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Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
41
408
1156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
39
401
1145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
239
876
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
49
192
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
49
192
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
22
96
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
3 Genera with 18 Species
Messor Forel, 18835SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1910Big-headed Ants17SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
18 Species and 8 Subspecies
Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767Harvester ant
Messor cephalotes Emery, 1895
Messor galla Mayr, 1904Japanese horseshoe crab
Messor galla obscurus Menozzi & Co..., 1904
Messor semirufus André, 1883Cuba transennella
Ocymyrmex celer Weber, 1943
Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Pheidole aeberlii erythraea Emery, 1901
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895Painted eggcockle
Pheidole caffra abyssinica Forel, 1910
Pheidole caffra amoena Forel, 1911
Pheidole clavata Emery, 1877Downy venus
Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii Emery, 1897
Pheidole escherichii Forel, 1910
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala ilgi Forel, 1907
Pheidole megacephala ilgii Forel, 1907
Pheidole philippi Emery, 1915
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877
Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877Eastern pearlshell
Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901
Pheidole strator Forel, 1910Wabash riffleshell


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov