African Arthropods/Aculeata

Infraorder Aculeta includes the ants, bees, and stinging wasps of the insect Order Hymenoptera

Families of African Aculeata

Superfamily Apoidea (Bees and Apoid Wasps)

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  Ampulicidae - cockroach wasps (Apulex cf. apicalis)
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  Crabronidae - bee wolves, sand wasps (Philanthus triangulum diadema)
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  Sphecidae - mud daubers, digger & sand wasps (Ammophila ferrugineipes)

WaspWeb has photographs of museum specimens from the Family Heterogynaidae (also Superfamily Apoidea).

Epifamily Anthophila (Bees)

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  Andrenidae - Mining bees (Andrena sp.)
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  Apidae - honey, cuckoo, digger & carpenter bees (Xylocopa caffra)
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  Colletidae - membrane, plasterer & masked bees (Scrapter niger)
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  Halictidae - sweat bees, flower bees (Spatunomia rubra)
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  Megachilidae - leaf-cutting bees, mason bees
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  Melittidae - melittid bees (Rediviva sp.)

Superfamily Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps and Allies)

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  Bethylidae - bethylid wasps
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  Chrysididae - cuckoo wasps
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  Dryinidae - dryinid wasps (Gonatopus sp.)

WaspWeb has photographs of museum specimens from the Families Embolemidae, Plumariidae, Sclerogibbidae, and Scolebythidae (also Superfamily Chrysidoidea).

Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

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  Aenictogiton sp., Aenictogitoninae
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  Apomyrma stygia, Apomyrminae
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  Cerapachys coxalis, Cerapachyinae
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  Cerapachys centurio, Cerapachyinae
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  Tapinoma subtile, Dolichoderinae
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  Dorylus helvolus, Dorylinae
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  Polyrhachis schistacea, Formicinae
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  Anoplolepis custodiens, Formicinae
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  Carebara vidua, Myrmicinae
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  Plectroctena mandibularis, Ponerinae
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  Discothyrea hewitti, Proceratiinae
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  Probolomyrmex filiformis, Proceratiinae
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  Tetraponera natalensis, Pseudomyrmecinae

Superfamily Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants, and Allies)

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  Mutillidae - velvet ants (Dasylabris namaquana)
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  Pompilidae - spider-hunting wasps (Tribe Ageniellini)
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  Sapygidae - sapygid wasps (Sapygina undulata)

Superfamily Scolioidea (Scoliid Wasp Superfamily)

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  Bradynobaenidae - bradynobaenid wasps (Apterogyna sp.)
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  Scoliidae - scoliid wasps (Tribe Campsomerini)

Superfamily Thynnoidea (Thynnid and Chyphotid)

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  Thynnidae - thynnid wasps (Meria sp.)
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  Thynnidae - thynnid wasps (Meria sp.)

Superfamily Tiphioidea (Tiphiid Flower Wasps and Allies)

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  Tiphiidae - tiphiid wasps (Tiphia sp.)
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  Tiphiidae - tiphiid wasps (Tiphia sp.)

Superfamily Vespoidea (Vespoid Wasps)

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  Vespidae - paper, potter and pollen wasps (Belonogaster sp., a paper wasp)
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  Vespidae - paper, potter and pollen wasps (Afreumenes sp., a potter wasp)
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  Vespidae - paper, potter and pollen wasps (Quartinia sp., a pollen wasp)
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  Vespidae - paper, potter and pollen wasps (Vespula germanica, an invasive European wasp)

WaspWeb has photographs of museum specimens from the Family Rhopalosomatidae (also Superfamily Vespoidea).