Species list, Checklist of Class Insecta (Insects) for Northeast Tanzania (North Tanzania, Tanzania)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 (Insects)
and region Northeast Tanzania (North Tanzania, Tanzania)

Class

Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects

240
1407
1904

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

List of families for Northeast Tanzania
240 Families width 1904 Species and 79 Subspecies

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Acrididae MacLeay, 1819	Grasshoppers and locusts	46	Species	Taxom
Aderidae Winkler, 1927	Ant-like leaf beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Aeshnidae Rambur, 1842	Darners	3	Species	Taxom
Agaonidae Walker, 1848	Fig wasp	2	Species	Taxom
Alucitidae Leach, 1815	Many Plumed Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Alydidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843	Bean bugs	1	Species	Taxom
Ampulicidae Shuckard, 1840	Ampulicid wasps	4	Species	Taxom
Anthicidae Latreille, 1819	Ant beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Anthomyiidae Robineau-Des..., 1830	Anthomyiid flies	2	Species	Taxom
Anthribidae Billberg, 1820	Fungus Weevil	20	Species	Taxom
Aphididae Latreille, 1802	Aphids	2	Species	Taxom
Aphrophoridae Evans, 1946	Froghoppers	2	Species	Taxom
Apidae Latreille, 1802	Bumble bees	11	Species	Taxom
Aradidae Spinola, 1837	Flat bug	4	Species	Taxom
Ascalaphidae Rambur, 1842	Owlflies	0	Species	Taxom
Asilidae Latreille, 1802	Assassin flies	3	Species	Taxom
Athericidae Stuckenberg, 1973	Athericid flies	0	Species	Taxom
Attelabidae Billberg, 1820	Leaf Rolling Weevil	27	Species	Taxom
Bacillidae Brunner von ..., 1893	Bacillid Stick Insects	1	Species	Taxom
Baetidae Leach, 1815	Mayflies	1	Species	Taxom
Belostomatidae Leach, 1815	Alligator ticks	1	Species	Taxom
Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861	Biphyllid beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Blaberidae Saussure, 1864	Blaberids	6	Species	Taxom
Blattellidae (Karny, 1908)	German Cockroach	3	Species	Taxom
Blattidae Stephens, 1829	American cockroaches	3	Species	Taxom
Bombyliidae Latreille, 1802	Bee Flies	2	Species	Taxom
Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802	Auger beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845	Cocoon-forming beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Braconidae Latreille, 1829	Braconid wasps	3	Species	Taxom
Brahmaeidae Swinhoe, 1892	Brahmin Moths	2	Species	Taxom
Brentidae Billberg, 1820	Brenthidae	21	Species	Taxom
Buprestidae Leach, 1815	Flat-headed wood-borers	15	Species	Taxom
Calamoceratidae Ulmer, 1905		1	Species	Taxom
Calliphoridae Brauer & Ber..., 1889	Blow flies	7	Species	Taxom
Calopterygidae Selys, 1850	Broad-winged damselflies	2	Species	Taxom
Cantharidae Imhoff, 1856	Cantharids	0	Species	Taxom
Carabidae Latreille, 1802	Carabid beetles	54	Species	Taxom
Cecidomyiidae Newman, 1834	Forest Midges	1	Species	Taxom
Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802	Long Horn beetles	76	Species	Taxom
Ceraphronidae Haliday, 1833	Ceraphronid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Cercopidae Leach, 1815	Froghopper	0	Species	Taxom
Cerylonidae Billberg, 1820	Cerylid Kingfishers	1	Species	Taxom
Chalcididae Latreille, 1817	Chalcidid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Chironomidae Erichson, 1842	Chironomids	14	Species	Taxom
Chlorocyphidae Cowley, 1937	Jewel damselfly	2	Species	Taxom
Chloropidae Schoenherr, 1840	Chloropid flies	5	Species	Taxom
Chrysididae Latreille, 1802	Chrysidid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Chrysomelidae Latreille, 1802	Casebearers	26	Species	Taxom
Cicadidae Westwood, 1840	Cicada	1	Species	Taxom
Cixiidae Spinola, 1839	Cixid planthoppers	5	Species	Taxom
Cleridae Latreille, 1802	Checkered Beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Coccinellidae Latreille, 1807	Coccinelles	3	Species	Taxom
Coenagrionidae Kirby, 1890	Narrow-winged damselflies	12	Species	Taxom
Corduliidae Selys-Longch..., 1850	Baskettails	2	Species	Taxom
Coreidae Leach, 1815	Broad-headed bugs	10	Species	Taxom
Corydiidae de Saussure, 1864	Sand cockroaches	1	Species	Taxom
Cossidae Leach, 1815	Borers	13	Species	Taxom
Crabronidae Latreille, 1802	Bee Wolves	43	Species	Taxom
Crambidae Latreille, 1810	Crambid Snout Moths	8	Species	Taxom
Cryptophagidae Kirby, 1937	Mould beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 1915		1	Species	Taxom
Ctenuchidae (W. Kirby, 1837)	Ctenuchid moths	0	Species	Taxom
Cucujidae Latreille, 1802	Flat bark beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Culicidae Meigen, 1818	Mosquito	2	Species	Taxom
Curculionidae Latreille, 1802	Ambrosia beetles	86	Species	Taxom
Dascillidae Guérin-Ménev..., 1843	Orchid beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Delphacidae Leach, 1815	Delphacid planthoppers	2	Species	Taxom
Derbidae Spinola, 1839	Derbid planthoppers	1	Species	Taxom
Dermestidae Hope, 1840	Carpet beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Diapheromeridae Rehn & Hebard, 1909	Diapheromerid Stick Insects	13	Species	Taxom
Discolomatidae Horn, 1878		1	Species	Taxom
Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809	Long legged flies	9	Species	Taxom
Drepanidae Meyrick, 1895	Drepanids	1	Species	Taxom
Dryinidae Haliday, 1840	Dryinid wasps	2	Species	Taxom
Dytiscidae Leach, 1815	Diving beetles	15	Species	Taxom
Elachistidae Bruand, 1851	Elachistid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Elateridae Leach, 1815	Click Beetle	6	Species	Taxom
Empididae Latreille, 1809	Balloon flies	1	Species	Taxom
Empusidae Burmeister, 1838	Violin mantises	1	Species	Taxom
Encyrtidae Walker, 1837	Encyrtid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Endomychidae Leach, 1815	False Ladybirds	7	Species	Taxom
Epermeniidae Spuler, 1910	Epermeniid moths	1	Species	Taxom
Ephydridae Zetterstedt, 1837	Brine flies	1	Species	Taxom
Episactidae Burr, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Erebidae Leach, 1815	Erebid Moths	56	Species	Taxom
Eriocottidae Spuler, 1898	Old World Spiny Winged Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Erotylidae Latreille, 1802	Pleasing Fungus Beetle	0	Species	Taxom
Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829	Click Beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Eulophidae Westwood, 1829	Eulophid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Eupelmidae Walker, 1833	Eupelmid wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892	Giant Lappet Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Euteliidae Grote, 1882	Euteliid Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Figitidae Thomson, 1862	Figitid wasps	0	Species	Taxom
Flatidae Spinola, 1839	Flatid planthoppers	1	Species	Taxom
Formicidae Latreille, 1809	Ants	42	Species	Taxom
Fulgoridae Latreille, 1807	Fulgorid Planthopper	2	Species	Taxom
Gelechiidae Stainton, 1854	Gelechiid moths	3	Species	Taxom
Geocoridae Baerensprung, 1860	Big-eyed Bugs	1	Species	Taxom
Geometridae Leach, 1815	Cankerworm moths	141	Species	Taxom
Glossinidae Theobald, 1903	Tik-tik flies	1	Species	Taxom
Gomphidae Rambur, 1842	Club-tailed dragonflies	5	Species	Taxom
Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854	Blotch leaf miner moths	3	Species	Taxom
Gryllidae Bolivar, 1878	Crickets	9	Species	Taxom
Gyrinidae Latreille, 1802	Whirligig beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Halictidae Thomson, 1869	Flower bees	14	Species	Taxom
Heleomyzidae (Westwood, 1840)	Heleomyzid flies	2	Species	Taxom
Helotidae Reitter, 1876		2	Species	Taxom
Hepialidae Stephens, 1829	Ghost Moths	3	Species	Taxom
Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809	Skipper	39	Species	Taxom
Himantopteridae Rogenhofer, 1884	Long Tailed Burnet Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808	Clown beetle	10	Species	Taxom
Hodotermitidae Desneux, 1904	Harvester termites	1	Species	Taxom
Hybosoridae Erichson, 1847	Pill scarab beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844	Cascade Beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802	Silver Water Beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Hydropsychidae Curtis, 1835	Net Spinning caddisflies	3	Species	Taxom
Hymenopodidae Giglio-Tos, 1919	Flower mimic mantises	4	Species	Taxom
Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802	Ichneumon flies	7	Species	Taxom
