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Checklist for Tribe Plagiolepidini Forel, 1886
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
642
38200
347168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
100
5398
55044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
85
5058
53360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
31
1768
28241
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
355
6541
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
355
6541
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
51
1165
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
9
122
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
9 Genera with 122 Species
Acropyga Roger, 194433SpeciesTaxom
Agraulomyrmex Prins, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 2019Crazy ants86SpeciesTaxom
Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 19105SpeciesTaxom
Stigmacros Forel, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Zatania LaPolla, Kal..., 20007SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
122 Species and 16 Subspecies
Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) wheeleri (Mann, 1922)⇒ Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862Southern acornshell
Acropyga ayanganna LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga berwicki (Wheeler, 1935)⇒ Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914
Acropyga decedens Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
Acropyga dubia Karavaiev, 1933
Acropyga dubitata Wheeler, W.M..., 1914Armlet carditid
Acropyga epedana Snelling, R.R., 1973
Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914Flattened carditid
Acropyga glaesaria LaPolla, 2005
Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga guianensis Weber, 1944
Acropyga hirsutula LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga keira LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga manuense LaPolla & Sc..., 2023
Acropyga myops Forel, 1910
Acropyga oko (Weber, 1944)⇒ Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
Acropyga oreithauma LaPolla, Wil..., 2017
Acropyga palaga LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga pallida Donisthorpe, 1938
Acropyga panamensis Weber, 1944
Acropyga parvidens Wheeler, W.M..., 1914Armlet carditid
Acropyga pickeli (Borgmeier, 1927)⇒ Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga quadriceps (Weber, 1944)⇒ Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga robae (Donisthorpe, 1936)⇒ Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga romeo LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga sauteri Forel, 1912
Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893
Acropyga stenotes LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga tricuspis LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga urichi (Weber, 1944)⇒ Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893
Agraulomyrmex meridionalis Prins, 1983Tiny pouchclam
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Anoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894Black pugnacious ant
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Nylanderia acuminata Forel, 1911
Nylanderia anthracina Roger, 1863
Nylanderia arenivaga Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Nylanderia austroccidua Trager, 1984
Nylanderia bibadia Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia brasiliensis Mayr, 1862
Nylanderia braueri Mayr, 1868
Nylanderia braueri braueri Mayr, 1868
Nylanderia breviscapa Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia bruesii Wheeler, W.M., 1903
Nylanderia burgesi Trager, 1984
Nylanderia caeciliae Forel, 1899
Nylanderia caeciliae elevata Forel, 1908
Nylanderia caerula Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia concinna Trager, 1984
Nylanderia contraria Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia coveri Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M., 1936
Nylanderia deceptrix Messer, Cove..., 2016
Nylanderia deyrupi Messer, Cove..., 2020
Nylanderia disatra Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia dispar Forel, 1909
Nylanderia docilis Forel, 1908
Nylanderia esperanza Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia faisonensis Forel, 1922
Nylanderia flavipes Smith, F., 1874
Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862Rasberry ant
Nylanderia fulva biolleyi Forel, 1908
Nylanderia fulva cubana Santschi, 1930
Nylanderia fulva fumatipennis Forel, 1915
Nylanderia fulva incisa Forel, 1908
Nylanderia fulva longiscapa Forel, 1908
Nylanderia fulva nesiotis Wheeler, 1919
Nylanderia fuscaspecula Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902
Nylanderia goeldii Forel, 1912
Nylanderia guatemalensis Forel, 1885Ant
Nylanderia guatemalensis cocoensis Forel, 1902
Nylanderia guatemalensis edenensis Forel, 1885
Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans Forel, 1901
Nylanderia hystrix Trager, 1984
Nylanderia johannae Forel, 1912
Nylanderia johannae dibullana Forel, 1912
Nylanderia laevigata Mackay, 1998
Nylanderia lazulina Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia lietzi Forel, 1908
Nylanderia lucayana LaPolla & Ka..., 2019
Nylanderia luceata Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia magnella Kallal & LaP..., 2012
Nylanderia melanderi arenivaga Wheeler, 1905
Nylanderia mendax Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia metacista Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia mexicana Forel, 1899
Nylanderia microps Smith, M.R., 1937
Nylanderia mosaica Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia myops Mann, 1920
Nylanderia nodifera Mayr, 1870
Nylanderia parasitica Messer, Cove..., 2020
Nylanderia parvula Mayr, 1870
Nylanderia pearsei Wheeler, W.M., 1938
Nylanderia perminuta Buckley, 1866
Nylanderia phantasma Trager, 1984
Nylanderia pini Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia polita Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia pubens A. Forel, 1893Ant
Nylanderia querna Kallal & LaP..., 2012
Nylanderia semitincta Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia sierra Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia silvestrii Emery, 1906
Nylanderia silvestrii kuenzleri Forel, 1909
Nylanderia staudingeri Forel, 1912
Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893
Nylanderia steinheili minuta Forel, 1893
Nylanderia terricola Buckley, 1866
Nylanderia tococae Wheeler, W.M..., 1929
Nylanderia trageri Kallal & LaP..., 2012
Nylanderia usul Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901Forest parrot ant
Nylanderia vetula LaPolla & Dl..., 2010
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Nylanderia vividula australis Santschi, 1929
Nylanderia wardi Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia wojciki Trager, 1984
Nylanderia xestonota Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia zaminyops Kallal, 2019
Paraparatrechina sauteri Forel, 1913
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) schmitzii Forel, 1895Elegant dwarf cockle
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894
Plagiolepis puncta Forel, 1910
Stigmacros inermis McAreavey, 1957
Zatania albimaculata Santschi, 1930
Zatania cisipa Smith, D.R. ..., 1973
Zatania darlingtoni Wheeler, 1936
Zatania electra LaPolla, Kal..., 2012
Zatania gibberosa Roger, 1863
Zatania gloriosa LaPolla, Kal..., 2012
Zatania karstica Fontenla Rizo, 2000


Links, sources and further information
Plagiolepidini at artfakta.se
Plagiolepidini at dyntaxa.se
Plagiolepidini at itis.gov