Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees and Wasps
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera
There are around 115,000 described species of hymenoptera. Around two thirds are parasitic wasps. The rest include the social insects such as the honeybees and ants.
For more information on hymenopterans in general click here
Trinidad & Tobago Hymenoptera
Many species of the ants, bees and wasps of Trinidad & Tobago have been well studied with the Aculeata (stinging hymenoptera) being very well known. However, much work still needs to be done in particular on the parasitic wasps which it is thought may turn out to be even more speciose than the beetles.
For detailed species lists for some of the major Hymenoptera families found in T&T see these following papers
For profiles of selected species click here
UWIZM Collections
In the museum there are 10 cabinets from the CABI collections and 6 cabinets from the UWI and ICTA collections containing around 30 families. The collection contains examples of nests as well as the species that made them.
Highlights
Drawer of bees from the CABI collection
Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis xanthoceras), has one of the most painful stings in the world
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Last updated 21 June 2018
