Wasps, bees and ants of Africa and Madagascar

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)

Bioinformatics resource for wasps, bees and ants recorded from the Afrotropical biogeographical region (Africa south of the Sahara including Madagascar and smaller surrounding islands).

SUPERFAMILY

Apoidea

Cephoidea

Ceraphronoidea

Chalcidoidea

Chrysidoidea

Cynipoidea

Evanioidea

Ichneumonoidea

Megalyroidea

Orussoidea

Platygastroidea

Proctotrupoidea

Siricoidea

Stephanoidea

Tenthredinoidea

Trigonalioidea

Vespoidea

 Wonderful World of Wasps exhibition

HIGHLIGHTS

Pycnostigminae recently revised

Chrysis splendens

Eusandalum

Khoikhoiinae endemic South African subfamily

Solenura carinatus

Megalyridia

endemic South African genus

Chalinus braunsi

Rhoophilus loewi

Biology of this endemic South African genus recently unravelled

Agaon kiellandi

Crossogaster inusitata

Tanaostigmodes tambotis

Sapygina lobengulae

Ampulex bredoi

Trigonalys

Cynipoidea keys

Ichneumonidae keys

 Classification of Afrotropical wasps

  Identification keys

 Proposed book on Afrotropical Hymenoptera

 Collecting permits

 Collecting expeditions

 World wasps

  Links to hymenopteran web sites