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Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
39
327
877
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
37
325
872
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
14
183
665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
85
407
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
85
407
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
29
223
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
3 Genera with 16 Species
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1886Collared Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1877Big-headed Ants15SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) swammerdami Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Messor galla Mayr, 1904Japanese horseshoe crab
Pheidole (Easmopheidole) aberrans Mayr, 1868Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896Catspaw
Pheidole buchholzi Mayr, 1901
Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862Tennessee riffleshell
Pheidole casta Wheeler, 1908Rough razor
Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole excellens Mayr, 1862Catspaw
Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala costauriensis Santschi, 1914
Pheidole minima Mayr, 1901Giant cleftclam
Pheidole occipitalis André, 1890Northern riffleshell
Pheidole pieli Santschi, 1925
Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877Eastern pearlshell


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov