Hymenoptera (Ants, Wasps and Bees)

Hymenoptera (Ants, Wasps Bees and Sawflies) of Orange County, California (and nearby places) (Click on images or names to open) Yellow background, exotic species Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 Debra Mauzy-Melitz, Ron Hemberger and Hartmut Wisch
Ants (Family Formicidae)
Species lists in this family from "Spatial patterns of occurrence of the invasive argentine ant (Linepithema humile) and associated impacts on the native ant community in coastal southern California" by Milan Mitrovich, Nature Reserve of Orange County and Robert Fisher, Tritia Matsuda, and Krista Pease, US Geological Survey. November, 2006. Asterisk indicates exotic species.
Subfamily Dolichoderinae
Dorymyrmex insanus	Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile	California velvety tree ant, Liometopum occidentale	Odorous House Ant, Tapinoma sessile	Dorymyrmex bicolor Dorymyrmex insanus Forelius foetidus Forelius pruinosus Linepithema humile* Liometopum occidentale Tapinoma sessile
Subfamily Ecitoninae
Legionary Ant, Neivamyrmex (californicus?)	Neivamyrmex californicus Neivamyrmex nigrescens Neivamyrmex opacithorax
Subfamily Formicinae
Carpenter Ant, Camponotus sp.	Field Ant, Formica francoeuri	Field Ant, Formica moki	Honeypot Ant, Myrmecocystus sp.	False honey Ant, Prenolepis imparis
Winged Ant	Brachymyrmex depilis Camponotus sayi Camponotus semitestaceus Camponotus spp. CA- Camponotus vicinus	Formica francoeuri Formica moki Formica xerophila	Myrmecocystus kennedyi Myrmecocystus mexicanus Myrmecocystus mimicus Myrmecocystus semirufus Myrmecocystus testaceus	Paratrechina c.f. terricola Polyergus breviceps Prenolepis imparis
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Acrobat Ant, Crematogaster sp.	Harvester Ant, Messor andrei (worker)	Desert Ant, Messor pergandei	Winged Ant, Messor sp. (male)
Harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex anzensis	Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, worker	Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, male
Cardiocondyla ectopia* Crematogaster californica Crematogaster coarctata Crematogaster hespera Crematogaster mormonum Cyphomyrmex wheeleri Messor andrei Messor stoddardi Monomorium ergatogyna Monomorium minimum	Monomorium pharaonis* Myrmecina americana Pheidole cerebrosior Pheidole clementensis Pheidole hyatti Pheidole vistana Pogonomyrmex californicus Pogonomyrmex rugosus Pogonomyrmex subnitidus	Solenopsis amblychila Solenopsis aurea Solenopsis molesta Solenopsis xyloni Temnothorax andrei Temnothorax nevadensis Temnothorax nitens Temnothorax sp CA-
Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae
Pseudomyrmex apache
Wasps
Agaonidae (Fig wasps)		Aphelinidae (Aphelinid wasps)
Fig Wasp		Whitefly parasitoid, Eretmocerus californicus
Braconidae (Braconid wasps)
Braconid Wasp, Apanteles sp.	Aphid parasitoid, Aphidius sp	Braconid Wasp, Subfamily Agathidinae	Braconid Wasp, Subfamily Aphidiinae	Braconid Wasp, Subfamily Aphidiinae
Braconid Wasp, Subfamily Aphidiinae	Braconid Wasp, Subfamily Microgastrinae	Braconid Wasp	Braconid Wasp	Braconid Wasp
Braconid Wasp
Chalcididea (Chalcid wasps)	Chrysididae (Cuckoo Wasps)
Chalcid wasp, Conura sp.	Cuckoo Wasp
Crabronidae (Crabronid Wasps)
Western Sand Wasp, Bembix americana	Sand Wasp, Bembix sp.	Bembicine Wasp	Bicyrtes sp.	Cerceris sextoides
Cerceris sp.	Cerceris sp.	Cerceris sp. Female	Cerceris sp. Male	Cerceris sp.
Cerceris sp. Male	Cerceris sp.	Dryudella sp.	Square-headed Wasp, Ectemnius sp.	Eucerceris sp.
Eucerceris sp.	Sand-loving Wasp, Tribe Larrini	Square-headed Wasp, Tribe Larrini	Square-headed Wasp, Tribe Larrini	Square-headed wasp, Tribe Miscophini
Square-headed Wasp, Liris sp.	Sand Wasp, Microbembex sp.	Square-headed Wasp, Oxybelus sp.	Square-headed Wasp, Solierella sp.	Bee Wolf, Philanthus crabroniformis
Bee Wolf, Philanthus gibbosus	Pacific Burrowing Wasp, Philanthus multimaculatus	Hunting Wasp: Philanthus sp.	Hunting Wasp: Philanthus sp.	Square-headed wasp, Pison sp
Sand Wasp, Steniolia sp.	Steniola sp.?	Tachysphex	Square-headed Wasp, Tachytes sp.
Diapriidae (Diapriid Wasps)	Encyrtidae (Encyrtid Wasps)	Eulophidae (Eulophid Wasps)	Eupelmidae (Ant-like Eupelmid Wasps)	Eurytomidae (Eurytomid Wasps)
Coptera sp.	Psyllaephagus bliteus	Eulophid Wasp	Ant-like Eupelmid Wasp	Sycophila sp. (?)
Gasteruptiidae (Gasteruptiid Wasps)
Gasteruption sp.
Ichneumonidae (Ichneumons)
Ichneumon Wasp, Compsocryptus sp.	Ichneumon Wasp, Diplazon laetatorius	Syrphoctonus pacificus (reared from Allograpta obliqua pupa)	Ichneumon Wasp, Subfamily Campopleginae (male)	Ichneumon Wasp, Subfamily Campopleginae (female)
Ichneumon Wasp, Subfamily Cryptinae	Ichneumon Wasp, Subfamily Gelinae	Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp; Subfamily Ophioninae	Ichneumon Wasp, Pimpla saguinipes	Ichneumon Wasp, Subfamily Pimplinae
Ichneumon Wasp, Temelucha grapholithaa complex?	Ichneumon Wasp	Ichneumon Wasp (reared from Tussock moth pupa)
Mutillidae (Velvet Ants)				Perilampidae
Red-haired Velvet Ant, Dasymutilla aureola pacifica	Velvet Ant, Dasymutilla sackenii	Velvet Ant, Dasymutilla sp.	Red-haired Velvet Ant, Pseudomethoca anthracina	Fam. Perilampidae
Pompilidae (Spider Wasps) Movie of an interaction between Tarantula and Tarantula Hawk (in Costa Rica)
Dipigon calipterus nubifer	Episyryon conterminus posterus	Notocyphus dorsalis	Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis mexicana	Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis mildei
Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis thisbe	Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis sp.	Spider Wasp, Psorthaspis planata	Red tailed Spider Hunter, Tachypompilus unicolor
Pteromalidae (Pteromalid Wasps)	Club-horned Wasps (Sapygidae)		Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)
Pteromalid Wasp	Club-horned Wasp, Sapyga sp.		Scoliid Wasp, Campsomeris tolteca
Sphecidae (Sphecid Wasps)
Burrowing Wasp, Ammophila sp.	Burrowing Wasp, Ammophila sp.	Blue Mud Wasp, Chlorion sp.	Grass-carrying Wasp, Isodontia elegans	Grass-carrying Wasp, Isodontia (mexicana?)
Thread-waisted Wasp, Palmodes sp.	Burrowing Wasp, Podalonia sp.	Podalonia sp.?	Thread-waisted Wasp, Prionyx parkeri	Thread-waisted Wasp, Prionyx thomae
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber, Sceliphron caementarium	Great Golden Digger Wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus	Burrowing Wasp, Sphex lucae
Torymidae (Torymid Wasps)	Tiphiidae (Tiphiid Wasps)
Torymid Wasp	Myzinum sp.	Myzinum sp.	Myzinum sp.	Tiphiid wasp
Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Eumeninae - Potter and Mason Wasps
Mason Wasp, Ancistrocerus sp.	Potter Wasp, Eumenes bollii	Potter Wasp, Eumenes crucifer	Eumenes sp.	Mason Wasp, Euodynerus hidalgo viereckii
Mason Wasp, Euodynerus sp.	Mason Wasp, Stenodynerus sp.
Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Eumeninae - Potter and Mason Wasps (cont.)		Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Masarinae - Pollen Wasps
Mason Wasp, Parancistrocerus sp.	Mason Wasp, Parancistrocerus sp.	Common Paper Wasp, Polistes exclamans	Pollen Wasp, Pseudomasaris coquilletti	Pollen Wasp, Pseudomasaris edwardsii
Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps
Western Paper Wasp, Mischocyttarus flavitarsis	Paper Wasp, Polistes apachus	Paper Wasp, Polistes aurifer	European Paper Wasp, Polistes dominula	Paper Wasp, Polistes dorsalis californicus
Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets
Western Yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica
Bees
Andrenidae (Mining Bees)
Mining Bee, Andrena prunorum	Mining Bee, Calliopsis sp.	Mining Bee, Calliopsis sp.	Mining Bee, Calliopsis sp.	Mining Bee, Perdita rhois
Apidae (True Bees)
Anthophorine Bee, Anthophora californica	Anthophorine Bee, Anthophora squammulosa	Anthophorine Bee, Anthophora urbana	Anthophorine Bee, Anthophorula (chionura?)	Anthophorine Bee, Anthophorula sp.
Honey Bee, Apis mellifera	Bumble Bee, Bombus californicus	Bumble Bee, Bombus crotchii	Bumble Bee, Bombus melanopygus	Sonoran Bumble Bee, Bombus sonorus
Yellowfaced Bumble Bee, Bombus (Pyrobombus) vosnesenskii	Bumble Bee, Bombus	Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina arizonensis	Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina cockerelli	Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina sp.
Cactus Bee, Diadasia australis (californica?)	Cuckoo Bee, Epeolus sp.	Long-horned Bee, Eucera sp.	Long-horned Bee, Tribe: Eucerini	Anthophorine Bee, Habropoda (female)
Anthophorine Bee, Habropoda (male)	Digger Bee, Melissodes stearnsi	Digger Bee, Melissodes sp.	Cuckoo Bee, Nomada sp.	Cuckoo Bee, Nomada sp.
Tetraloniella pomonae	Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp.	Squash Bee, Xenoglossa strenua	Cuckoo Bee, Xeromelecta californica	Little Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex
Valley Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa varipuncta (female)	Valley Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa varipuncta (male)
Colletidae (Plasterer Bees)
Colletes simulans nevadensis	Cellophane Bee, Colletes sleveni	Colletes sp.	Yellow-masked Bee, Hylaeus
Halictidae (Halictid Bees) - Agapostemon
With striped abdomen (males)
Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon Agapostemon (angelicus?)	Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon melliventris	Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon sp.	Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon sp.	Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon sp.
With solid green abdomen (females)
	Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon sp.	Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon sp.
Halictidae (Halictid Bees) - others
Sweat Bee, Dufourea sp.	Sweat Bee, Halictus farinosus	Sweat Bee, Halictus ligatus	Sweat Bee, Halictus tripartitus	Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sisymbrii
Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sp.	Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sp.	Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sp., subgenus Dialictus	Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sp.	Sweat Bee, Sphecodes sp
Megachilidae (Leafcutter and Mason Bees)
Tribe Megachilini (Leafcutter Bees)
Anthidium sp.	Megachile (fidelis?)	Megachile	Megachile sp., subgenus Megachiloides
Tribe Osmiini (Leafcutter and Mason Bees)
Heriades sp.?	American Bee, Hoplitis (Alcidamea) producta	Osmia sp.	Tribe Osmiini	Tribe Osmiini
Ashmeadiella sp.
Sawflies
Tenthredinidae (Sawflies)
Bristly Roseslug Sawfly, Cladius difformis	Sawfly	Sawfly
Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu) and Ron Hemberger. Contact for originals. Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California

Agaonidae (Fig wasps)