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Hymenoptera of Botswana

A guide to the Research Grade Hymenoptera observations in Botswana

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Foenatopus albomaculatus 1
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Rubytail Cuckoo Wasp 2
Chrysis lincea
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Emerald Cuckoo Wasp 3
Stilbum cyanurum
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European beewolf 4
Philanthus triangulum
Plebeina hildebrandti
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Western Honey Bee 5
Apis mellifera
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Double-banded Carpenter Bee 6
Xylocopa caffra
Steganomus junodi
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Orange-tipped Resin Bee 7
Megachile chrysorrhoea
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Feline Hairy-tailed Resin Bee 8
Gronoceras felinum
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Pallid-footed Ant 9
Technomyrmex pallipes
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Savanna spiny sugar ant 10
Polyrhachis schistacea
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Camponotus hova 11
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Spotted Sugar Ant 12
Camponotus maculatus
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Northern Hairy Sugar Ant 13
Camponotus amphidus
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Dr Brauns's Sugar ant 14
Camponotus braunsi
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Karoo Balbyter Sugar Ant 9
Camponotus fulvopilosus
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Moustached Sugar ant 15
Camponotus mystaceus
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Camponotus simulans 16
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Shiny sugar ant 17
Camponotus cinctellus
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Shimmering sugar ant 9
Camponotus vestitus
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Gold-haired Sugar Ant 18
Camponotus auropubens
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Olivier's Bristly Sugar ant 19
Camponotus olivieri
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Camponotus cubangensis 20
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Mayr's Sugar ant 21
Camponotus mayri
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Silky Sugar ant 22
Camponotus sericeus
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Small Black Sugar Ant 23
Lepisiota capensis
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Red Honey Ant 16
Tapinolepis decolor
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Tapinolepis trimenii 16
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Large Pugnacious Ant 24
Anoplolepis custodiens
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Small pugnacious ant 10
Anoplolepis steingroeveri
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Troglodyte Trap-jaw ant 24
Odontomachus troglodytes
Levaillant's False Trapjaw ant
Anochetus levaillanti
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Leptogenys maxillosa 25
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Brachyponera sennaarensis 15
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Matebele Ant 26
Megaponera analis
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Ringbum Millipede Muncher Ant 27
Plectroctena mandibularis
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African stink ant 28
Paltothyreus tarsatus
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Small Foul Ringbum ant 29
Mesoponera caffraria
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Large Velvet Bugeyed Ant 30
Ophthalmopone berthoudi
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Flat Stink Ants 31
Platythyrea lamellosa
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Platythyrea modesta 14
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Tetraponera ambigua 32
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Thick-node House ant 33
Pheidole crassinoda
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Liengmei's House ant 34
Pheidole liengmei
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African Big-headed Ant 9
Pheidole megacephala
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Narrow-gutted House ant 35
Pheidole tenuinodis
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Common Harvester Ant 36
Messor capensis
Messor denticornis
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Messor luebberti 25
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Rugged Harvester Ants 33
Messor striatifrons
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Red Droptail ant 37
Myrmicaria baumi
Natal droptail ant
Myrmicaria natalensis
Rhodes's Droptail Ant
Myrmicaria rhodesiae
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Yellow Fire Ant 9
Solenopsis punctaticeps
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Junod's Carrion Pharaoh ant 38
Monomorium junodi
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Monomorium rufulum 25
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Savanna sculpted tree ant 7
Cataulacus intrudens
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African Thief Ant 12
Carebara vidua
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Bearded Hotrod Ant 30
Ocymyrmex barbiger
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Ocymyrmex picardi 39
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Ocymyrmex sphinx 25
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Large Hotrod Ant 15
Ocymyrmex velox
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Twotone tree ant 17
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi
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Red Cocktail ant 9
Crematogaster castanea
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Brown Cocktail Ant 9
Crematogaster melanogaster
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Oscar's Cocktail ant 2
Crematogaster oscaris
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Red Savanna Fierce Ant 16
Tetramorium angulinode
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Tetramorium humbloti 25
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Southern Fierce Ant 16
Tetramorium notiale
Tetramorium peringueyi
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Common Fierce Ant 40
Tetramorium sericeiventre
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Red Fierce ant 30
Tetramorium setuliferum
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Big-headed Fierce Ant 9
Tetramorium solidum
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Dolichomutilla sycorax 12
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Black Mud Wasp 36
Delta emarginatum
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Delta lepeleterii 41
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Ropalidia distigma 42
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Ropalidia guttatipennis 43
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Belonogaster lateritia 44
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Polistes africanus 45
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Common Hover Fly Parasitoid Wasp 46
Diplazon laetatorius

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