Bees, wasps and ants of Karnataka
694 bees, wasps and ants on the India list have an open record placed in Karnataka.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). 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 Karnataka on the list (694)
- Aceratoneuromyia indicum
- Acropyga acutiventris
- Acropyga rubescens
- Aenictus aitkenii
- Aenictus aratus
- Aenictus arya
- Aenictus clavitibia
- Aenictus doryloides
- Aenictus kadalarensis
- Aenictus kodaguensis
- Aenictus kodagura
- Aenictus malakkaparensis
- Aenictus pachycerus
- Agenioideus mitis
- Alastor abditus
- Alastor sulcatus
- Allorhynchium argentatum
- Allorhynchium metallicum
- Allotropa japonica
- Amegilla albigena
- Amegilla cingulifera
- Amegilla dizona
- Amegilla puttalama
- Amegilla subinsularis
- Amegilla violacea
- Amegilla zonata Black-footed Blue banded Bee
- Ammophila clavus
- Ammophila laevigata
- Ampulex compressa Emerald Cockroach Wasp
- Anagyrus aquilonaris
- Analysson rufescens
- Anastatus colemani
- Anastatus echidna
- Anastatus madagascariensis
- Anicetus annulatus
- Anochetus daedalus
- Anochetus graeffei
- Anoplolepis gracilipes Yellow Crazy Ant
- Anteon achterbergi
- Anteon bengalense
- Anteon haladai
- Anteon indicum
- Anteon mysorense
- Anteon thai
- Anteon viraktamathi
- Antepipona ceylonica
- Antepipona chikmagalurensis
- Antepipona consors
- Antepipona minutissima
- Antepipona ovalis
- Antepipona sadidharani
- Antepipona sibilans
- Anterhynchium abdominale
- Anterhynchium flavomarginatum
- Anterhynchium mellyi
- Anteromorpha glabra
- Anthidiellum riparium
- Antodynerus limbatus
- Antodynerus punctatipennis
- Apanteles galleriae
- Apanteles hyposidrae
- Apanteles phycodis
- Apanteles prodeniae
- Apanteles taragamae
- Apenesia sahyadrica
- Aphaenogaster beccarii
- Aphelopus indicus
- Aphidius colemani
- Apis cerana Asian Honey Bee
- Apis dorsata Giant Honey Bee
- Apis florea Red Dwarf Honey Bee
- Apis karinjodian
- Apis mellifera Western Honey Bee
- Apodynerus troglodytes
- Apoleptomastix bicoloricornis
- Apteroscelio aureus
- Arescon mudigerensis
- Asobara jenningsi
- Auplopus aegina
- Auplopus blandus
- Austronomia capitata
- Austronomia notiomorpha
- Austronomia ustula
- Bassus cryptophlebiae
- Batotheca nigriceps
- Bocchus asper
- Boltonopone sulcata
- Bothroponera henryi
- Brachycyrtus nawaii
- Brachygaster bangalorensis
- Brachymeria apicicornis
- Brachymeria excarinata
- Brachymeria nephantidis
- Brachymeria podagrica
- Brachymeria taiwana
- Brachyponera luteipes
- Brachyponera obscurans
- Braunsapis bislensis
- Braunsapis malliki
- Braunsapis mixta
- Braunsapis picitarsis
- Braunsapis puangensis Puang Reed Bee
- Buluka noyesi
- Caenohomalopoda albifuniculata
- Calliscelio agaliensis
- Calliscelio coorgensis
- Calliscelio elegans
- Calliscelio indicus
- Calliscelio longicarinatus
- Calliscelio orientalis
- Calotelea acuta
- Calotelea chitraka
- Calotelea fulva
- Camponotus albosparsus
- Camponotus angusticollis
- Camponotus barbatus
- Camponotus buchneri
- Camponotus carin
- Camponotus compressus Indian Black Ant
- Camponotus confucii
- Camponotus dolendus
- Camponotus irritans
- Camponotus lamarckii
- Camponotus mendax
- Camponotus nirvanae
- Camponotus opaciventris
- Camponotus parius
- Camponotus puniceps
- Camponotus radiatus
- Camponotus rufoglaucus Velvet Sugar Ant
- Camponotus sericeus Silky Sugar ant
- Camponotus simoni
- Camponotus variegatus Hawaiian Carpenter Ant
- Campsomeriella collaris
- Campsomeris phalerata
- Camptoptera dravida
- Camptoptera matcheta
- Cardiocondyla mauritanica Moorish Sneaking Ant
- Cardiocondyla minutior Lesser Sneaking Ant
- Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Yellow Sneaking Ant
- Carebara affinis
- Carebara diversa Asian Marauder Ant
- Carebara lamellifrons
- Carebara leei
- Carinostigmus aterrimus
- Carinostigmus congruus
- Carinostigmus costatus
- Carinostigmus griphus
- Cassidocida aspidomorphae
- Cataulacus latus
- Cataulacus simoni
- Cataulacus taprobanae
- Centistidea flavostigmata
- Centistidea flavostigmata
- Centistidea furca
- Centromyrmex feae
- Ceraphron io
- Ceratina binghami Bingham Small Carpenter
- Ceratina canarensis
- Ceratina coptica Coptic Lettered Small carpenter
- Ceratina dentipes Tooth-legged Small Carpenter
- Ceratina simillima Similar Lettered Small carpenter
- Ceratina smaragdula Emerald Small Carpenter
- Ceratina waini Wain's Armoured Small carpenter
- Cerceris binghami
- Chalybion bengalense Oriental Mud-dauber Wasp
- Chalybion gracile
- Chelonus biligiriensis
- Chlorion lobatum
- Chlorion splendidum
- Chorinaeus amrithae
- Chronoxenus wroughtonii
- Chrysis arkadyi
- Chrysis oculata
- Cleruchus funiculatus
- Closterocerus longiscapus
- Coeleumenes impavidus
- Coelioxys fuscipennis
- Colpacampsomeris indica
- Copidosoma uruguayensis
- Coryptilus indicus
- Cotesia flavipes
- Cotesia ruficrus
- Crematogaster aberrans
- Crematogaster biroi
- Crematogaster brunnea
- Crematogaster buddhae
- Crematogaster contemta
- Crematogaster dalyi
- Crematogaster politula
- Crematogaster rogenhoferi
- Crematogaster rothneyi
- Crematogaster subnuda
- Crematogaster wroughtonii
- Crinibracon chromusae
- Cryptanusia ajmerensis
- Cyphononyx bipartitus
- Cyrtolabulus suavis
- Cystomastacoides sachini
- Cystomastacoides yuvraji
- Dasylabris argentipes
- Dasylabris rugosa
- Delta conoideum
- Delta esuriens Okinawa Mud Wasp
- Delta pyriforme
- Dendrocerus mucronifer
- Diacamma ceylonense
- Diacamma indicum
- Diacamma rugosum Bornean Queenless Ant
- Diachasmimorpha longicaudata
- Dicopomorpha indicus
- Dicopomorpha lathae
- Dilobocondyla bangalorica
- Dinarmus colemani
- Dirhinus pilifer
- Discothyrea sringerensis
- Diversinervus elegans
- Doddifoenus burksi
- Dolichoderus affinis
- Dolichoderus taprobanae
- Dorylus labiatus
- Dorylus orientalis
- Dryinus stantoni
- Dvivarnus agamades
- Echthrodelphax fairchildii
- Echthromorpha agrestoria
- Ectomomyrmex annamitus
- Embidobia agastya
- Embidobia barbarika
- Embidobia dooranetra
- Embidobia gauriputra
- Embidobia hiranya
- Embidobia hrdaya
- Embidobia jatayu
- Embidobia mahabali
- Embidobia omkara
- Embidobia procera
- Embidobia saroma
- Embidobia yuyutsu
- Emeryopone narendrani
- Encarsia cubensis
- Encarsia dispersa
- Encarsia guadeloupae
- Enicospilus merdarius
- Eoanthidium salemense
- Eoanthidium semicarinatum
- Eotrogaspidia saussurei
- Ephucilla poonaensis
- Episyron keralaensis
- Epsilon manasicum
- Eriborus argenteopilosus
- Erromyrma latinodis
- Erythmelus teleonemiae
- Euaspis carbonaria
- Euaspis edentata
- Eumenes architectus
- Eumenes belli
- Eumenes macrops
- Eupelmus orientalis Eupelmus orientalis (Crawford, 1913)
- Euplectrus acutigaster
- Euplectrus nyctemerae
- Euplectrus paribus
- Evania appendigaster Blue-eyed Ensign Wasp
- Foenatopus achterbergi
- Foenatopus aequalis
- Fornicia ceylonica
- Fusicornia tehrii
- Gastrancistrus cherryi
- Gastrotrypes brevis
- Gentakola trifasciata
- Gnathochorisis jasoni
- Gnathochorisis jasoni
- Gonatocerus aegyptiacus
- Gonatocerus litoralis
- Gonatopus attenuatus
- Gonatopus flavifemur
- Gonatopus iarensis
- Gonatopus indicus
- Gonatopus mysorensis
- Gonatopus nearcticus
- Gonatopus rufoniger
- Gonatopus schenklingi
- Gonatopus superbus
- Gotra marginata
- Gryon gonikopalense
- Gryon linshcostei
- Habrobracon hebetor
- Hadronotus altmannae
- Hadronotus circus
- Hadronotus cookeae
- Hadronotus divergens
- Hadronotus galdikasae
- Hadronotus gowatyae
- Hadronotus hrdyae
- Hadronotus irregularis
- Hadronotus peludo
- Hadronotus randhra
- Hadronotus samantara
- Hadronotus stupa
- Hadronotus urinius
- Hadronotus westeberhardae
- Halictus latisignatus
- Halictus lucidipennis Shining-winged Metallic-Furrow bee
- Halictus propinquus
- Halictus vicinus
- Harpegnathos saltator Indian Jumping Ant
- Heinrichiellus vedani
- Heydenia gibsoni
- Heydenia kashmirensis
- Heydenia longipetiolata
- Heydenia testacea
- Holophris taiwana
- Hypoponera punctatissima Roger's Crypt Ant
- Idris coorgensis
- Idris dubarensis
- Idris mysorensis
- Idris stigmaticus
- Indodynerus capitatus
- Indomyrma dasypyx
- Inostemma nelgiense
- Isodontia edax
- Ixodiphagus sagarensis
- Karlissaidia sexmaculata
- Kerevata kethai
- Knemodynerus coriaceus
- Kurzenkotilla cicatricifera
- Labus pusillus
- Lasiochalcidia pilosella
- Lasioglossum albescens White Combed-Sweat Bee
- Lasioglossum vagans Wandering Combed-Sweat bee
- Leluthia pongamiacola
- Lepisiota binghami
- Lepisiota fergusoni
- Lepisiota mayri
- Lepisiota modesta
- Lepisiota opaca
- Lepisiota rothneyi
- Lepisiota satpuraensis
- Leptacis brachycerus
- Leptacis coorgensis
- Leptobatopsis indica
- Leptogenys chinensis
- Leptogenys diminuta
- Leptogenys hysterica
- Leptogenys peuqueti
- Leptogenys processionalis
- Leucospis guzeratensis
- Leucospis histrio
- Leucospis petiolata
- Liacos erythrosoma
- Lioponera anokha
- Lioponera longitarsus
- Lioponera nayana
- Lipotriches fervida Fervid Armed-Nomia
- Lipotriches pulchriventris
- Liris aurulentus Golden Cricket Wasp
- Liris ducalis
- Liris subtessellatus
- Lissodynerus septemfasciatus
- Lophomyrmex ambiguus
- Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus
- Lymaenon aureus
- Lymaenon bicoloriventris
- Lymaenon breviterebratus
- Lyroda formosa
- Machaerothrix salticidus
- Macronomia antennata
- Macroteleia indica
- Maynenomia nanensis
- Megachile bicolor Bicolored leafcutter bee
- Megachile cephalotes Resin Bee
- Megachile concinna Elegant leaf-cutter bee
- Megachile conjuncta
- Megachile disjuncta Disjunct Resin Bee
- Megachile lanata Woolly Wall Bee
- Megachile laticeps Broad-headed Leafcutter Bee
- Megaphragma longiciliatum
- Megaprosternum cleonarovorum
- Meranoplus bellii
- Meranoplus bicolor Bicolored Shield Ant
- Meranoplus levis
