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Checklist for Tribe Plagiolepidini Forel, 1886
and region New Guinea (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
397
4697
21747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
396
4696
21746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
381
4612
21406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3397
17247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
18
194
1140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
18
194
1140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
11
150
1033
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
118
996
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
118
996
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
19
322
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
5
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Guinea
5 Genera with 21 Species
Acropyga Roger, 19385SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1901Crazy ants8SpeciesTaxom
Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 19225SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18943SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Guinea
21 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862Southern acornshell
Acropyga ambigua Emery, 1922Carpenter carditid
Acropyga major Donisthorpe, 1949
Acropyga oceanica Emery, 1900Snuffbox
Acropyga pallida Donisthorpe, 1938
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902
Nylanderia helleri Viehmeyer, 1914
Nylanderia nuggeti Donisthorpe, 1941
Nylanderia obscura bismarckensis Forel, 1901
Nylanderia obscura papuana Forel, 1901
Nylanderia steeli Forel, 1910
Nylanderia vaga Forel, 1901Forest parrot ant
Paraparatrechina lecamopteridis Donisthorpe, 1941
Paraparatrechina minutula Forel, 1901
Paraparatrechina opaca Emery, 1887
Paraparatrechina pallida Donisthorpe, 1947
Paraparatrechina pusillima Emery, 1922
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis bicolor Forel, 1901Round combshell
Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894


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