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Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
516
8807
39529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
512
8793
39506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
495
8697
39194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
324
7111
34903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
56
778
3878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
52
753
3792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
390
2521
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
100
775
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
100
775
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
36
365
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Congo
3 Genera with 40 Species
Messor Forel, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1913Big-headed Ants59SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
40 Species and 23 Subspecies
Messor regalis Emery, 1892
Messor ruginodis Stitz, 1916
Pheidole (Anergatides) neokohli Wilson, 1984
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole albidula Santschi, 1928
Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896Catspaw
Pheidole aurivillii attenuata Santschi, 1910
Pheidole aurivillii kasaiensis Forel, 1911
Pheidole aurivillii rubricalva Forel, 1915
Pheidole batrachorum (Wheeler, W.M., 1922)⇒ Pheidole dea Santschi, 1921
Pheidole bequaerti Forel, 1913
Pheidole buchholzi Mayr, 1901
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895Painted eggcockle
Pheidole caffra bayeri Forel, 1916
Pheidole caffra senilifrons Wheeler, 1922
Pheidole christinae Fischer, Gar..., 2012
Pheidole concinna (Santschi, 1910)⇒ Pheidole rabo Forel, 1913
Pheidole corticicola Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii Emery, 1897
Pheidole darwini Fischer, Gar..., 2012
Pheidole dea Santschi, 1921
Pheidole excellens Mayr, 1862Catspaw
Pheidole excellens fulvobasalis Santschi, 1921
Pheidole excellens weissi Santschi, 1910
Pheidole glabrella Fischer, Gar..., 2012
Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole kohli Mayr, 1901
Pheidole liengmei Forel, 1894
Pheidole liengmei shinsendensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala atrox Forel, 1913
Pheidole megacephala ilgii Forel, 1907
Pheidole megacephala impressifrons Wasmann, 1905
Pheidole megacephala melancholica Santschi, 1912
Pheidole megacephala nkomoana Forel, 1916
Pheidole minima malelana Wheeler, 1922
Pheidole mylognatha Wheeler, 1922
Pheidole niapuana (Wheeler, 1922)⇒ Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910
Pheidole philippi Emery, 1915
Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole punctulata atrox Forel, 1913
Pheidole punctulata subatrox Santschi, 1937
Pheidole rabo Forel, 1913
Pheidole retronitens Santschi, 1930
Pheidole saxicola Wheeler, 1922
Pheidole schoutedeni Forel, 1913
Pheidole schoutedeni platycephala Stitz, 1916
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole sculpturata berthoudi Forel, 1894
Pheidole sculpturata dignata Santschi, 1915
Pheidole sculpturata welgelegenensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole semidea Fischer, Gar..., 2012
Pheidole setosa Fischer, Gar..., 2012
Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877Eastern pearlshell
Pheidole speculifera bispecula Santschi, 1930
Pheidole speculifera cubangensis Forel, 1901
Pheidole squalida Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole vanderveldi Forel, 1913


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov