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Checklist for Order Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Ants)
and region Mojave Desert (Southwest USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
99
340
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
99
340
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
95
326
459
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
72
282
408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
17
75
154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mojave Desert
17 Families width 154 Species and 2 Subspecies
Halictidae Thomson, 1869Flower bees11SpeciesTaxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802Digger & Sand wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Andrenidae Webster, 1913Andrenid bees25SpeciesTaxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860And Resin Bees21SpeciesTaxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802Bumble bees34SpeciesTaxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802Bee Wolves9SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants29SpeciesTaxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841Colletid bees6SpeciesTaxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802Ichneumon flies5SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant1SpeciesTaxom
Chrysididae Latreille, 1802Chrysidid wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies2SpeciesTaxom
Melittidae Schenk, 1860Melittid bees1SpeciesTaxom
Scelionidae Haliday, 1839Scelionid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Argidae Konow, 1890Argid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820Pteromalid wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mojave Desert
75 Genera with 154 Species
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Agapostemon Guérin-Ménev..., 1874Agapostemon Sweat Bee2SpeciesTaxom
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1865Beachgrass3SpeciesTaxom
Ancylandrena Cockerell, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Andrena Fabricius, 1977Mining bee7SpeciesTaxom
Anthidiellum Cockerell, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Anthidium Fabricius, 1927Carder Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1951Common Digger Bees12SpeciesTaxom
Anthophorula Cockerell, 19802SpeciesTaxom
Ashmeadiella Cockerell, 18986SpeciesTaxom
Astata Latreille, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Atoposmia Cockerell, 1935
0SpeciesTaxom
Augochlorella Sandhouse, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Belomicrus A. Costa, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Bembix Fabricius, 1893Sand Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Calliopsis Smith, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1970Black carpenter ant2SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1923Centris Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841
0SpeciesTaxom
Clypeadon Patton, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Colletes Latreille, 1958Cellophane bees6SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1870Acrobat Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptohelcostizus Cushman, 19402SpeciesTaxom
Dasymutilla Ashmead, 1928Cow Killer1SpeciesTaxom
Diadasia Patton, 19404SpeciesTaxom
Dolichomitus Smith, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866Cone ants2SpeciesTaxom
Dufourea Lepeletier, 1939Flame Lichens2SpeciesTaxom
Elampus Spinola, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Enicospilus Stephens, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1904
Potter Wasp0SpeciesTaxom
Forelius Emery, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Glenostictia Gillaspy, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Habropoda Smith, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Halictus Latreille, 1895End-banded Furrow Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Hesperapis Cockerell, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Hexepeolus Linsley & Mi..., 19371SpeciesTaxom
Holopyga Dahlbom, 01SpeciesTaxom
Hoplitis Klug, 1950Lesser Masons3SpeciesTaxom
Lanugo Townes, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Lasioglossum Curtis, 1895Base-banded Furrow Bees4SpeciesTaxom
Loyolanthidium Urban, 2001
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrotera Smith, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Megandrena Cockerell, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Melissodes Latreille, 1961Long-horned Bee2SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1893Honeypot Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1943Legionary Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Neolarra Ashmead, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1905Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Oreopasites Cockerell, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Osmia Panzer, 1986Mason bee3SpeciesTaxom
Oxybelus Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Parancistrocerus Bequaert, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1984Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Perdita Smith, 1962Fairy Bees11SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1955Big-headed Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1865Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1870Harvester Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Psix Kozlov & Lê, 1976
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptenus Kirby, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1906Fire ants2SpeciesTaxom
Stelis Sw., 2013Cuckoo Carder Bees5SpeciesTaxom
Steniolia Say, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Telenomus Haliday, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Thinodytes Graham, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Trachusa Panzer, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Triepeolus Robertson, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Trissolcus Ashmead, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Trypoxylon Latreille, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Veromessor Forel, 1886Smooth Harvester Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Xeromelecta Linsley, 19002SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mojave Desert
154 Species and 2 Subspecies
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) femoratus Crawford, 1901
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) melliventris Cresson, 1874Honey-bellied Agapostemon
Ammophila mimica Menke, 1966Swinecress
Ammophila nancy Menke, 2007
Ammophila pruinosa Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Ancylandrena atoposoma Cockerell, 1934
Ancylandrena larreae Timberlake, 1951Creosote Bush Ancylandrena
Ancylandrena timberlakei Zavortink, 1974
Andrena (Diandrena) puthua Cockerell, 1910
Andrena (Melandrena) impolita LaBerge, 1987Unpolished Andrena
Andrena (Micrandrena) chlorogaster Viereck, 1904
Andrena (Onagrandrena) rozeni Linsley & Ma..., 1955Black marlin
Andrena (Simandrena) orthocarpi Cockerell, 1936
Andrena (Thysandrena) livida LaBerge, 1977
Anthidiellum (Loyolanthidium) ehrhorni Cockerell, 1900
Anthidium (Anthidium) sonorense Cockerell, 1923
Anthidium rohweri H.F.Schwarz, 1927
Anthophora (Anthophoroides) linsleyi Timberlake, 1941
Anthophora (Anthophoroides) signata Brooks, 1988
Anthophora (Heliophila) abroniae Timberlake, 1937
Anthophora (Heliophila) cockerelli Timberlake, 1937
Anthophora (Heliophila) mortuaria Timberlake, 1937
Anthophora (Heliophila) petrophila Cockerell, 1905
Anthophora (Lophanthophora) coptognatha Timberlake, 1951
Anthophora (Lophanthophora) dammersi Timberlake, 1937
Anthophora (Lophanthophora) porterae Cockerell, 1900
Anthophora (Pyganthophora) forbesi Cockerell, 1907
Anthophora estebana Cockerell, 1923
Anthophora vannigera Timberlake, 1951
Anthophorula (Anthophorula) eriogoni Timberlake, 1947
Anthophorula nevadensis Timberlake, 1980
Ashmeadiella (Arogochila) breviceps Michener, 1939
Ashmeadiella (Arogochila) eurynorhyncha Michener, 1939
Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) bigeloviae Cockerell, 1897
Ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella) prosopidis Cockerell, 1897
Ashmeadiella (Cubitognatha) xenomastax Michener, 1939
Ashmeadiella holtii Cockerell, 1898
Astata bechteli Parker, 1962
Augochlorella pomoniella Cockerell, 1915
Auplopus nigrellus Banks, 1912
Bembix dentilabris (Handlirsch, 1893)⇒ Bembix u-scripta Fox, 1895
Calliopsis (Nomadopsis) puellae Cockerell, 1933Desert-dandelion Nomadopsis
Calliopsis larreae Timberlake, 1952
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sansabeanus Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) semitestaceus Snelling, R.R., 1970
Centris (Paracentris) hoffmanseggiae Cockerell, 1897
Centris (Paracentris) rhodopus Cockerell, 1897Red-legged Centris
Centris (Paracentris) tiburonensis Cockerell, 1923
Clypeadon utahensis Baker, 1895
Colletes clypeonitens Swenk, 1906
Colletes deserticola Timberlake, 1951
Colletes louisae Cockerell, 1897
Colletes productus Robertson, 1891
Colletes salicicola Cockerell, 1897
Colletes stepheni Timberlake, 1958
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) coarctata Mayr, 1870
Cryptohelcostizus maculosus Townes, 1962
Cryptohelcostizus ornatus Cushman, 1940
Dasymutilla arenivaga Mickel, 1928
Diadasia (Coquillettapis) diminuta Cresson, 1878
Diadasia (Coquillettapis) lutzi Cockerell, 1924
Diadasia (Coquillettapis) martialis Timberlake, 1940
Diadasia (Coquillettapis) vallicola Timberlake, 1940
Dolichomitus messor messor Gravenhorst, 1829
Dorymyrmex flavus McCook, 1879
Dorymyrmex insanus Buckley, 1866Pyramid ant
Dufourea nudicornis Timberlake, 1939
Dufourea vernalis Timberlake, 1939
Elampus nitidus Aaron, 1885
Enicospilus miscophus Gauld & Mitc..., 1981
Eumenes (Eumenes) bollii Cresson, 1872
Forelius pruinosus Roger, 1863High noon ant
Glenostictia scitula Fox, 1895
Habropoda pallida Timberlake, 1937Pallid Habropoda
Halictus (Odontalictus) ligatus Say, 1837Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus (Seladonia) tripartitus Cockerell, 1895
Hesperapis (Xeralictoides) laticeps Crawford, 1917
Hexepeolus mojavensis (Linsley & Mi..., 1937)⇒ Hexepeolus rhodogyne Linsley & Mi..., 1937
Holopyga ventralis
Hoplitis (Dasyosmia) biscutellae Cockerell, 1897
Hoplitis (Proteriades) deserticola Timberlake &..., 1950
Hoplitis pygmaea Timberlake &..., 1950
Lanugo deserti Townes, 1962
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) hyalinum Crawford, 1907
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) kunzei Cockerell, 1898
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) tegulariforme Crawford, 1907
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) sisymbrii Cockerell, 1895
Macrotera nigrella Timberlake, 1954
Macrotera tristella Timberlake, 1954
Megandrena (Megandrena) enceliae Cockerell, 1927Encelia Megandrena
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) bicolorata LaBerge, 1961
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) bimatris LaBerge, 1961
Messor pergandei (Mayr, 1886)⇒ Veromessor pergandei Mayr, 1886
Myrmecocystus flaviceps Wheeler, W.M., 1912
Myrmecocystus koso Snelling, R.R., 1976Alternate tellin
Myrmecocystus lugubris Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Myrmecocystus semirufus Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Neivamyrmex mojave Smith, 1943Santa Barbara cyclocardia
Neolarra californica Michener, 1939
Neolarra hurdi Shanks, 1978
Neolarra linsleyi Michener, 1939
Neolarra vigilans Cockerell, 1895
Nylanderia melanderi arenivaga Wheeler, 1905
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Oreopasites (Oreopasites) vanduzeei Cockerell, 1925
Osmia (Diceratosmia) conjuncta Cresson, 1864
Osmia (Diceratosmia) subfasciata Cresson, 1872
Osmia (Melanosmia) crassa Rust & Bohart, 1986
Oxybelus canalis Bohart & Sch..., 1956
Oxybelus uniglumis Linnaeus, 1758Common Spiny Digger Wasp
Parancistrocerus mcclayi Bohart, 1952
Paratrechina hystrix Trager, 1984
Perdita (Heteroperdita) coldeniae Timberlake, 1954
Perdita (Perdita) cleomellae Cockerell, 1925
Perdita (Perdita) colei Timberlake, 1962
Perdita (Perdita) covilleae Timberlake, 1958
Perdita (Perdita) eucnides Timberlake, 1964
Perdita (Perdita) flavipes Timberlake, 1964
Perdita (Perdita) punctosignata Cockerell, 1895
Perdita (Perdita) sonorensis Cockerell, 1899
Perdita (Pygoperdita) mohavensis Timberlake, 1956
Perdita scotti Timberlake, 1958
Perdita thermophila Timberlake, 1962
Pheidole (Ceratopheidole) clydei Gregg, 1950
Pheidole barbata Wheeler, 1908Rough razor
Pheidole desertorum Wheeler, 1906
Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895Many-line lucine
Pheidole paiute Gregg”Ž, 1959
Pheidole yaqui Creighton & ..., 1955Frilled venus
Podalonia argentifrons Cresson, 1865
Pogonomyrmex californicus Buckley, 1867California harvester ant
Pogonomyrmex hoelldobleri Johnson, Ove..., 2013
Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler, 1914Maricopa harvester ant
Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895Rough harvester ant
Pogonomyrmex subdentatus Mayr, 1870
Ptenus modestius Smith, 1970
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) tennesseensis Smith, M.R., 1951Graytwig
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) aurea Wheeler, W.M., 1906
Stelis (Dolichostelis) perpulchra Crawford, 1916
Stelis (Stelidium) ashmeadiella
Stelis (Stelis) lateralis Cresson, 1864Spot-Sided Dark Bee
Stelis hemirhoda Linsley, 1939
Stelis occidentalis Parker & Gri..., 2013
Steniolia duplicata Provancher, 1888Freckled milkvetch
Stizus occidentalis Parker, 1929
Thinodytes santerna Heydon, 1995
Trachusa (Heteranthidium) larreae Cockerell, 1897
Triepeolus distinctus Cresson, 1878
Triepeolus grindeliae Cockerell, 1907
Trissolcus hullensis Harrington, 1900
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum Packard, 1867
Veromessor pergandei Mayr, 1886Black harvester ant
Xeromelecta (Melectomorpha) californica Cresson, 1878California Xeromelecta
Xeromelecta (Xeromelecta) larreae Cockerell, 1900Larrea Xeromelecta

Subnodes of Hymenoptera with occurrences in Mojave Desert
SuborderApocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps, True wasps, Wasps
16
74
153
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSymphyta
Gerstäcker, 1867
Horntails, Sawflies, Woodwasps
1
1
1
Family
Genus
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