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Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This is a guide to the Hymenoptera of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The species listed here are primarily those recorded in the Zoological Society London checklist. Additional species have been added from surveys collected through a Darwin Plus project (DPLUS151). This list is not ...more ↓

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Emerald Cockroach Wasp ¹
Ampulex compressa

Western Honey Bee ²
Apis mellifera

Camponotus hova ³

Emery's Sneaking Ant ⁴
Cardiocondyla emeryi

Lesser Sneaking Ant ⁵
Cardiocondyla minutior

Oriental Mud-dauber Wasp ⁶
Chalybion bengalense

Chalybion ⁷

Euodynerus trilobus ⁸

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees ⁹
Megachile

Flower Ant ¹⁰
Monomorium floricola

Robust Crazy ant ¹¹
Nylanderia bourbonica

Longhorn Crazy Ant ¹²
Paratrechina longicornis

Big-headed Ants ¹⁰
Pheidole

Pison ¹³

Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp ¹⁴
Polistes olivaceus

Small Paper Wasps ¹⁵
Ropalidia

Geminata-group Fire Ants ¹⁶
Solenopsis geminata

Sphex sericeus ¹

Subancistrocerus sichelii ⁶

Humble Ants ¹⁷
Tapinoma

Technomyrmex albipes ¹⁸

Tetramorium obesum ¹⁹

Trypoxylon ²⁰

Windowed Carpenter ²¹
Xylocopa fenestrata

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Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Emerald Cockroach Wasp 1 Ampulex compressa

Western Honey Bee 2 Apis mellifera

Emery's Sneaking Ant 4 Cardiocondyla emeryi

Lesser Sneaking Ant 5 Cardiocondyla minutior

Oriental Mud-dauber Wasp 6 Chalybion bengalense

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 9 Megachile

Flower Ant 10 Monomorium floricola

Robust Crazy ant 11 Nylanderia bourbonica

Longhorn Crazy Ant 12 Paratrechina longicornis

Big-headed Ants 10 Pheidole

Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp 14 Polistes olivaceus

Small Paper Wasps 15 Ropalidia

Geminata-group Fire Ants 16 Solenopsis geminata

Humble Ants 17 Tapinoma

Windowed Carpenter 21 Xylocopa fenestrata