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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1156
31409
217039
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1150
31356
216933
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1053
30832
214432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
585
24354
178963
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
94
4161
35080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
81
3910
33631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
29
1198
15006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
271
2908
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
271
2908
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
46
679
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
8
52
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North America
8 Genera with 52 Species
Acropyga Roger, 18938SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1984Crazy ants36SpeciesTaxom
Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 1947
0SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Stigmacros Forel, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Zatania LaPolla, Kal..., 20122SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North America
52 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acropyga epedana Snelling, R.R., 1973
Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914Flattened carditid
Acropyga glaesaria LaPolla, 2005
Acropyga myops Forel, 1910
Acropyga pallida Donisthorpe, 1938
Acropyga panamensis Weber, 1944
Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Anoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894Black pugnacious ant
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Nylanderia acuminata Forel, 1911
Nylanderia arenivaga Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Nylanderia austroccidua Trager, 1984
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia braueri Mayr, 1868
Nylanderia braueri braueri Mayr, 1868
Nylanderia breviscapa Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia bruesii Wheeler, W.M., 1903
Nylanderia concinna Trager, 1984
Nylanderia contraria Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia deceptrix Messer, Cove..., 2016
Nylanderia deyrupi Messer, Cove..., 2020
Nylanderia faisonensis Forel, 1922
Nylanderia flavipes Smith, F., 1874
Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862Rasberry ant
Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902
Nylanderia guatemalensis Forel, 1885Ant
Nylanderia hystrix Trager, 1984
Nylanderia laevigata Mackay, 1998
Nylanderia lazulina Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia magnella Kallal & LaP..., 2012
Nylanderia melanderi arenivaga Wheeler, 1905
Nylanderia mexicana Forel, 1899
Nylanderia parasitica Messer, Cove..., 2020
Nylanderia parvula Mayr, 1870
Nylanderia pearsei Wheeler, W.M., 1938
Nylanderia perminuta Buckley, 1866
Nylanderia phantasma Trager, 1984
Nylanderia polita Williams, Wi..., 2025
Nylanderia pubens A. Forel, 1893Ant
Nylanderia querna Kallal & LaP..., 2012
Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893
Nylanderia terricola Buckley, 1866
Nylanderia trageri Kallal & LaP..., 2012
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Nylanderia wojciki Trager, 1984
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis puncta Forel, 1910
Stigmacros inermis McAreavey, 1957
Zatania electra LaPolla, Kal..., 2012
Zatania gloriosa LaPolla, Kal..., 2012


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