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Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
12496
58285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
71
1531
6334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
62
1445
6216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
24
722
4845
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
168
2059
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
168
2059
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
77
1043
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
243
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Brazil
3 Genera with 243 Species
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1890Collared Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 2003Big-headed Ants244SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
243 Species and 6 Subspecies
Aphaenogaster dulciniae (Emery, 1924)⇒ Aphaenogaster dulcineae Santschi, 1919
Aphaenogaster phalangium phalangium Emery, 1890
Messor barbarum pseudo Mayr, 1862
Pheidole (Bruchomyrma) acutidens Santschi, 1922Gaudy sanguin
Pheidole (Decapheidole) perpusilla Emery, 1894
Pheidole (Easmopheidole) aberrans Mayr, 1868Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole (Hendecapheidole) mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925Blake lucine
Pheidole (Macropheidole) fimbriata Roger, 1863
Pheidole (Trachypheidole) scapulata Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole abakytan Casadei-Ferr..., 2020
Pheidole abaticanga Casadei-Ferr..., 2020
Pheidole aciculata Wilson, 2003
Pheidole aenescens Wilson, 2003
Pheidole alexeter Wilson, 2003
Pheidole alienata Borgmeier, 1929
Pheidole allarmata Wilson, 2003
Pheidole alpinensis Forel, 1912
Pheidole ambigua Wilson, 2003
Pheidole amia (Forel, 1912)⇒ Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858
Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896Anastasia's big-headed ant
Pheidole angusta Forel, 1908
Pheidole aper Forel, 1912
Pheidole araneoides Wilson, 2003
Pheidole arcifera Santschi, 1925
Pheidole arhuaca Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole asperithorax Emery, 1894
Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003
Pheidole auropilosa Mayr, 1887
Pheidole avia Forel, 1908
Pheidole bambusarum Forel, 1908
Pheidole bergi Mayr, 1887
Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870Blake lucine
Pheidole bidens Wilson, 2003
Pheidole bilimeki (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole blumenauensis Kempf, 1964
Pheidole borgmeieri Kempf, 1972Vespucci tellin
Pheidole brevicona Mayr, 1887
Pheidole bruchi Forel, 1914
Pheidole bruesi Wheeler, 1911
Pheidole brunnescens Santschi, 1929
Pheidole bucculenta Forel, 1908
Pheidole bufo Wilson, 2003
Pheidole bugi (Wheeler, 1919)⇒ Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
Pheidole calens Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole californica Mayr, 1870Turgid blossom
Pheidole camptostela Kempf, 1972Vespucci tellin
Pheidole cangussu Casadei-Ferr..., 2020
Pheidole capillata Emery, 1906
Pheidole carapuna Mann, 1916Blake lucine
Pheidole cardinalis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole casta Wheeler, 1908Rough razor
Pheidole castanea (Smith, 1858)⇒ Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870
Pheidole cataractae Wheeler, 1916Crenulate tellin
Pheidole cavifrons Emery, 1906
Pheidole cephalica (Smith, 1858)⇒ Pheidole vorax Fabricius, 1804
Pheidole christopherseni Forel, 1912
Pheidole chrysops Wilson, 2003
Pheidole claviscapa Santschi, 1925
Pheidole coffeicola Borgmeier, 1934Fossor coquina
Pheidole colobopsis Mann, 1916Inflated diplodon
Pheidole cramptoni Wheeler, 1916Crenulate tellin
Pheidole cuevasi Wilson, 2003
Pheidole cursor Wilson, 2003
Pheidole curupira Casadei-Ferr..., 2020
Pheidole cyrtostela Wilson, 2003
Pheidole dea Santschi, 1921
Pheidole deima Wilson, 2003
Pheidole demeter Wilson, 2003
Pheidole descolei Kusnezov, 1952
Pheidole diana Forel, 1908
Pheidole diligens (Smith, 1858)⇒ Pheidole blumenauensis Kempf, 1964
Pheidole dinophila Wilson, 2003
Pheidole dolon Wilson, 2003
Pheidole dyctiota Kempf, 1972Vespucci tellin
Pheidole eidmanni Menozzi, 1926
Pheidole embolopyx Brown, 1968
Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884
Pheidole fabricator Smith, 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole fera Santschi, 1925
Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858Harvester-ant
Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863)⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole flavida Mayr, 1887
Pheidole flavifrons Wilson, 2003
Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895Round combshell
Pheidole fowleri Wilson, 2003
Pheidole fracticeps Wilson, 2003
Pheidole gagates Wilson, 2003
Pheidole gauthieri Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole geraesensis Santschi, 1929
Pheidole germaini Emery, 1896
Pheidole gertrudae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole gibba Mayr, 1887
Pheidole gigas Wilson, 2003
Pheidole gilva Wilson, 2003
Pheidole goeldii Forel, 1896
Pheidole grandinodus Wilson, 2003
Pheidole guilelmimuelleri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole guilelmimuelleri mamore (Mann, 1916)⇒ Pheidole mamore Mann, 1916
Pheidole hetschkoi Emery, 1896False spike
Pheidole heyeri Forel, 1899
Pheidole horribilis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole hospes Smith, 1865Brown dogwood
Pheidole humeralis Wheeler, 1908Rough razor
Pheidole idiota (Santschi, 1923)⇒ Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923
Pheidole impressa Mayr, 1870
Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879Big-headed ant
Pheidole inermis Mayr, 1870
Pheidole infernalis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole jaculifera Wilson, 2003
Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole jeannei Wilson, 2003
Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole jujuyensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole laevifrons Mayr, 1887
Pheidole laevinota Forel, 1908
Pheidole laevivertex Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole laidlowi Mann, 1916
Pheidole laminata Emery, 1900Snuffbox
Pheidole lancifer Wilson, 2003
Pheidole lancifera Wilson, 2003
Pheidole laticornis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole lemur Forel, 1912
Pheidole leonina Wilson, 2003
Pheidole leptina Wilson, 2003
Pheidole lignicola Mayr, 1887
Pheidole longiscapa (Forel, 1901)⇒ Pheidole neolongiscapa Özdikmen, 2010
Pheidole longiseta Wilson, 2003
Pheidole lovejoyi Wilson, 2003
Pheidole lucaris Wilson, 2003
Pheidole lucretii Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole lutzi Forel, 1905
Pheidole mamore Mann, 1916
Pheidole mapinguari Casadei-Ferr..., 2020
Pheidole mayri Forel, 1894
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala megacephala Fabricius, 1793
Pheidole meinerti Forel, 1905
Pheidole micridis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole micridris Wilson, 2003
Pheidole microps Wilson, 2003
Pheidole midas Wilson, 2003
Pheidole minensis Santschi, 1923
Pheidole minutula Mayr, 1878Pea strigilla
Pheidole moerens Wheeler, 1908Big-headed ant
Pheidole monstrosa Wilson, 2003
Pheidole moseni Wheeler, 1925Blake lucine
Pheidole mosenopsis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole nana (Emery, 1894)⇒ Pheidole subreticulata Emery, 1894
Pheidole neolongiscapa Özdikmen, 2010
Pheidole nesiota Wilson, 2003
Pheidole nitella Wilson, 2003
Pheidole nitidicollis Emery, 1896
Pheidole nitidula Emery, 1888Grooved fingernailclam
Pheidole obapara Casadei-Ferr..., 2020
Pheidole obscurifrons Santschi, 1925
Pheidole obscurior Forel, 1886
Pheidole obscurithorax Naves, 1985Obscure big-headed ant
Pheidole obtusopilosa Mayr, 1887Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole oxyops (Forel, 1908)⇒ Pheidole jujuyensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole paraensis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole paranana Santschi, 1925
Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865Seaside bittercress
Pheidole pedana Wilson, 2003
Pheidole peltastes Wilson, 2003
Pheidole peregrina Wheeler, 1916Crenulate tellin
Pheidole perryorum Wilson, 2003
Pheidole pholeops Wilson, 2003
Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925
Pheidole piliventris Smith, 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Pheidole pinealis Wheeler, 1908Rough razor
Pheidole polita Emery, 1894
Pheidole praeses Wilson, 2003
Pheidole praeusta Roger, 1863
Pheidole protaxi Oliveira & L..., 2015
Pheidole pubiventris Mayr, 1887False spike
Pheidole punctatissima (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole punctithorax Borgmeier, 1929
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole puttemansi Forel, 1911
Pheidole pygmaea Wilson, 2003
Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884Round combshell
Pheidole rata (Borgmeier, 1929)⇒ Pheidole schmalzi Emery, 1894
Pheidole rehi (Forel, 1900)⇒ Pheidole schmalzi Emery, 1894
Pheidole reichenspergeri Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole risii Forel, 1892
Pheidole rochai Forel, 1912
Pheidole rosae Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole rudigenis Emery, 1906
Pheidole rufipilis Forel, 1908
Pheidole rufipilis dione (Forel, 1913)⇒ Pheidole dione Forel, 1913
Pheidole rugatula Santschi, 1933
Pheidole rugiceps Wilson, 2003
Pheidole rugosa Smith, 1858
Pheidole rugulosa Gregg, 1959
Pheidole rutilana Wilson, 2003
Pheidole sagax Wilson, 2003
Pheidole sarcina Forel, 1912
Pheidole schmalzi Emery, 1894
Pheidole schwarzmaieri Borgmeier, 1939Gould beanclam
Pheidole scimitara Wilson, 2003
Pheidole scolioceps Wilson, 2003
Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole semilaevis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole senilis Santschi, 1929
Pheidole sensitiva Borgmeier, 1959
Pheidole sigillata Wilson, 2003
Pheidole simplex Wheeler, 1925
Pheidole socrates Forel, 1912
Pheidole sospes (Forel, 1908)⇒ Pheidole anastasii Emery, 1896
Pheidole spininodis Mayr, 1887Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole steinheili Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole stigma Wilson, 2003
Pheidole strigosa Wilson, 2003
Pheidole strobeli (Borgmeier, 1927)⇒ Pheidole nitidula Emery, 1888
Pheidole stulta Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole subarmata Radoszkowsky, 1884
Pheidole subreticulata Emery, 1894
Pheidole superba Wilson, 2003
Pheidole susannae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole synarmata Wilson, 2003
Pheidole tambopatae Wilson, 2003
Pheidole termitobia Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole terribilis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole tetrica Forel, 1913
Pheidole texana Wheeler, 1903
Pheidole tijucana Borgmeier, 1927
Pheidole trachyderma Emery, 1906
Pheidole trageri Wilson, 2003
Pheidole transversostriata Mayr, 1887Fossor coquina
Pheidole triconstricta Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole triconstricta laidlowi (Mann, 1916)⇒ Pheidole laidlowi Mann, 1916
Pheidole tristicula Wilson, 2003
Pheidole tristis Smith, 1858Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole valens Wilson, 2003
Pheidole vallifica Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole veletis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole venatrix Wilson, 2003
Pheidole victima Santschi, 1929
Pheidole vorax Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Pheidole wallacei Mann, 1916Inflated diplodon
Pheidole wheeleri (Mann, 1916)⇒ Pheidole polita Emery, 1894
Pheidole wolfringi Forel, 1908Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole zoster Wilson, 2003


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov