BWARS has not yet produced an account for this species. Meanwhile, on this page you can find at least a provisional distribution map, any images BWARS has procured for the species and a list of known synonyms (names previously applied to this species).

The work of mapping aculeate Hymenoptera, plus describing their life histories, is the major activity that BWARS undertakes. Should you have an interest in recording and studying aculeates, you may like to consider joining BWARS and supporting our activities, by making records of species in areas you visit. To complete species… Read more

Previously regarded as a variety of Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802), P. testacea was raised to species status by Csösz & Seifert (2003), on good morphological and ecological evidence. It is also a senior synonym of P. coarctata var. crassisquama (Emery, 1916), (Scupola, 2006).

BWARS has not yet produced an account for this species. Meanwhile, on this page you can find at least a provisional distribution map, any images BWARS has procured for the species and a list of known synonyms (names previously applied to this species).

The work of mapping aculeate Hymenoptera, plus describing their life histories, is the major activity that BWARS undertakes. Should you have an interest in recording and studying aculeates, you may like to consider joining BWARS and supporting our activities, by making records of species in areas you visit. To complete species… Read more

Linepithema humile (formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) better known as The Argentine Ant originates from South America. It has been spread by humans to many parts of the world and has become established in areas that have a warm climate. It has only rarely been found in Britain and then usually in hothouses or buildings. It is an invasive species which forms large or very large colonies of cooperating, interconnected nests with many queens.

Hypoponera ergatandria (previously named H. schauinslandi (Emery) (Seifert, 2013)) is a small brown ant with a functioning sting, a single substantial petiole and a constriction between the first and second segments of the gaster. It is an underground species with wingless worker-like males and only the alate gynes are likely to be seen above ground. This is a cosmopolitan tramp species which is most often come across in greenhouses and other permanently heated buildings. It has only occasionally been recorded in Britain (Seifert 2003). It is a little smaller than H.… Read more