Using and Referencing BWARS Data

You are free to use the BWARS taxonomic and public data for any purpose provided that you acknowledge BWARS as the source of this data. Full access to the data is provided on a case-by-case basis, under a project-specific license. Acceptable cases for full data access are outlined in the BWARS Data Agreement, as follows:

• To further the study and/or conservation of aculeates
• Other educational research purposes (such as university studies)
   

BWARS public data

A list of all the present known species concepts - March 2020.

2019 Species list with current BWARS concepts.

Known from the Channel Islands (2011) and Wick Essex (2016).

Considered extinct in Britain.

Announced as new to Britain in 2019. A species account will be added in due course.

Reference: Mike Edwards, Grant Hazlehurst and Ivan Wright (2019) Stelis odontopyga Noskiewicz (Hymenoptera: Megachilinae) New to Britain. Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 32 pp 43-47

It should be noted that the name Andrena nana has occasionally been misapplied in the older literature (e.g. Smith, 1855; Saunders, 1896) and in some collections, being a misidentification for A. semilaevis Pérez.

These are the references used on the website and also in Atlases 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10
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Abrahamsen, S. E., 1950. Gravehvepsen Crabro Lindenius panzeri v.d. Lind. Redekolonier fundet
I Danmark. Flora og Fauna 56: 125-130.
Adlerz, G., 1903. Lefnadsförhållanden och instinkter inom familjerna Pompilidae och Sphegidae. I.
Kongoliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 37: 1-181.
Adlerz, G., 1910. Lefnadsförhållanden och instinkter inom familjerna Pompilidae och Sphegidae
III. Kongoliga… Read more

A Jewel-Wasp new to Britain and distinct from H. niemelai Linsenmaier

James Power reports: "We’ve formed a Sussex Bees and Wasps Recording Group, with the aim of sharing knowledge and skills and exploring different habitats and locations across both East and West Sussex. We have a number of site visits planned for 2019, and we’d love to hear from anyone interested in joining us.  If you’d like to find out more, please get in touch with James Power at jamesmbuna@gmail.com