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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
482
6547
17544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
480
6543
17539
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
464
6450
17312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
303
5522
15636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
59
874
3487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
56
869
3469
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
497
2906
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
70
494
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
70
494
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
28
256
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePheidolini
Emery, 1877
3
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Zimbabwe
3 Genera with 31 Species
Messor Forel, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 18927SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1913Big-headed Ants36SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zimbabwe
31 Species and 15 Subspecies
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Messor luebberti Forel, 1910
Ocymyrmex foreli Arnold, 1916
Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911
Ocymyrmex picardi Forel, 1901Round combshell
Ocymyrmex sobek Bolton, 1981
Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989
Ocymyrmex velox Santschi, 1932
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Pheidole (Decapheidole) perpusilla Emery, 1894
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole arnoldi Forel, 1913
Pheidole arnoldi ballaensis Arnold, 1920
Pheidole arnoldi rufescens Arnold, 1920
Pheidole caffra Emery, 1895Painted eggcockle
Pheidole caffra montivaga Santschi, 1939
Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole crassinoda ruspolii Emery, 1897
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole liengmei Forel, 1894
Pheidole liengmei malindana Forel, 1913
Pheidole liengmei micrartifex Forel, 1913
Pheidole maufei Arnold, 1920
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole megacephala rotundata Forel, 1894
Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole prelli Forel, 1911Southern acornshell
Pheidole prelli redbankensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole schultzei Forel, 1910Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole schultzei gwaaiensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole schultzei woodvalensis Arnold, 1960
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole sculpturata rhodesiana Forel, 1913
Pheidole sculpturata welgelegenensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole sculpturata zambesiana Forel, 1913
Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
Pheidole speculifera Emery, 1877Eastern pearlshell
Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910
Pheidole strator Forel, 1910Wabash riffleshell
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole tenuinodis sipapomae Arnold, 1920
Pheidole victoris Forel, 1913
Pheidole xocensis Forel, 1913
Pheidole xocensis bulawayensis Forel, 1913


Links, sources and further information
Pheidolini at itis.gov