymenoptera at bacs-s02.bacs.uq.edu.au
Hymenoptera at hol.osu.edu
Hymenoptera at landcareresearch.co.nz
Hymenoptera at papua-insects.nl
Hymenoptera at zoologie.umons.ac.be
Hymenoptera at artfakta.se
Hymenoptera at dyntaxa.se
Hymenoptera at gbif.org
Hymenoptera at irmng.org
Hymenoptera at itis.gov