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Hymenoptera of Botswana

A guide to the Research Grade Hymenoptera observations in Botswana

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Foenatopus albomaculatus ¹

Rubytail Cuckoo Wasp ²
Chrysis lincea

Emerald Cuckoo Wasp ³
Stilbum cyanurum

European beewolf ⁴
Philanthus triangulum

Plebeina hildebrandti

Western Honey Bee ⁵
Apis mellifera

Double-banded Carpenter Bee ⁶
Xylocopa caffra

Steganomus junodi

Orange-tipped Resin Bee ⁷
Megachile chrysorrhoea

Feline Hairy-tailed Resin Bee ⁸
Gronoceras felinum

Pallid-footed Ant ⁹
Technomyrmex pallipes

Savanna spiny sugar ant ¹⁰
Polyrhachis schistacea

Camponotus hova ¹¹

Spotted Sugar Ant ¹²
Camponotus maculatus

Northern Hairy Sugar Ant ¹³
Camponotus amphidus

Dr Brauns's Sugar ant ¹⁴
Camponotus braunsi

Karoo Balbyter Sugar Ant ⁹
Camponotus fulvopilosus

Moustached Sugar ant ¹⁵
Camponotus mystaceus

Camponotus simulans ¹⁶

Shiny sugar ant ¹⁷
Camponotus cinctellus

Shimmering sugar ant ⁹
Camponotus vestitus

Gold-haired Sugar Ant ¹⁸
Camponotus auropubens

Olivier's Bristly Sugar ant ¹⁹
Camponotus olivieri

Camponotus cubangensis ²⁰

Mayr's Sugar ant ¹⁴
Camponotus mayri

Silky Sugar ant ²¹
Camponotus sericeus

Small Black Sugar Ant ²²
Lepisiota capensis

Red Honey Ant ¹⁶
Tapinolepis decolor

Tapinolepis trimenii ¹⁶

Large Pugnacious Ant ²³
Anoplolepis custodiens

Small pugnacious ant ¹⁰
Anoplolepis steingroeveri

Troglodyte Trap-jaw ant ²³
Odontomachus troglodytes

Levaillant's False Trapjaw ant
Anochetus levaillanti

Leptogenys maxillosa ²⁴

Brachyponera sennaarensis ¹⁵

Matebele Ant ²⁵
Megaponera analis

Ringbum Millipede Muncher Ant ²⁶
Plectroctena mandibularis

African stink ant ²⁷
Paltothyreus tarsatus

Small Foul Ringbum ant ²⁸
Mesoponera caffraria

Large Velvet Bugeyed Ant ²⁹
Ophthalmopone berthoudi

Flat Stink Ants ³⁰
Platythyrea lamellosa

Platythyrea modesta ¹⁴

Tetraponera ambigua ³¹

Thick-node House ant ³²
Pheidole crassinoda

Liengmei's House ant ³³
Pheidole liengmei

African Big-headed Ant ⁹
Pheidole megacephala

Narrow-gutted House ant ³⁴
Pheidole tenuinodis

Common Harvester Ant ³⁵
Messor capensis

Messor denticornis

Messor luebberti ²⁴

Rugged Harvester Ants ³²
Messor striatifrons

Red Droptail ant ³⁶
Myrmicaria baumi

Natal droptail ant
Myrmicaria natalensis

Rhodes's Droptail Ant
Myrmicaria rhodesiae

Yellow Fire Ant ⁹
Solenopsis punctaticeps

Junod's Carrion Pharaoh ant ³⁷
Monomorium junodi

Monomorium rufulum ²⁴

Savanna sculpted tree ant ⁷
Cataulacus intrudens

African Thief Ant ¹²
Carebara vidua

Bearded Hotrod Ant ²⁹
Ocymyrmex barbiger

Ocymyrmex picardi ³⁸

Ocymyrmex sphinx ²⁴

Large Hotrod Ant ¹⁵
Ocymyrmex velox

Twotone tree ant ¹⁷
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi

Red Cocktail ant ⁹
Crematogaster castanea

Brown Cocktail Ant ⁹
Crematogaster melanogaster

Oscar's Cocktail ant ²
Crematogaster oscaris

Red Savanna Fierce Ant ¹⁶
Tetramorium angulinode

Tetramorium humbloti ²⁴

Southern Fierce Ant ¹⁶
Tetramorium notiale

Tetramorium peringueyi

Common Fierce Ant ³⁹
Tetramorium sericeiventre

Red Fierce ant ²⁹
Tetramorium setuliferum

Big-headed Fierce Ant ⁹
Tetramorium solidum

Dolichomutilla sycorax ¹²

Black Mud Wasp ³⁵
Delta emarginatum

Delta lepeleterii ⁴⁰

Ropalidia distigma ⁴¹

Ropalidia guttatipennis

Belonogaster lateritia ⁴²

Polistes africanus ⁴³

Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp ⁴⁴
Diplazon laetatorius

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