- Mesoponera melanaria
- Meteorus arctiicida
- Microleptes gowrishankari
- Mischochalcis enigmata
- Miscophus nigricans
- Monomorium atomum
- Monomorium floricola Flower Ant
- Monomorium indicum
- Monomorium pharaonis Pharaoh Ant
- Monomorium sahlbergi
- Monomorium schurri
- Monomorium wroughtoni
- Myrmecina urbanii
- Myrmicaria brunnea Brown Droptail Ant
- Myrmicaria carinata
- Neastymachus axillaris
- Nitela pseudocollaris
- Nomada adusta
- Nomia crassipes Thick-legged Nomia
- Nomia curvipes Curvy-legged Nomia
- Nomia elliotii
- Nomia fulvata
- Nomia interstitialis
- Nomia iridescens Iridescent Nomia
- Nomia radiata
- Nomia strigata Striped Nomia
- Nomia thoracica Felt-topped Nomia
- Nomia westwoodi Westwood pronged Nomia
- Nomioides patruelis
- Nylanderia bourbonica Robust Crazy ant
- Nylanderia taylori
- Ochetellus glaber Copper-bellied Ant
- Odontacolus bosei
- Odontacolus markadicus
- Odontomachus simillimus Common Oriental Trap-jaw Ant
- Odontomutilla jaferpaloti
- Odontomutilla pulchrina
- Odontomutilla spectra
- Odontomutilla trichocondyla
- Odontomutilla vishwanathi
- Odontoponera denticulata
- Odontoscelio agnieleae
- Odontoscelio spinosus
- Odontoscelio vikata
- Oecophylla smaragdina Asian Weaver Ant
- Ooencyrtus xenasteiae
- Oreumenoides edwardsii
- Orionis femorator
- Ormyrulus gibbus
- Pachyanthidium lachrymosum Lachrymose Thick-Resin bee
- Pachynomia aliena
- Parabatozonus annulatus
- Parabatozonus maculifrons
- Paraleptomenes humbertianus
- Paraleptomenes miniatus
- Paraleptomenes nurseanus
- Paraparatrechina albipes
- Paraparatrechina aseta
- Paraphaenodiscus indicus
- Paraphaenodiscus monawari
- Parapsammophila erythrocephala
- Parasyscia aitkenii
- Paratelenomus saccharalis
- Paratopula ceylonica
- Paratrechina longicornis Longhorn Crazy Ant
- Pareumenes brevirostratus
- Paridris coorgensis
- Paridris dubeyi
- Parvaponera darwinii
- Parzaommomyia halavarthyensis
- Parzaommomyia haziqi
- Pediobius foveolatus
- Perilampus cremastophagus
- Phalerimeris madurensis
- Pheidole coonoorensis
- Pheidole fervens
- Pheidole ghatica
- Pheidole grayi
- Pheidole indica Indian Big-headed Ant
- Pheidole nodus
- Pheidole parva
- Pheidole phipsoni
- Pheidole roberti
- Pheidole rogersi
- Pheidole sharpi
- Pheidole spathifera
- Pheidole watsoni
- Pheidole woodmasoni
- Pheidole wroughtonii
- Philanthus basalis
- Philolema spinifera
- Philomides indicus
- Philomides paphius
- Phimenes flavopictus
- Plagiolepis alluaudi Little Yellow Ant
- Plagiolepis dichroa
- Plagiolepis jerdonii
- Platythyrea clypeata
- Platythyrea parallela
- Platythyrea sagei
- Polistes nigritarsis
- Polistes olivaceus
- Polistes olivaceus Yellow Oriental Paper Wasp
- Polistes rothneyi Rothney's Paper Wasp
- Polistes sagittarius Banded Paper Wasp
- Polistes stigma Tropical Paper Wasp
- Polynema mendeli
- Polyrhachis aculeata
- Polyrhachis dives Rich Spiny Sugar ant
- Polyrhachis exercita
- Polyrhachis gracilior
- Polyrhachis hemiopticoides
- Polyrhachis hippomanes
- Polyrhachis illaudata
- Polyrhachis lacteipennis
- Polyrhachis pagana
- Polyrhachis punctillata
- Polyrhachis rastellata
- Polyrhachis rupicapra
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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