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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16634
69910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16624
69896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16402
69012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
13022
57717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
74
1820
10064
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
66
1760
10005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
701
6125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
155
1797
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
155
1797
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
20
209
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
3
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
3 Genera with 26 Species
Acropyga Roger, 189311SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 2025Crazy ants18SpeciesTaxom
Zatania LaPolla, Kal..., 20121SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
26 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) wheeleri (Mann, 1922)⇒ Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga dubia Karavaiev, 1933
Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914Flattened carditid
Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga keira LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga oreithauma LaPolla, Wil..., 2017
Acropyga palaga LaPolla, 2004
Acropyga pallida Donisthorpe, 1938
Acropyga panamensis Weber, 1944
Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893
Nylanderia acuminata Forel, 1911
Nylanderia austroccidua Trager, 1984
Nylanderia caeciliae Forel, 1899
Nylanderia caeciliae elevata Forel, 1908
Nylanderia dispar Forel, 1909
Nylanderia faisonensis Forel, 1922
Nylanderia fulva biolleyi Forel, 1908
Nylanderia fulva incisa Forel, 1908
Nylanderia fulva longiscapa Forel, 1908
Nylanderia guatemalensis Forel, 1885Ant
Nylanderia guatemalensis cocoensis Forel, 1902
Nylanderia lazulina Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia lietzi Forel, 1908
Nylanderia luceata Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia mendax Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia mosaica Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893
Nylanderia usul Williams, Wi..., 2025
Zatania gloriosa LaPolla, Kal..., 2012


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