AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Pheidolini Emery, 1877
and region Saudi Arabia (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
278
2042
4455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
277
2041
4453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
271
2029
4437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
188
1652
3788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
33
170
481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
32
169
480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
116
410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
46
291
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
46
291
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
20
169
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
4
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Saudi Arabia
4 Genera with 34 Species
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1798Collared Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 196920SpeciesTaxom
Oxyopomyrmex André, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1893Big-headed Ants12SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saudi Arabia
34 Species
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) gibbosa Latreille, 1798Elegant dwarf cockle
Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, 1902Green jackknife
Messor arenarius Fabricius, 1787Florida marshclam
Messor buettikeri Collingwood, 1985
Messor ceresis Santschi, 1934Tellin semele
Messor crawleyi Santschi, 1928
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor foreli Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Messor galla Mayr, 1904Japanese horseshoe crab
Messor hismai Collingwood ..., 1996
Messor intermedius Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Messor meridionalis André, 1883
Messor minor André, 1883Cuba transennella
Messor muraywahus Collingwood ..., 1996
Messor muscatus Collingwood ..., 1996
Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927Cuba transennella
Messor rufotestaceus Förster, 1850Expanded macoma
Messor striaticeps André, 1883
Messor syriacus Tohme, 1969Pacific eggcockle
Oxyopomyrmex nitidior Santschi, 1910
Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879Big-headed ant
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole katonae Forel, 1907
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1953Savannah lilliput
Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865Seaside bittercress
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877
Pheidole sarae Sharaf, 2018
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole teneriffana (Forel, 1893)⇒ Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov