Hymenoptera (Social Insects: Ants, Bees, Wasps etc.)
The taxonomic presentation here is strictly by family, and does not currently group taxa into higher level clades (i.e. ants, wasps, bees, etc.).
Family: Andrenidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Andrena labiatula | Osytshnjuk, 1993 | - | 1963 | Ukraine | Extinct | Access |
Melitturga rubricata |
Morice, 1916 | - | (rediscovered) | Morocco | Rediscovered | Access |
Perdita hirticeps luteocincta | Timberlake, 1960 | Yellow-banded (adrenid) bee | ? | Antioch Dunes, California, USA | Extinct | Access |
Family: Aphelinidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Centrodora damoni | (Girault, 1922) | - | (rediscovered) | Tasmania, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Apidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Apis vechti | Maa, 1953 | Saban honey bee | - | Sabah, Malaysia | Rediscovered | Access |
Bombus cockerelli | Franklin, 1913 | Cockerell's bumblebee | (rediscovered) | White Mountains, New Mexico, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Bombus franklini | (Frison, 1921) | Franklin's bumble bee | 9 August 2006 | California & Oregon, USA | Missing | Access |
Bombus irisanensis |
Cockerell, 1910 | - | (rediscovered) | Luzon, Philippines | Relocated or rediscovered | Access |
Bombus rubriventris | Lepeletier, 1835 | pre-1836 | Brazil | Extinct | Access | |
Epeoloides pilosulus | (Cresson, 1878) | - | (rediscovered) | North America | Rediscovered | Access |
Eucera douglasiana | Cockerell, 1906 | - | 1902 | Grant County, Washington, USA | Missing | Access |
Nomada siciliensis | Dalla Torre & Friese, 1894 | - | 1885 | Sicily, Italy | Missing | Access |
Tetragonula praeterita | (Walker, 1860) | - | Sri Lanka | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Bethylidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Acrepyris rugicollis | (Kieffer, 1905) | (rediscovered) | Malaysia | Rediscovered | Access | |
Pristocera levicollis | (Kieffer, 1905) | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Chrysididae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Lustrina assamensis | Kurian, 1955 | (rediscovered) | India to Vietnam | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Colletidae
NB: The conservation status of Hawaiian bees of the genus Hylaeus is not well understood. Under sampling has been a factor, as well as genuine declines in many populations. Hence the following list should be seen as very tentative and apt to change radically in the future.
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Hesperocolletes douglasi | Michener, 1965 | Douglas’s broad-headed bee, Rottnest (Island) bee | (rediscovered) | Western Australia, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Hylaeus angustulus | Perkins, 1899 | Lanai yellow-faced bee | ? | Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus anomalus | Perkins, 1899 | Abnormal yellow-faced bee | (rediscovered) | O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Hylaeus chlorostictus | Perkins, 1899 | Greenspotted yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus dimidiatus | Perkins, 1899 | Equilateral yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus erythrodemas | Perkins, 1899 | - | ? | Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Hylaeus finitimus | Perkins, 1899 | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus flavifrons | Kirby, 1880 | Yellow-fronted yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus flavipes | F. Smith, 1853 | Yellow-footed yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus fuscipennis obscuripes | Perkins, 1899 | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Hylaeus gliddenae | Magnacca & Daly, 2003 | Red-bellied yellow-faced bee | 1934 | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus haleakalae | Perkins, 1899 | Halaeakala yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus hirsutulus | Perkins, 1899 | Hirsute yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus homoeochroma | Perkins, 1911 | - | pre-1913 | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Hylaeus hostilis | Perkins, 1899 | Hostile yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus hula | Perkins, 1911 | Hula yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus insignis | Förster, 1871 | Remarkable yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym)? | Access |
Hylaeus insulae | Meade-Waldo, 1923 | Island yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Hylaeus kauaiensis | Perkins, 1899 | Kauai Yellow-faced bee | ? | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus kona | Blackburn, 1886 | Kona yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus laetus | Perkins, 1899 | Joyful yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus laticeps | (Perkins, 1899) | Broadhead yellow-faced bee | 1894 | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Hylaeus mauiensis | Perkins, 1899 | - | pre-1900 | Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus melanothrix | Perkins, 1899 | - | 1896 | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus mutatus | Perkins, 1899 | - | ? | Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus nalo | Magnacca & Daly, 2003 | Lost yellow-faced bee, Forgotten yellow-faced bee | March 1914 | Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | Access |
Hylaeus niloticus | Warncke, 1970 | Black yellow-faced bee, Darkening yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus nivalis | Perkins, 1899 | Snowy yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus nivicola | (Meade-Waldo, 1923) | - | ? | Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus obscurata | Perkins, 1899 | - | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (junior homonym) | Access |
Hylaeus pele | Perkins, 1899 | Pele’s yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus perspicuus | Perkins, 1899 | - | 1897? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus psammobius | Perkins, 1911 | Sand yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaii & Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus rugulosus | Perkins, 1899 | Wrinkled yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus satelles | Blackburn, 1886 | Guarding yellow-faced bee | ? | Maui, Lanai & Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus setosifrons | Perkins, 1899 | Bristle-fronted yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus simplex | Perkins, 1899 | Hawaiian yellow-faced bee | pre-1989 | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Hylaeus unicus | Perkins, 1899 | Unique yellow-faced bee | ? | Hawaiian Islands, USA | ? | Access |
Leioproctus otautahi |
Donavan, 2007 | - | 16-18 December 1959 | Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
Nesoprosopis nivalis | Perkins, 1899 | - | - | Hawaiian Islands, USA | Invalid (junior homonym) | Access |
Pharohylaeus lactiferus
|
(Cockerell, 1910) | - | - | New South Wales & Queensland, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Crabronidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Bembix formosana | Bischoff, 1913 | - | Taijiang National Park, China | Rediscovered | Access | |
Harpactus impudens | (Nurse, 1903) | (rediscovered) | India | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Cynipidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Cerroneuroterus apenninus | (Trotter, 1923) | (rediscovered) | Italy | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Encyrtidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Oobius depressus | Girault, 1916 | - | - | USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Eupelmidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Calymmochilus russoi | Gibson, 1995 | - | (rediscovered) | Europe (incl. Spain) | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Formicidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Amyrmex golbachi | Kusnezov, 1953 | - | (rediscovered) | Argentina | Rediscovered | Access |
Camponotus yogi | Wheeler, 1915 | - | (rediscovered) | ? | Rediscovered | Access |
Cerapachys sauteri | Forel, 1913 | - | (rediscovered) | Taiwan | Rediscovered | Access |
Crematogaster cylindriceps | Wheeler, 1927 | - | (rediscovered) | Borneo, Indonesia & Luzon, Philippines | Rediscovered | Access |
Gnamptogenys hartmani | (Wheeler, 1915) | - | (rediscovered) | Texas, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Leptanilla kubotai | Baroni Urbani | (rediscovered) | Japan | Rediscovered | Access | |
Mycetophylax asper | Mayr, 1887 | - | (rediscovered) | Santa Catarina, Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |
Myrmecina cacabau | Mann, 1929 | - | (rediscovered) | Viti Levu, Fiji | Rediscovered | Access |
Nothomyrmecia macrops | Clark, 1934 | Australian primitive ant, Dinosaur ant | (rediscovered) | Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Odontomachus cornutus | Stitz, 1933 | - | (rediscovered) | Ecuador | Rediscovered | Access |
Opamyrma hungvuong | Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008 | - | - | China & Vietnam | Rediscovered | Access |
Perissomyrmex snyderi | Smith, 1947 | - | (rediscovered) | ? | Rediscovered | Access |
Pheidole acutidens | (Santschi, 1922) | - | (rediscovered) | Argentina & Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |
Pogonomyrmex colei | Snelling, 1982 (1981?) | - | (rediscovered) | Arizona, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Simopelta minima | (Brandão, 1989) | - | (rediscovered) | Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |
Temnothorax silvestrii | (Santschi, 1911) | - | (rediscovered) | Arizona, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Veromessor lobognathus | (Andrews, 1916) | - | - | USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Halictidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Eupetersia lasurea |
(Friese, 1909) | - | (rediscovered) | Tanzania | Rediscovered | Access |
Halictus pinguismentus | Janjic and Packer, 2001 | - | late 1800's or early 1900's? | Guadeloupe, México | Missing | Access |
Lasioglossum ereptor | Gibbs, 2009 | - | (rediscovered) | Tanzania | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Ichneumonidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Listrognathus nubilipennis | (Cresson, 1878) | - | (rediscovered) | North Carolina, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Shortia siccula |
Gauld, 1984 | - | 1984 or before | Australian Capital Territory, Australia | Missing | Access |
Family: Megachilidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Lithurgus andrewsi | Cockerell, 1909 | - | 1897 | Christmas Island, Australia | Missing | Access |
Megachile cypricola | Mavromoustakis, 1938 | - | (rediscovered) | Cyprus | Rediscovered | Access |
Megachile pluto | Smith, 1860 | Wallace's giant bee, Giant mason bee | (rediscovered) | Bacan, Halmahera and Tidore, North Moluccas, Indonesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Osmia calaminthae
|
Rightmyer, Ascher & Griswold, 2011 | Blue calamintha bee | (rediscovered) | Highlands County, Florida, USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Melittidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Macropis steironema opaca | Robertson, 1891 | Yakima River oil-collecting bee | 1882 | Morgan’s Ferry (along the Yakima River), Washington, USA | Missing | Access |
Family: Mutillidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Myrmosula pacifica | Mickel, 1940 | Antioch mutillid wasp | ? | California, USA | Missing | Access |
Family: Mymaridae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Gonatocerus tremulae | Bakkendorf, 1934 | - | (rediscovered) | Denmark & Romania | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Scolebythidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Scolebythus madecassus | Evans, 1963 | - | (rediscovered) | Madagascar | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Siricidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Eriotremex purpureipennis | (Westwood, 1874) | (rediscovered) | Malaysia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Stephanidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Afromegischus gigas | (Schletterer, 1889) | (rediscovered) | Iran | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Tenthredinidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Cladiucha insolita | Konow, 1902 | - | (rediscovered) | Laos & Vietnam | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Vespidae
Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
Euodynerus radula | Fabricius, 1787 | - | 19 August 1925 | Kauai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA | Extinct | Access |
Leptochilus quintus |
Gusenleitner, 1991 | (rediscovered) | Mosor Mountain, Croatia | Rediscovered | Access | |
Mischocyttarus tapuya |
Schulz, 1905 | (rediscovered) | Pará, Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |