Scientific Names Flashcards
Cerceris antipodes
Nest sharing sphecid wasp
solitary hymenopteran.
Bombus atratus
Bumble bee – Brazilian
eusocial hymenopteran.
Mus musculus
House mouse
not an insect, not eusocial.
) Synagris cornuta
Elephant wasp - Congo
solitary hymenopteran.
) Xylocopa darwini
Carpenter bee endemic to Galapagos
solitary hymenopteran.
Mastotermes darwiniensis _
Primitive termite
Isoptera.
Rhea darwinii
S. American Rhea
not an insect, not eusocial.
Ammophila procera
Solitary wasp
solitary hymenopteran.
Heterocephalus glaber
Naked mole rat.
= not an insect, but eusocial.
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis _
Western harvester ant.
eusocial hymenopteran.
Drosophila simulans
Fruit fly
insect, not eusocial, not Hymenoptera.
Polibia occidentalis
Swarm-founding paper wasp
eusocial hymenopteran.
Melipona quadrifasciata
Stingless bee
eusocial hymenopteran.
Apis dorsata
Giant honeybee – Asian.
eusocial hymenopteran.
Asobara persimilis
Parasitoid of Drosophila larvae
solitary hymenopteran.
Kladothrips hamiltoni
Thrip (Thysanoptera)
insect, not eusocial, not Hymenoptera.
Pan troglodytes
Chimpanzee
not an insect, not eusocial.
Formica obscuripes
Western Thatching ant
eusocial hymenopteran.
Vespula germanica
Yellowjacket.
eusocial hymenopteran.
Nasonia vitripennis
Parasitoid of blowfly pupae
solitary hymenopteran
