WAcromyrmex balzani is a species of leaf-cutter ant, a New World ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae of the genus Acromyrmex. It is found in the wild naturally in eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil.
WArchibasis is a genus of damselflies belonging to the family Coenagrionidae. These damselflies are generally medium-sized with bright colouring. Archibasis occurs in southern Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
WBrachymesia gravida, the four-spotted pennant, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America.
WBrachythemis impartita, the Northern banded groundling, is a species of dragonfly, a skimmer from the family Libellulidae from central and northern Africa, its range extending into southern Europe and the Middle East. It was previously considered to be conspecific with B. leucosticta.
WCalopteryx intermedia is a species of broad-winged damselfly in the family Calopterygidae.
WCardiocondyla mauritanica is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.
WChlorocoris hebetatus is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
WCoelioxys dolichos, the carpenter-mimic cuckoo leaf-cutter bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.
WCoenagrion is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae, commonly called the Eurasian Bluets. Species of Coenagrion are generally medium-sized, brightly coloured damselflies.
WThe insect family Coenagrionidae is placed in the order Odonata and the suborder Zygoptera. The Zygoptera are the damselflies, which although less known than the dragonflies, are no less common. More than 1,300 species are in this family, making it the largest damselfly family. The family Coenagrionidae has six subfamilies: Agriocnemidinae, Argiinae, Coenagrioninae, Ischnurinae, Leptobasinae, and Pseudagrioninae.
WCryptomeigenia elegans is a fly species in the family Tachinidae. It is found in Mexico.
WLasioglossum cressonii is a species in the sweat bee genus Lasioglossum, family Halictidae. Halictidae exhibit eusocial hierarchy behavior which is interesting given that eusociality in this group is hard to evolve and easy to lose. L. cressonii is found throughout North America. L. cressonii have been shown to be important pollinators for apple trees and many other North American native plants. A common name is Cresson's metallic sweat bee.
WLasioglossum pectinatum is a species of sweat bee in the family Halictidae.
WLeptynia attenuata is a species of stick insect from Diapheromeridae family which is endemic to Portugal.
WLestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly and robust spreadwing. An alternate name in Ireland is the turlough spreadwing.
WLeucorrhinia borealis, the boreal whiteface, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America.
WLeucorrhinia frigida, the frosted whiteface, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in northeastern United States and southern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
WLeucorrhinia glacialis, the crimson-ringed whiteface, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in North America.
WLeucorrhinia proxima, the belted whiteface or red-waisted whiteface, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found across Canada as far north as Alaska and south to northern parts of the United States.
WMicrathyria hagenii, the thornbush dasher, is a species of skimmer in the dragonfly family Libellulidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.
WNephrotoma australasiae the tiger crane fly is a species of fly in the family Tipulidae. It is found in Australia.
WPaltothemis lineatipes, or red rock skimmer, is a species of skimmers in the family Libellulidae. It is found in the Americas.
WPediopsoides distinctus is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
WPentathemis membranulata is a species of dragonfly in the family Corduliidae, known as the metallic tigerhawk. It is endemic to rivers, streams, and lagoons in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory.
WPeregrinus maidis, known as the corn planthopper, is a species of insect in the order Hemiptera and the family Delphacidae. It is widespread throughout most tropical and subtropical regions on earth, including southern North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia and China. P. maidis are a commercially important pest of maize and its relatives. In addition to physical plant damage, P. maidis is the vector for several species-specific maize viruses, including maize stripe virus, maize mosaic virus and the non-pathogenic Peregrinus maidis reovirus.
WPotamarcha is a genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. Species of Potamarcha are medium sized dragonflies found in southern Asia and Australia. Potamarcha was first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1890.
WPsammaletes mexicanus is a species of sand wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
WPseudomyrmex spinicola is a species of red myrmecophyte-inhabiting neotropical ants which are found only in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They live in the thorns of a tropical trees like Acacia collinsii or Acacia allenii, feeding on nectaries along with the protein and lipid-rich beltian bodies. These bodies are named for Thomas Belt, a naturalist who first described the interactions between acacias and ants in his 1874 book Naturalist in Nicaragua. Belt's book in fact described ants of this species, then unknown.
WRhinocapsus vanduzeei, the azalea plant bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
WRhyothemis braganza, known as the Iridescent flutterer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. The genus Rhyothemis extends from Africa to the western Pacific, with five species known in Australia. Rhyothemis braganza inhabits streams, rivers and riverine pools on, and adjacent to, the coast in Queensland, Northern Territory and northern Western Australia.
WScaphytopius frontalis, the yellowfaced leafhopper, is a species of leafhopper in the family Cicadellidae.
WStrumigenys emmae is a species of ant in the genus Strumigenys. It is 1.5 millimeters long and is yellowish brown, has a 4 segmented antennae, small eyes, and has hairs on the head, mesosoma, and petiole that are mostly scale-like or orbicular. They are difficult to find other than when encountered in leaf litter samples or pitfall traps. They are normally slow moving, but they can move fast when disturbed. The species first strike usually kills its prey. The species colony is small. It is most often found in beach margins and agricultural areas.
WTeinobasis is a genus of damselflies in the family Coenagrionidae. Species occur in south-eastern Asia, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Micronesia; one species, Teinobasis rufithorax, is found in Australia.
WTipula bicornis is a species of large crane fly in the family Tipulidae.
WUltracoelostoma assimile, commonly known as sooty beech scale, is a scale insect in the Margarodidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by William Miles Maskell in 1890.