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Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Northern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
317
2422
5011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
316
2415
4984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
301
2376
4934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
1978
4391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
49
443
1171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
48
442
1170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
281
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
45
195
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
45
195
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
18
134
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern Cape
3 Genera with 23 Species
Messor Forel, 19227SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 189211SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1901Big-headed Ants5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Cape
23 Species and 1 Subspecies
Messor barbarum pseudo Mayr, 1862
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923
Messor tropicorum Wheeler, 1922
Ocymyrmex alacer Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886
Ocymyrmex cavatodorsatus Prins, 1965
Ocymyrmex cilliei Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex dekerus Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex gariepensis Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex gordoni Prins & Roux, 1989
Ocymyrmex hirsutus Forel, 1910
Ocymyrmex resekhes Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex sphinx Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895Painted eggcockle
Pheidole capensis Mayr, 1862Tennessee riffleshell
Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov