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Checklist for Tribe Plagiolepidini Forel, 1886
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
591
9292
32656
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
588
9284
32647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
9130
32273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
355
7129
27028
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
55
769
2406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
49
746
2390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
373
1842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
160
1289
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
160
1289
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
27
350
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
5
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
5 Genera with 29 Species
Acropyga Roger, 19388SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1984Crazy ants14SpeciesTaxom
Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 19216SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 19023SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
29 Species and 6 Subspecies
Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) lauta Mann, 1919
Acropyga moluccana papuana (Mann, 1919)⇒ Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862Southern acornshell
Acropyga ambigua Emery, 1922Carpenter carditid
Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
Acropyga oceanica Emery, 1900Snuffbox
Acropyga oko (Weber, 1944)⇒ Acropyga donisthorpei Weber, 1944
Acropyga pallida Donisthorpe, 1938
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia braueri glabrior Forel, 1902
Nylanderia concinna Trager, 1984
Nylanderia consuta (Wheeler, W.M., 1935)⇒ Nylanderia dichroa Wheeler, W.M., 1934
Nylanderia dichroa Wheeler, W.M., 1934
Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902
Nylanderia manni Donisthorpe, 1941
Nylanderia obscura Mayr, 1862Swamp parrot ant
Nylanderia obscura bismarckensis Forel, 1901
Nylanderia stigmatica Mann, 1919
Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901Forest parrot ant
Nylanderia vitiensis Mann, 1921
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Nylanderia wojciki Trager, 1984
Paraparatrechina caledonica Forel, 1902
Paraparatrechina foreli Emery, 1914
Paraparatrechina foreli nigriventris Emery, 1914
Paraparatrechina minutula Forel, 1901
Paraparatrechina minutula buxtoni Santschi, 1928
Paraparatrechina oceanica Mann, 1921
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis bicolor Forel, 1901Round combshell
Plagiolepis exigua quadrimaculata Forel, 1902


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