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Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1218
3403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
63
1190
3374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
500
2369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
86
450
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
86
450
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
34
251
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
4
36
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
4 Genera with 36 Species
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1915Collared Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 189214SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1901Big-headed Ants13SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
36 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aphaenogaster texana Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Messor barbarum pseudo Mayr, 1862
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor denticornis Forel, 1910
Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923
Messor tropicorum Wheeler, 1922
Ocymyrmex alacer Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886
Ocymyrmex cavatodorsatus Prins, 1965
Ocymyrmex cilliei Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex dekerus Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911
Ocymyrmex gariepensis Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex gordoni Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex hirsutus Forel, 1910
Ocymyrmex ignotus Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex resekhes Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex sphinx Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole aspera Mayr, 1862
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895Painted eggcockle
Pheidole californica Mayr, 1870Turgid blossom
Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862Tennessee riffleshell
Pheidole fallax Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole foreli Mayr, 1901
Pheidole hewitti Santschi, 1932
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov