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Checklist for Order Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 (Ants)
and region U.S. Virgin Islands (Virgin Islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
193
973
1367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
193
973
1367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
186
947
1322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
127
746
1053
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
24
99
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for U.S. Virgin Islands
24 Families width 127 Species and 1 Subspecies
#HIAMBFEPVTDS
Halictidae Thomson, 1869Flower bees6SpeciesTaxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802Ichneumon flies6SpeciesTaxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802Bumble bees13SpeciesTaxom
Mymaridae Haliday, 1833Fairflies0SpeciesTaxom
Bethylidae Halliday, 1839Bethylid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants72SpeciesTaxom
Braconidae Latreille, 1829Braconid wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Argidae Konow, 1890Argid flies1SpeciesTaxom
Eulophidae Westwood, 1829Eulophid wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Encyrtidae (Walker, 1837)Encyrtid wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820Pteromalid wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Platygastridae Haliday, 1833Platygastrid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Melittidae Schenk, 1860Melittid bees1SpeciesTaxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies4SpeciesTaxom
Tiphiidae Leach, 1815Flower wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Mymarommatidae Debauche, 1948False fairy wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Eucharitidae Latreille, 1809Eucharitid wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860And Resin Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Pamphiliidae (Cameron, 1890)Leaf-rolling sawflies1SpeciesTaxom
Diapriidae Latreille, 1796Diapriid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Andrenidae Webster, 1913Andrenid bees2SpeciesTaxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802Digger & Sand wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Tenthredinidae Latreille, 1804Common sawflies1SpeciesTaxom
Scelionidae (Haliday, 1839)Scelionid wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for U.S. Virgin Islands
99 Genera with 127 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPQRSTUVWX
Agapostemon Guérin-Ménev..., 1872Agapostemon Sweat Bee2SpeciesTaxom
Agrypon Foerster, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Allodape Lepeletier &..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Anagrus Haliday, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Anisepyris Kieffer, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Aphidius Nees v. Esen..., 1912Braconid wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Arge Schrank, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Baryscapus Förster, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Bombus Latreille, 1837Bumble Bee7SpeciesTaxom
Campoletis Foerster, 1869
0SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1879Black carpenter ant3SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Centris Fabricius, 1804
Centris Bees0SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1853Turtle ants1SpeciesTaxom
Cerapachys Smith, 1907Ant-raiding ant1SpeciesTaxom
Ceratoneura Ashmead, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Copidosomopsis Girault, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Cratichneumon Thomson, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1881Acrobat Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dinotrema Foerster, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 1863
0SpeciesTaxom
Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Elasmus Westwood, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Erromenus Holmgren, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Euglossa Latreille, 1758Typical Orchid Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Gahaniella Timberlake, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Glyptapanteles Ashmead, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Gonatocerus Nees, 1834
0SpeciesTaxom
Gyranusoidea Compere, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Itoplectis Förster, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Lasioglossum Curtis, 2018Base-banded Furrow Bees4SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1893Citronella ants2SpeciesTaxom
Lelaps Haliday, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Leptacis Förster, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Lymaenon Walker, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Macropis Panzer, 1882Oil-Collecting Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Melissodes Latreille, 1906Long-horned Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Mischocyttarus Saussure, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Mycocepurus Forel, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Myrmelachista Roger, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Myzinum Latreille, 1775New World Banded Thynnid Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1758Trap-jaw ants1SpeciesTaxom
Ooctonus Haliday, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Orasema Cameron, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Osmia Panzer, 1837Mason bee1SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1804Panther Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pamphilius Latreille, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pentalitomastix Eady, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Pentapria Kieffer, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Perdita Smith, 1907Fairy Bees2SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1886Big-headed Ants11SpeciesTaxom
Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851Marauder ants1SpeciesTaxom
Picrostigeus Forster, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Platythyrea Roger, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Pnigalio Schrank, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1914Harvester Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1764Paper nest wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Polynema Haliday, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Protandrena Cockerell, 1896
0SpeciesTaxom
Protapanteles Ashmead, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoponera Emery, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Sericobracon Shaw, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1972Fire ants5SpeciesTaxom
Spalangia Latreille, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1758Digger wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1890Miniature Trap-jaw Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Syllophopsis Santschi, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Synopeas Förster, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Taxonus Hartig, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Telenomus Haliday, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1894Acorn Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1892Fierce Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Trachymyrmex Forel, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Trichomma Wesmael, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Trichomyrmex Mayr, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Trimorus Foerster, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom
Urosigalphus Ashmead, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Vespula Thomson, 1758Ground Yellowjackets1SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1874Carpenter bees1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for U.S. Virgin Islands
127 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) femoratus Crawford, 1901
Agapostemon (Agapostemon) texanus Cresson, 1872Green sweat bee
Agrypon caribbaeum Bland, 1984
Allodape melipona
Anisepyris antiguensis Evans, 1966
Anochetus inermis André, 1889
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Aphidius (Aphidius) colemani Viereck, 1912Parasitoid wasp
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758Drone-Bee
Arge berberidis Schrank, 1802Barberry sawfly
Bombus (Bombus) lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Bombus lantschouensis Vogt, 1908
Bombus (Fervidobombus) fervidus Fabricius, 1798Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Bombus (Fervidobombus) pensylvanicus De Geer, 1773American bumble bee
Bombus (Megabombus) hortorum Linnaeus, 1761Garden bumblebee
Bombus (Psithyrus) ashtoni Cresson, 1864Ashton cuckoo bumble bee
Bombus (Pyrobombus) vagans Smith, 1854Half-black bumble bee
Bombus (Subterraneobombus) borealis Kirby, 1837Northern amber bumble bee
Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) saussurei Forel, 1879Granulose cleftclam
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ustus Forel, 1879Cumberland leafshell
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851
Cephalotes unimaculatus Smith, 1853Neighbor tagelus
Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907Ant
Ceratoneura petiolata Ashmead, 1894
Copidosomopsis (Pentalitomastix) plethorica Caltagirone, 1966Parasitoid wasp
Cratichneumon culex Muller, 1776
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) steinheili Forel, 1881
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862Ant
Elaphropoda bembidion Lieftinck, 1966Cascade cave amphipod
Elasmus polistis Burks, 1971Parasitoid wasp
Erromenus labidus Townes & Gupta, 1992
Euglossa (Euglossa) cordata (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Euglossa aureiventris Friese, 1899
Gahaniella saissetiae Timberlake, 1926Parasitoid wasp
Gyranusoidea indica Shafee, Alam..., 1975Parasitoid wasp
Hypoponera ergatandria Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Itoplectis quadricingulata Provancher, 1880
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) weemsi Mitchell, 1960Weems'S Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum callophrys Ebmer, 2002
Lasioglossum dispersum Gibbs, 2018
Lasioglossum enatum Gibbs, 2018
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862Common Citronella Ant
Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893Cornfield ant
Lelaps floridensis Yoshimoto, 1977
Leptogenys pubiceps Emery, 1890Round combshell
Linepithema iniquum Mayr, 1870Ant
Macropis (Macropis) nuda Provancher, 1882Dark-Legged Yellow Loosestrife Bee
Melissodes (Eumelissodes) illata Lovell & Coc..., 1906
Mischocyttarus (Phi) phthisicus Fabricius, 1793
Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, 1858)⇒ Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851
Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891Ant
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium subcoecum Emery, 1894
Mycocepurus smithii Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1908Ant
Myzinum haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1775
Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758Two-spined trapjaw ant
Ooctonus hemipterus Haliday, 1833
Orasema minutissima Howard, 1894Ant-parasitic wasp
Osmia (Osmia) lignaria Say, 1837Blue orchard bee
Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804
Pamphilius rubi (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Pamphilius luteicornis Norton, 1869
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Pentalitomastix plethorica (Caltagirone, 1966)⇒ Copidosomopsis plethorica Caltagirone, 1966
Perdita (Cockerellia) albipennis Cresson, 1868White-winged Perdita
Perdita (Perdita) dolichocephala Swenk & Cock..., 1907
Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884
Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863)⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895Round combshell
Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908Big-headed ant
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole subarmata Radoszkowsky, 1884
Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851East Indian harvesting ant
Picrostigeus debilis Gravenhorst, 1829
Platythyrea punctata Smith, F., 1858Ant
Pogonomyrmex huachucanus Wheeler, 1914
Polistes (Aphanilopterus) crinitus Felton, 1764Jack Spaniard
Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866Pennsylvania Ponera
Prionopelta antillana Forel, 1909Ant
Prionyx thomae Fabricius, 1775Mud dauber
Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804Pan-tropical Panther Ant
Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Quartinia persephona Richards, 1962
Rhytidoponera punctata Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894
Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
Sericobracon evansi Shaw, 1985
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) corticalis Forel, 1881Fire ant
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) zeteki Wheeler, W.M., 1942
Solenopsis (Euophthalma) globularia Smith, F., 1858Ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972Argentine Fire Ant
Spalangia haematobiae Ashmead, 1894
Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier d..., 1845
Sphex ichneumoneus Linnaeus, 1758Great Golden Digger
Strumigenys emeryi Mann, 1922
Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890Emma's Dacetine Ant
Strumigenys louisianae Roger, 1863
Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869Membraniferous Dacetine Ant
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Syllophopsis subcoeca Emery, 1894
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836Coconut ant
Taxonus terminalis Say, 1824White-Tipped Sawfly
Telenomus podisi Ashmead, 1893
Temnothorax magnabulla Prebus, 2021
Temnothorax pulchellus Emery, 1894
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870Ant
Tetramorium steinheili Forel, 1892
Trachymyrmex jamaicensis André, 1893Ant
Trichomma cnaphalocrocis Uchida, 1928
Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851Destroyer Ant
Urosigalphus (Bruchiurosigalphus) islandicus Gibson, 1972
Vespula (Paravespula) vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758Common European Yellowjacket
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) mordax Smith, 1874Antillean Carpenter Bee

Subnodes of Hymenoptera with occurrences in U.S. Virgin Islands
SuborderApocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps, True wasps, Wasps
21
96
124
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSymphyta
Gerstäcker, 1867
Horntails, Sawflies, Woodwasps
3
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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