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 West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
535
5529
14269
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
532
5515
14254
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5423
14103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
327
4090
11399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
47
501
1838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
44
488
1822
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
17
270
1493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
96
662
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
96
662
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
30
178
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
3 Genera with 16 Species
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1922Collared Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1876Big-headed Ants14SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
16 Species and 3 Subspecies
Aphaenogaster kimberleyensis Shattuck, 2008
Aphaenogaster longiceps Smith, 1858Elegant dwarf cockle
Aphaenogaster mediterrae Shattuck, 2008
Aphaenogaster poultoni Crawley, 1922
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Pheidole ampla Forel, 1893Seedharvesting ant
Pheidole ampla perthensis Crawley, 1922
Pheidole bos Forel, 1893
Pheidole bos bos Forel, 1893
Pheidole hartmeyeri Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole impressiceps Mayr, 1876Giant big-headed ant
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala megacephala Fabricius, 1793
Pheidole mjobergi Forel, 1915Savanna bigheaded ant
Pheidole nindi Mann, 1919
Pheidole oceanica Mayr, 1866Slender toothwort
Pheidole proxima Mayr, 1876
Pheidole turneri Forel, 1902
Pheidole variabilis Mayr, 1876Cumberland leafshell


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov