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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
752
2499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
51
743
2475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
353
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
87
629
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
87
629
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
34
328
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
3 Genera with 34 Species
Messor Forel, 19046SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1893Big-headed Ants27SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
34 Species and 4 Subspecies
Messor angularis Santschi, 1928
Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767Harvester ant
Messor cephalotes Emery, 1895
Messor concolor Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor ferreri Collingwood, 1993Confusing transennella
Messor galla Mayr, 1904Japanese horseshoe crab
Ocymyrmex celer Weber, 1943
Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex robecchii Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896Catspaw
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895Painted eggcockle
Pheidole concinna (Santschi, 1910)⇒ Pheidole rabo Forel, 1913
Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii Emery, 1897
Pheidole dea Santschi, 1921
Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879Big-headed ant
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole kitschneri Forel, 1910
Pheidole kohli Mayr, 1901
Pheidole liengmei Forel, 1894
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala rotundata Forel, 1894
Pheidole megacephala talpa Gerstaecker, 1871
Pheidole nigeriensis Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Pheidole prelli Forel, 1911Southern acornshell
Pheidole pulchella Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole scabriuscula Gerstäcker, 1871
Pheidole schultzei Forel, 1910Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877Eastern pearlshell
Pheidole speculifera ascara Emery, 1901
Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910
Pheidole strator Forel, 1910Wabash riffleshell
Pheidole teneriffana (Forel, 1893)⇒ Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov