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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
300
2787
5094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
300
2787
5094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
287
2741
5008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
198
2406
4556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
42
428
1016
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
40
426
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
263
844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
64
255
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
64
255
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
25
130
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Limpopo
3 Genera with 13 Species
Messor Forel, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 19813SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1901Big-headed Ants7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Limpopo
13 Species
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
Ocymyrmex foreli Arnold, 1916
Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911
Ocymyrmex sphinx Bolton, 1981
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
Pheidole strator Forel, 1910Wabash riffleshell
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov