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Hymenoptera of Botswana

A guide to the Research Grade Hymenoptera observations in Botswana

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Pallid-footed Ant ¹
Technomyrmex pallipes

Savanna spiny sugar ant ²
Polyrhachis schistacea

Camponotus hova ³

Spotted Sugar Ant ⁴
Camponotus maculatus

Northern Hairy Sugar Ant ⁵
Camponotus amphidus

Dr Brauns's Sugar ant ⁶
Camponotus braunsi

Karoo Balbyter Sugar Ant ¹
Camponotus fulvopilosus

Moustached Sugar ant ⁷
Camponotus mystaceus

Camponotus simulans ⁸

Shiny sugar ant ⁹
Camponotus cinctellus

Shimmering sugar ant ¹
Camponotus vestitus

Gold-haired Sugar Ant ¹⁰
Camponotus auropubens

Olivier's Bristly Sugar ant ¹¹
Camponotus olivieri

Camponotus cubangensis ¹²

Mayr's Sugar ant ⁶
Camponotus mayri

Silky Sugar ant ¹³
Camponotus sericeus

Small Black Sugar Ant ¹⁴
Lepisiota capensis

Red Honey Ant ⁸
Tapinolepis decolor

Tapinolepis trimenii ⁸

Large Pugnacious Ant ¹⁵
Anoplolepis custodiens

Small pugnacious ant ²
Anoplolepis steingroeveri

Troglodyte Trap-jaw ant ¹⁵
Odontomachus troglodytes

Levaillant's False Trapjaw ant
Anochetus levaillanti

Leptogenys maxillosa ¹⁶

Brachyponera sennaarensis ⁷

Matebele Ant ¹⁷
Megaponera analis

Ringbum Millipede Muncher Ant ¹⁸
Plectroctena mandibularis

African stink ant ¹⁹
Paltothyreus tarsatus

Small Foul Ringbum ant ²⁰
Mesoponera caffraria

Large Velvet Bugeyed Ant ²¹
Ophthalmopone berthoudi

Flat Stink Ants ²²
Platythyrea lamellosa

Platythyrea modesta ⁶

Tetraponera ambigua ²³

Thick-node House ant ²⁴
Pheidole crassinoda

Liengmei's House ant ²⁵
Pheidole liengmei

African Big-headed Ant ¹
Pheidole megacephala

Narrow-gutted House ant ²⁶
Pheidole tenuinodis

Common Harvester Ant ²⁷
Messor capensis

Messor denticornis

Messor luebberti ¹⁶

Rugged Harvester Ants ²⁴
Messor striatifrons

Red Droptail ant ²⁸
Myrmicaria baumi

Natal droptail ant
Myrmicaria natalensis

Rhodes's Droptail Ant
Myrmicaria rhodesiae

Yellow Fire Ant ¹
Solenopsis punctaticeps

Junod's Carrion Pharaoh ant ²⁹
Monomorium junodi

Monomorium rufulum ¹⁶

Savanna sculpted tree ant ³⁰
Cataulacus intrudens

African Thief Ant ⁴
Carebara vidua

Bearded Hotrod Ant ²¹
Ocymyrmex barbiger

Ocymyrmex picardi ³¹

Ocymyrmex sphinx ¹⁶

Large Hotrod Ant ⁷
Ocymyrmex velox

Twotone tree ant ⁹
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi

Red Cocktail ant ¹
Crematogaster castanea

Brown Cocktail Ant ¹
Crematogaster melanogaster

Oscar's Cocktail ant ³²
Crematogaster oscaris

Red Savanna Fierce Ant ⁸
Tetramorium angulinode

Tetramorium humbloti ¹⁶

Southern Fierce Ant ⁸
Tetramorium notiale

Tetramorium peringueyi

Common Fierce Ant ³³
Tetramorium sericeiventre

Red Fierce ant ²¹
Tetramorium setuliferum

Big-headed Fierce Ant ¹
Tetramorium solidum

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