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Checklist of Suborder Apocrita Gerstaecker, 1867 (Ants)
for Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
173
726
1001
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
173
726
1001
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
168
718
993
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
106
577
831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
16
80
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
16
80
132
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
16 Families width 132 Species and 14 Subspecies
Vespidae Leach, 1815And Allies22SpeciesTaxom
Halictidae Thomson, 1869Flower bees14SpeciesTaxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802Bumble bees22SpeciesTaxom
Ampulicidae Shuckard, 1840Ampulicid wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805Pompilid wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815Mammoth wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Scelionidae Haliday, 1839Scelionid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Bethylidae Halliday, 1839Bethylid wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ant32SpeciesTaxom
Braconidae Latreille, 1829Braconid wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802Digger & Sand wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802Ichneumon flies1SpeciesTaxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860And Resin Bees17SpeciesTaxom
Colletidae Lepeletier, 1841Colletid bees0SpeciesTaxom
Mutillidae André, 1907Cow ant2SpeciesTaxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820Pteromalid wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
80 Genera with 132 Species
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Afreumenes Bequaert, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Afronomia Pauly, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Amegilla Friese, 18798SpeciesTaxom
Ampulex Jurine, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Antepipona Saussure, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Anthophora Latreille, 1946Common Digger Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Apis Linnaeus, 1758Honey Bee1SpeciesTaxom
Auplopus Spinola, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Aureimeris Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Axestotrigona Moure, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Belonogaster Saussure, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Braunsapis Michener, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Calotelea Westwood, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Calyoza Westwood, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1871Black carpenter ant8SpeciesTaxom
Campsomeriella Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cardiochiles Nees ab Esen..., 18181SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Cathimeris Betrem, 03SpeciesTaxom
Ceratina Latreille, 1911Little Carpenter Bees6SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1888Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Charops Holmgren, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Coelioxys Latreille, 1904Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter Bees3SpeciesTaxom
Colletes Latreille, 1802Cellophane bees1SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1910Acrobat Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Cyphononyx Dahlbom, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Delta Saussure, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1817driver ant3SpeciesTaxom
Eumenes Latreille, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Euodynerus Dalla Torre, 1855Potter Wasp1SpeciesTaxom
Eutricharaea Thomson, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Halictus Latreille, 1853End-banded Furrow Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Hemipepsis Dahlbom, 1898Tarantula Hawks1SpeciesTaxom
Homonotus Dahlbom, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Interzumia Gusenleitner, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Lasioglossum Curtis, 1913Base-banded Furrow Bees1SpeciesTaxom
Lipotriches Gerstaecker, 18974SpeciesTaxom
Macrogalea Cockerell, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Megachile Latreille, 1965And Resin Bees10SpeciesTaxom
Megameris Betrem, 01SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Micreumenes Ashmead, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Micromeriella Betrem, 03SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Mutilla Linnaeus, 02SpeciesTaxom
Nomia Latreille, 20004SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1914Trap-jaw ants1SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1802Green ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pachyanthidium Friese, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1901Panther Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pareumenes Saussure, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1871Big-headed Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Pithitis Klug, 18071SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Plebeina Moure, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Plutothrix f�rst..., 19051SpeciesTaxom
Polistes Latreille, 1775Paper nest wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18627SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Pseudapis W. F. Kirby, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoanthidium Friese, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pseudozumia Saussure, 01SpeciesTaxom
Pygmachus Haupt, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Quartinia André, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchalastor Meade-Waldo, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Ropalidia Guérin-Ménev..., 19813SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Steganomus Ritsema, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatomma Roger, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1890Miniature Trap-jaw Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Synagris Latreille, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Tachypompilus Ashmead, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Thrinchostoma de Saussure, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Thyreus Panzer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Xylocopa Latreille, 1778Carpenter bees6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
132 Species and 14 Subspecies
Afreumenes aethiopicus Saussure, 1852
Amegilla (Ackmonopsis) mimadvena Cockerell, 1916
Amegilla (Megamegilla) acraensis Fabricius, 1793Mining Bee
Amegilla (Micramegilla) atrocincta Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) calens Lepeletier, 1841
Amegilla (Zebramegilla) circulata Fabricius, 1781
Amegilla candida Smith, 1879
Ampulex compressa Fabricius, 1781Emerald cockroach wasp
Ampulex nasuta Er. André, 1895
Antepipona tropicalis Saussure, 1853
Anthophora rufovestita Cockerell, 1946
Apis (Apis) mellifera Linnaeus, 1758African Honey Bee
Auplopus sansibaricus Arnold, 1934
Aureimeris mansueta mansueta
Belonogaster tarsata Kohl, 1893
Calotelea aurantia Hope, 1837
Calyoza staphylinoides Hope, 1837
Camponotus (Myrmopelta) chrysurus Gerstäcker, 1871
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) valdeziae Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus thraso diogenes Forel, 1909
Camponotus druryi Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus erinaceus Gerstäcker, 1871
Campsomeriella madonensis zambiensis
Cathimeris hymenaea bradleyana Traugott-Olsen, 1995
Cathimeris hymenaea hymenaea
Cathimeris lachesis lachesis
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) lineola Vachal, 1903
Ceratina (Ctenoceratina) penicilligera Strand, 1912
Ceratina (Pithitis) viridis (Guérin-Ménev..., 1844)⇒ Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina (Simioceratina) moerenhouti Vachal, 1903
Ceratina nasalis Friese, 1905
Ceratina tanganyicensis Strand, 1911
Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845Mud dauber
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Charops armatus Seyrig, 1935
Coelioxys aurifrons Smith, 1854
Coelioxys natalensis Cockerell, 1920
Coelioxys planidens Friese, 1904
Crematogaster (Decacrema) solenopsides Emery, 1899Tennessee riffleshell
Crematogaster dolens Forel, 1910
Cyphononyx usambarensis Lucas, 1898
Delta concinnum Saussure, 1856
Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis Shuckard, 1840Catspaw
Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus Westwood, 1839Blake lucine
Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817
Eumenes fuellebornianus fuellebornianus Schulthess, 1910
Eumenes (Eumenes) lucasius de Saussure, 1852
Euodynerus hottentotus Saussure, 1855
Halictus (Seladonia) jucundus (Smith, 1853)⇒ Halictus africanus Friese, 1909
Hemipepsis rufofemoratus Lucas, 1898
Homonotus sansibaricus Dahlbom, 1843
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Interzumia rufonigra Gusenleitner, 2002
Lasioglossum lasioglossum Strand, 1913
Lipotriches (Trinomia) orientalis Friese, 1909
Lipotriches crassula Vachal, 1903
Lipotriches fimbriata Vachal, 1897
Macrogalea scaevolae Brooks & Pauly, 2001
Megachile (Amegachile) bituberculata Ritsema, 1880
Megachile (Callomegachile) rufiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1834
Megachile (Creightonella) rufoscopacaea Friese, 1903
Megachile (Gronoceras) cincta Fabricius, 1781
Megachile (Paracella) apiformis (Smith, 1853)⇒ Megachile ungulata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Paracella) coelostoma (Cockerell, 1932)⇒ Megachile barbata Smith, 1853
Megachile (Paracella) curtula Gerstäcker, 1857
Megachile eurimera Smith, 1854Stout tagelus
Megachile ikuthaensis Friese, 1903
Megachile sternintegra Pasteels, 1965
Megameris soleata soleata
Meranoplus magrettii Magretti, 1884
Micreumenes adelphus Meade-Waldo, 1911
Micreumenes ruficlypeus Gusenleitner, 1998
Micromeriella aureola Klug, 1832
Micromeriella aureola bobi
Micromeriella hyalina insuperata
Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Mutilla adusta André, 1908
Mutilla dentidorsis
Nomia (Leuconomia) candida Smith, 1875
Nomia antecedens Cockerell, 1931
Nomia elephas Strand, 1911
Nomia vassei Pauly, 2000
Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802African weaver ant
Pachyanthidium benguelense Vachal, 1903
Pachyanthidium bicolor Lepeletier, 1841
Pachyanthidium salamense Friese, 1915
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pareumenes sansibaricus sansibaricus Schulz, 1905
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole scabriuscula Gerstäcker, 1871
Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895San Pedro mysella
Plutothrix minutissima Meunier, 1905
Polistes (Gyrostoma) olivaceus De Geer, 1773Macao paper wasp
Polistes smithii neavei Schulthess, 1921
Polistes smithii smithii Saussure, 1853
Polistes (Polistes) africanus Palisot de B..., 1818
Polistes (Polistes) badius Gerst., 1873
Polistes marginalis marginalis Fabricius, 1775
Polyrhachis (Myrma) medusa Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Polyrhachis (Myrma) militaris Fabricius, 1782
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schlueteri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Polyrhachis cubaensis Mayr, 1862
Polyrhachis gerstaeckeri Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis nigra Mayr, 1862
Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Pseudapis (Pachynomia) amoenula Gerstäcker, 1870
Pseudapis (Pachynomia) flavicarpa Vachal, 1903
Pseudapis (Pseudapis) anthidioides Gerstäcker, 1857
Pseudapis (Pseudapis) interstitinervis Strand, 1912
Pseudoanthidium (Micranthidium) lanificum Smith, 1879
Pseudozumia rufonigra Gusenleitner, 0
Pygmachus umbratus Haupt, 1930
Quartinia persephona Richards, 1962
Rhynchalastor auratipennis Giordani Soika, 1934
Ropalidia nobilis Gerst., 1857
Ropalidia unidentata Giordani Soika, 1981
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787
Steganomus junodi Gribodo, 1895
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Synagris (Paragris) analis Saussure, 1856
Tachypompilus praepotens Kohl, 1894
Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876Ant
Thyreus meripes Vachal, 1903
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) caffra Linnaeus, 1767
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) flavicollis DeGeer, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) nigrita Fabricius, 1775
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) olivacea Fabricius, 1778
Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) scioensis Gribodo, 1884
Xylocopa (Mesotrichia) flavorufa DeGeer, 1778

Subnodes of Apocrita with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago
InfraorderAculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
12
76
129
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
InfraorderParasitica
Hartig, 1837
Parasitic Apocrita, Parasitic wasps, Parasitoid wasps
4
4
3
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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