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Checklist for Tribe Plagiolepidini Forel, 1886
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
752
2499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
51
743
2475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
353
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
87
629
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
87
629
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
16
101
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
7
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
7 Genera with 28 Species
Acropyga Roger, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 189211SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 2011Crazy ants5SpeciesTaxom
Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 19146SpeciesTaxom
Tapinolepis Emery, 19622SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
28 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862Southern acornshell
Acropyga silvestrii (Emery, 1915)⇒ Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
Anoplolepis custodiens Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Lepisiota affinis Santschi, 1937Alaska great-tellin
Lepisiota canescens Emery, 1897Cuba lucine
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Lepisiota capensis anceps Forel, 1916
Lepisiota capensis guineensis Mayr, 1902
Lepisiota capensis simplex Mayr, 1862
Lepisiota crinita Mayr, 1895
Lepisiota depressa Santschi, 1914
Lepisiota hirsuta Santschi, 1914
Lepisiota incisa Forel, 1913
Lepisiota simplex Forel, 1892
Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla & Fi..., 2011
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia impolita LaPolla & Fi..., 2011
Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi Mayr, 1904
Nylanderia silvula LaPolla & Fi..., 2011
Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
Paraparatrechina concinnata LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
Paraparatrechina umbranatis LaPolla & Cheng, 2010
Paraparatrechina weissi Santschi, 1910
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis brunni Mayr, 1895San Pedro mysella
Plagiolepis custodiens Smith, 1858
Plagiolepis decora Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Plagiolepis jouberti Forel, 1910
Plagiolepis pictipes Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Tapinolepis bothae Forel, 1907
Tapinolepis macrophthalma Arnold, 1962


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