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Checklist for Tribe Plagiolepidini Forel, 1886
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
758
16427
71407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
755
16419
71389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
702
16115
70324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
12496
58285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
71
1531
6334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
62
1445
6216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
24
722
4845
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
168
2059
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
168
2059
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
17
262
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
3
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Brazil
3 Genera with 23 Species
Acropyga Roger, 194412SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1929Crazy ants11SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18952SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
23 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acropyga decedens Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914Flattened carditid
Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga guianensis Weber, 1944
Acropyga oko (Weber, 1944)⇒ Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
Acropyga pallida Donisthorpe, 1938
Acropyga pickeli (Borgmeier, 1927)⇒ Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga quadriceps (Weber, 1944)⇒ Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893
Acropyga tricuspis LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga urichi (Weber, 1944)⇒ Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893
Nylanderia brasiliensis Mayr, 1862
Nylanderia caeciliae Forel, 1899
Nylanderia docilis Forel, 1908
Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862Rasberry ant
Nylanderia goeldii Forel, 1912
Nylanderia guatemalensis Forel, 1885Ant
Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans Forel, 1901
Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893
Nylanderia tococae Wheeler, W.M..., 1929
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Nylanderia vividula australis Santschi, 1929
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) schmitzii Forel, 1895Elegant dwarf cockle


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