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Checklist for Tribe Ponerini Lepeletier, 1835
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
41
408
1156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
39
401
1145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
239
876
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
49
192
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
49
192
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
13
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePonerini
Lepeletier, 1835
11
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
11 Genera with 37 Species
Anochetus Mayr, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Bothroponera Smith, 19076SpeciesTaxom
Desyopone Boudinot & P..., 20221SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18948SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Megaponera Mayr, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Mesoponera Emery, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Ophthalmopone Forel, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1798Panther Ants7SpeciesTaxom
Paltothyreus Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Plectroctena F.Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
37 Species and 5 Subspecies
Anochetus pubescens Brown, 1978Princess venus
Anochetus rothschildi Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884Herrington fingernailclam
Anochetus siphneus Brown, 1978Princess venus
Anochetus traegaordhi Mayr, 1904
Bothroponera crassa Emery, 1877
Bothroponera crassa ilgii Forel, 1910
Bothroponera escherichi Forel, 1910
Bothroponera ilgii Forel, 1910
Bothroponera soror Emery, 1899
Bothroponera soror suturalis Forel, 1907
Desyopone hereon Boudinot & P..., 2022
Hypoponera exigua Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera faex Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera jeanneli Santschi, 1935
Hypoponera jocosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera juxta Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera orba Emery, 1915
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894Ant
Leptogenys (Lobopelta) piroskae Forel, 1910
Leptogenys bellii Emery, 1901Eastern pearlshell
Leptogenys buyssoni Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Leptogenys erythraea Emery, 1902
Leptogenys pavesii Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802Matabele ant
Megaponera analis amazon Santschi, 1935
Mesoponera caffraria Smith, F., 1858
Mesoponera elisae divaricata Emery, 1915
Mesoponera escherichi Forel, 1910
Ophthalmopone ilgii Forel, 1894
Pachycondyla ambigua (André, 1890)⇒ Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890
Pachycondyla crassa Emery, 1877Downy venus
Pachycondyla ilgii Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pachycondyla sennaarensis Mayr, 1862
Pachycondyla soror suturalis Forel, 1907
Pachycondyla tarsata Fabricius, 1798Rose-painted semele
Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798
Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858


Links, sources and further information
Ponerini at antwiki.org
Ponerini at itis.gov