Immidae Heppner, 1977	Imma Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856	Fungus gnats	1	Species	Taxom
Laemobothriidae Mjöberg, 1910		1	Species	Taxom
Lasiocampidae Harris, 1841	Eggar Moths	15	Species	Taxom
Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947	Long-horned moths	1	Species	Taxom
Lepidostomatidae Ulmer, 1903	Bizarre Caddisflies	1	Species	Taxom
Leptoceridae Leach, 1815	Long Horned caddisflies	4	Species	Taxom
Lestidae Calvert, 1901	Spread-winged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Libellulidae Rambur, 1842	Chasers	25	Species	Taxom
Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845	Cup moths	5	Species	Taxom
Liviidae Low, 1879		1	Species	Taxom
Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861	Lance Flies	1	Species	Taxom
Lucanidae Latreille, 1804	Stag Beetle	10	Species	Taxom
Lycaenidae Leach, 1815	Blue butterflies	30	Species	Taxom
Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829	Chinch bugs	5	Species	Taxom
Lymexylidae Fleming, 1821	Ship-timber beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Mantidae Burmeister, 1838	Mantids	15	Species	Taxom
Megachilidae Schenk, 1860	And Resin Bees	7	Species	Taxom
Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810	Blister Beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Melyridae Leach, 1815	Malachite Beetles	0	Species	Taxom
Membracidae Germar, 1821	Horned Treehoppers	1	Species	Taxom
Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924	Pygmy water boatmen	1	Species	Taxom
Miridae Hahn, 1831	Capsid bugs	39	Species	Taxom
Mogoplistidae Saussure, 1877	Scaly cricket	1	Species	Taxom
Monophlebidae Signoret, 1875	Giant scale	1	Species	Taxom
Mordellidae Latreille, 1802	Pintail beetles	5	Species	Taxom
Muscidae Latreille, 1802	Face flies	1	Species	Taxom
Mutillidae André, 1907	Cow ant	2	Species	Taxom
Mycetophilidae Newman, 1834	Fungus Gnat	4	Species	Taxom
Mydidae Bezzi, 1903	Mydas flies	1	Species	Taxom
Mymaridae Haliday, 1833	Fairflies	0	Species	Taxom
Neriidae Hendel, 1916	Banana stalk flies	0	Species	Taxom
Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802	Nitidules	7	Species	Taxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809	Armyworms	21	Species	Taxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894	Hatted Caterpillars	29	Species	Taxom
Noteridae C. G. Thomson, 1860	Burrowing water beetle	2	Species	Taxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829	Bag Shelter Moths	7	Species	Taxom
Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815	Admirals	72	Species	Taxom
Oecanthidae (Blanchard, 1845)	Tree cricket	2	Species	Taxom
Oecophoridae Bruand, 1851	Concealer Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Ommatidae Sharp & Muir, 1912		1	Species	Taxom
Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840	Toad grasshopper	1	Species	Taxom
Papilionidae Latreille, 1802	Apollos	32	Species	Taxom
Passalidae Leach, 1815	Bess beetle	2	Species	Taxom
Pentatomidae Leach, 1815	Lesser shield bugs	1	Species	Taxom
Perlidae (Latreille, 1802)	Common stoneflies	1	Species	Taxom
Phalangopsidae (Chopard, 1949)	Spider cricket	2	Species	Taxom
Phlaeothripidae Uzel, 1895	Thrips	0	Species	Taxom
Pieridae Duponchel, 1835	Brimstones	29	Species	Taxom
Pipunculidae Walker, 1834	Big headed flies	2	Species	Taxom
Plataspididae (Dallas, 1851)		2	Species	Taxom
Platycnemididae Tillyard, 1917	White-legged damselflies	1	Species	Taxom
Platygastridae Haliday, 1833	Platygastrid wasps	4	Species	Taxom
Platystomatidae Schiner, 1862	Picture-winged flies	1	Species	Taxom
Podoscirtidae Saussure, 1878		1	Species	Taxom
Polycentropodidae Ulmer, 1903	Tube Maker Caddisflies	1	Species	Taxom
Pompilidae Latreille, 1805	Pompilid wasps	5	Species	Taxom
Prisopodidae Brunner von ..., 1893		1	Species	Taxom
Propalticidae Crowson, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Protoneuridae Tillyard, 1917	Bambootails	2	Species	Taxom
Psephenidae Lacordaire, 1854	Water pennies	0	Species	Taxom
Pseudococcidae Heymons, 1915	Mealy Bugs	2	Species	Taxom
Pseudophyllodromiidae Hebard, 1929		4	Species	Taxom
Psychidae Boisduval, 1828	Bagmoths	6	Species	Taxom
Psychodidae Newman, 1834	Drain flies	1	Species	Taxom
Psyllidae Latreille, 1807	Jumping plant lice	4	Species	Taxom
Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820	Pteromalid wasps	0	Species	Taxom
Pterophoridae Zeller, 1841	Plume Moths	14	Species	Taxom
Pygidicranidae (Verhoeff, 1902)		1	Species	Taxom
Pyralidae Latreille, 1802	Flour Moths	3	Species	Taxom
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874	Bushlocusts	8	Species	Taxom
Reduviidae Latreille, 1807	Assassin and thread-legged bugs	5	Species	Taxom
Rhinotermitidae Froggatt, 1897	Subterranean termites	1	Species	Taxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909	Marsupial fleas	1	Species	Taxom
Rhyparochromidae Amyot & Serv..., 1843	Dirt-colored Seed Bugs	1	Species	Taxom
Riodinidae Grote, 1895	Metalmark Butterflies	2	Species	Taxom
Salpingidae Leach, 1815	Narrow-waisted bark beetle	1	Species	Taxom
Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837	And Giant Silk Moths	27	Species	Taxom
Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802	Dung beetles	92	Species	Taxom
Scatopsidae Newman, 1834	Dung midges	1	Species	Taxom
Scelionidae Haliday, 1839	Scelionid wasps	7	Species	Taxom
Scenopinidae Burmeister, 1835	Window Flies	0	Species	Taxom
Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820	Marsh Flies	1	Species	Taxom
Scoliidae Leach, 1815	Mammoth wasps	2	Species	Taxom
Scraptiidae Mulsant, 1856	Antlike leaf beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Scutelleridae Leach, 1815	Jewel bugs	3	Species	Taxom
Scydmaenidae (Leach, 1815)	Ant-like stone beetles	3	Species	Taxom
Sesiidae Boisduval, 1828	Clear Wings	5	Species	Taxom
Silvanidae Kirby, 1837	Flat bark beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Sphecidae Latreille, 1802	Digger & Sand wasps	8	Species	Taxom
Sphingidae Latreille, 1802	Hawk Moths	52	Species	Taxom
Staphylinidae Lameere, 1900	Rove beetles	58	Species	Taxom
Stratiomyidae Latreille, 1802	Soldier flies	5	Species	Taxom
Syrphidae Latreille, 1802	Drone flies	5	Species	Taxom
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802	Breeze flies	3	Species	Taxom
Tachinidae (Robineau-Des..., 1830)	Bristle Flies	0	Species	Taxom
Tarachodidae Handlirsch, 1930		3	Species	Taxom
Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802	Darkling Beetle	13	Species	Taxom
Tephritidae Newman, 1834	Fruit flies	3	Species	Taxom
Termitidae Latreille, 1802	Higher termites	5	Species	Taxom
Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838	Groundhoppers	2	Species	Taxom
Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902	Bush crickets	49	Species	Taxom
Thericleidae Burr, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Thespidae Giglio-Tos, 1919		1	Species	Taxom
Thripidae Stevens, 1829	Common thrips	1	Species	Taxom
Thyrididae Herrich-Schä..., 1846	Picture Winged Leaf Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Tingidae Laporte, 1832	Lace bug	3	Species	Taxom
Tiphiidae Leach, 1815	Flower wasps	1	Species	Taxom
Tipulidae Latreille, 1802	Crane Flies	6	Species	Taxom
Tortricidae Latreille, 1803	Bell Moths	16	Species	Taxom
Trichodectidae Kellogg, 1896		5	Species	Taxom
Tricorythidae Lestage, 1942	Little stout crawler mayflies	1	Species	Taxom
Tridactylidae Saussure, 1874	Pygmy mole cricket	1	Species	Taxom
Trigonidiidae (Saussure, 1870)	And Ground Crickets	3	Species	Taxom
Triozidae Löw, 1879	Jumping plant lice	1	Species	Taxom
Trogidae (MacLeay, 1819)	Gnawer beetles	1	Species	Taxom
Trogossitidae Latreille, 1802	Bark gnawing beetle	0	Species	Taxom
Uraniidae Blanchard, 1845	Swallowtail Moths	2	Species	Taxom
Vespidae Leach, 1815	And Allies	39	Species	Taxom
Xyloryctidae Meyrick, 1890	Flower Moths	1	Species	Taxom
Zopheridae Solier, 1834	Cylindrical bark beetles	2	Species	Taxom
Zygaenidae Latreille, 1809	Burnet Forester	2	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Insecta with occurrences in Northeast Tanzania

Subclass

Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects

240
1407
1904

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

Insecta (Linnaeus 1758)

Links, sources and further information

Insecta at papua-insects.nl
Insecta at artfakta.se
Insecta at dyntaxa.se
Insecta at gbif.org
Insecta at irmng.org
Insecta at itis.gov
Insecta at marinespecies.org