Bees, wasps and ants of the Thar and Kutch deserts
42 bees, wasps and ants on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Thar and Kutch deserts.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for bees, wasps and ants yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
All bees, wasps and ants of the Thar and Kutch deserts on the list (42)
- Ammoplanellus smithi
- Anterhynchium abdominale
- Antodynerus flavescens
- Apis dorsata Giant Honey Bee
- Apis florea Red Dwarf Honey Bee
- Camponotus compressus Indian Black Ant
- Cataglyphis setipes
- Chrysis cotesi
- Delta conoideum
- Delta dimidiatipenne Caterpillar hunting wasp
- Delta esuriens Okinawa Mud Wasp
- Delta pyriforme
- Foenatopus jodhpurensis
- Halictus smaragdulus Emerald Metallic-Furrow bee
- Hypoponera spei
- Kurzenkotilla niveosignata
- Meranoplus bicolor Bicolored Shield Ant
- Monomorium sahlbergi
- Nomia westwoodi Westwood pronged Nomia
- Oecophylla smaragdina Asian Weaver Ant
- Paraleptomenes miniatus
- Paratrechina longicornis Longhorn Crazy Ant
- Pheidole constanciae
- Philanthus basalis
- Polistes olivaceus Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp
- Polistes sagittarius Banded Paper Wasp
- Polistes stigma Tropical Paper Wasp
- Polistes wattii Arabian paper wasp
- Prionyx crudelis
- Pseudapis oxybeloides Indian Epaulette-Nomia
- Rhynchium oculatum
- Ropalidia variegata
- Sceliphron madraspatanum
- Sphex pruinosus
- Tapinoma melanocephalum Ghost Ant
- Tetramorium lanuginosum Downy Pennant Ant
- Tetraponera rufonigra Arboreal Bicolored Slender Ant
- Trichomyrmex destructor
- Trichomyrmex mayri
- Vespa orientalis Oriental Hornet
- Xylocopa fenestrata Windowed Carpenter
- Xylocopa pubescens Pubescent Carpenter Bee
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Other species of the Thar and Kutch deserts
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