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Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
434
4745
11084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
432
4730
11041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
411
4621
10826
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
261
3768
9377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
51
600
1882
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
594
1868
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
379
1612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
48
214
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
48
214
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
18
140
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
41
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
3 Genera with 41 Species
Messor Forel, 19228SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 198126SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1923Big-headed Ants8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
41 Species and 1 Subspecies
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor denticornis Forel, 1910
Messor incisus Stitz, 1923
Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923
Messor tropicorum Wheeler, 1922
Ocymyrmex afradu Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex alacer Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886
Ocymyrmex cavatodorsatus Prins, 1965
Ocymyrmex dekerus Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex engytachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex flavescens Stitz, 1923
Ocymyrmex flaviventris Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911
Ocymyrmex gariepensis Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex gordoni Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex kahas Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex micans Forel, 1910
Ocymyrmex monardi Santschi, 1930
Ocymyrmex okys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex picardi Forel, 1901Round combshell
Ocymyrmex resekhes Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex robustior Stitz, 1923
Ocymyrmex shushan Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex sobek Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex sphinx Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex turneri Donisthorpe, 1931
Ocymyrmex velox Santschi, 1932
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Ocymyrmex zekhem Bolton, 1981
Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole liengmei Forel, 1894
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole schultzei Forel, 1910Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole tenuinodis robusta Stitz, 1923


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov