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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
44
364
1087
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
359
1071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
243
894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
35
87
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
35
87
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
11
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePonerini
Lepeletier, 1835
9
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
9 Genera with 16 Species
Anochetus Mayr, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Bothroponera Smith, 19124SpeciesTaxom
Centromyrmex Mayr, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Megaponera Mayr, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1798Panther Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Paltothyreus Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Plectroctena F.Smith, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Promyopias Santschi, 19141SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
16 Species
Bothroponera crassa Emery, 1877
Bothroponera mlanjiensis Arnold, 1946
Bothroponera pumicosa Roger, 1860
Bothroponera sculpturata Santschi, 1912
Centromyrmex bequaerti Forel, 1913
Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902
Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802Matabele ant
Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802
Pachycondyla kruegeri Forel, 1910Florida marshclam
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pachycondyla sculpturata Karavaiev, 1925
Pachycondyla tarsata Fabricius, 1798Rose-painted semele
Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798
Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858
Plectroctena subterranea Arnold, 1915
Promyopias silvestrii Santschi, 1914


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