AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Platythyreini Emery, 1901
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
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
22
99
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePlatythyreini
Emery, 1901
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
2 Genera with 5 Species
Platythyrea Roger, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Probolomyrmex Mayr, 19651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
5 Species
Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859
Platythyrea gracillima Wheeler, W.M., 1922
Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899Tubercled blossom
Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910
Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965Hardy orange


Links, sources and further information
Platythyreini at itis.gov