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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
521
7875
25069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
517
7870
25062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
498
7773
24792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
322
6415
21860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
56
889
2616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
54
882
2605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
391
1737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
90
498
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
90
498
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
35
249
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
5
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tanzania
5 Genera with 25 Species
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853
Collared Ants0SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 19894SpeciesTaxom
Oxyopomyrmex André, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1923Big-headed Ants22SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
25 Species and 5 Subspecies
Messor angularis Santschi, 1928
Messor cephalotes Emery, 1895
Messor galla Mayr, 1904Japanese horseshoe crab
Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
Ocymyrmex flaviventris Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Ocymyrmex nitidulus Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Ocymyrmex phraxus Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole areniphila Forel, 1910
Pheidole areniphila aurora Santschi, 1928
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895Painted eggcockle
Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole crassinoda sordidula Santschi, 1937
Pheidole dea Santschi, 1921
Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole katonae Forel, 1907
Pheidole liengmei Forel, 1894
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala speculifrons Stitz, 1911
Pheidole njassae Viehmeyer, 1914
Pheidole njassae legitima Santschi, 1916
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole rasnitsyni D. A. Dubovi..., 2011
Pheidole scabriuscula Gerstäcker, 1871
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole sculpturata particeps Santschi, 1921
Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877Eastern pearlshell
Pheidole vafra Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov