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Checklist for Tribe Plagiolepidini Forel, 1886
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
47
462
1094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
45
457
1091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
256
819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
98
386
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
98
386
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
17
104
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
5
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
5 Genera with 21 Species
Acropyga Roger, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 19029SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1894Crazy ants7SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 04SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
21 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862Southern acornshell
Acropyga rubescens Forel, 1894
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Lepisiota bipartita Smith, F., 1861
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Lepisiota capensis lunaris Emery, 1893
Lepisiota fergusoni Forel, 1895Smooth astarte
Lepisiota lunaris Emery, 1893
Lepisiota mayri Wachkoo, Bha..., 2021
Lepisiota opaca Forel, 1892
Lepisiota pulchella Forel, 1892
Lepisiota wroughtonii Forel, 1902
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia indica Forel, 1894
Nylanderia taylori Forel, 1894
Nylanderia taylori levis Forel, 1913
Nylanderia vagabunda Motschoulsky, 1863
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Nylanderia yerburyi Forel, 1894
Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894
Plagiolepis jerdonii Forel, 1894
Plagiolepis pissina Roger, 1863
Plagiolepis pisssina


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