Species list, Checklist of Order Amphipoda (Amphipod) for Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo)

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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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Order Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 (Amphipod)
and region Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	80 196 356	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	80 196 356	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904	21 49 83	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds	7 9 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 Families width 7 Species

Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815	Beach Hoppers	3	Species	Taxom
Lycaeidae Claus, 1879		0	Species	Taxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 1973		1	Species	Taxom
Isaeidae Dana, 1853		1	Species	Taxom
Ingolfiellidae Hansen, 1903		0	Species	Taxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945		1	Species	Taxom
Lysianassidae (Dana, 1849)		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Democratic Republic of the Congo
9 Genera with 7 Species

Africorchestia Lowry & Coleman, 1920	1	Species	Taxom
Brachyscelus Bate, 1861	0	Species	Taxom
Elasmopus Costa, 1925	1	Species	Taxom
Gammaropsis Liljeborg, 1925	1	Species	Taxom
Ingolfiella Hansen, 1903	0	Species	Taxom
Lembos Bate, 0	1	Species	Taxom
Lysianassa Milne-Edwards, 1889	1	Species	Taxom
Platorchestia Bousfield, 1845	1	Species	Taxom
Talorchestia Dana, 1920	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Democratic Republic of the Congo
7 Species

Africorchestia tricornuta Shoemaker, 1920
Elasmopus barbatus Schellenberg, 1925
Gammaropsis angolensis Schellenberg, 1925
Lembos dentocarpus
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)	⇒ Lysianassa caesarea Ruffo, 1987
Platorchestia platensis Krøyer, 1845	Salmon sealouse
Talorchestia tricornuta Shoemaker, 1920

Subnodes of Amphipoda with occurrences in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Suborder	Amphilochidea Boeck, 1871	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Hyperiidea Milne-Edwards, 1830 Hyperiideans	1 1 0	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Ingolfiellidea Hansen, 1903	1 1 0	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013	4 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Amphipoda at artfakta.se
Amphipoda at biodiversity.org.au
Amphipoda at dyntaxa.se
Amphipoda at gbif.org
Amphipoda at irmng.org
Amphipoda at itis.gov
Amphipoda at marinespecies.org