African Arthropods

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This is an informal learning project for Alandmanson and anyone that wishes to join in. See Discuss: African Arthropods project.

What are arthropods? - a brief introduction from iNaturalist.org

African Arthropods Project

African Chelicerates

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African Crustaceans

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African Hexapods

African Insects

• Diptera
  • Acalyptrate flies
• Hymenoptera
  • African Chalcidoidea
    • African Eulophidae
    • African Encyrtidae
    • Key to the genera of Afrotropical Encyrtidae
    • African chalcid wasps with branched antennae
    • Wasps associated with plant galls
  • African Diaprioidea
  • African Platygastroidea
  • African Aculeata
    • African Apoidea
      • African Ampulicidae
      • African Astatidae
      • African Bembicidae
      • African Crabronidae
      • African Sphecidae
      • African Pemphredonidae
      • African Philanthidae
        • South African species of Philanthus
      • African Psenidae
    • African potter wasps
    • South African wasp species of Subtribe Larrina
    • Pompilidae of South Africa
      • Pompilidae of SA with yellow wings, wingtips black
      • Pompilidae of South Africa with dark, blackish wings
• Lepidoptera

African Myriapods

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The extant Arthropoda of Africa can be subdivided into four Subphyla (and about 15 Classes). This classification is that followed by iNaturalist (July 2022).

African Chelicerates - Including mites, harvestmen, solifuges, spiders, tailless whip scorpions, and sea spiders.

African Crustaceans - Including branchiopods, barnacles, crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, fish lice, tongue worms, and ostracods.

African Hexapods - Including springtails and insects.

African Myriapods - Including centipedes, millipedes, pauropodans, and symphylans.

Subphylum Chelicerata

• Class Arachnida — Arachnids

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  Mites
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  Harvestmen
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  Solifuges
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  Spiders
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  Tailless whip scorpions

• Class Pycnogonida — Sea Siders or Pycnogonids

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  Sea Spiders

Subphylum Crustacea

• Class Branchiopoda — Branchiopods

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  Fairy shrimps

• Class Hexanauplia — Barnacles and Copepods

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  Barnacles
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  Copepods

• Class Malacostraca — Malacostracans, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, amphipods, and mantis shrimp

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  Crabs
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  Isopods
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  Mantis shrimps

• Class Ichthyostraca — Includes Branchiura, fish lice and Pentastomida, tongue worms

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  Fish lice

• Subclass [[w:Mystacocarida|Mystacocarida] — Mystacocaridans

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  Mystacocarids

• Class Ostracoda — Ostracods

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  Ostracods
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Subphylum Hexapoda

• Class Entognatha — Entognathans, including springtails

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  Coneheads
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  Two-pronged bristletails
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  Slender springtails
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  Plump springtails
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  Globular springtails

• Class Insecta — Insects

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  Butterflies and moths
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  Beetles
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  Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies
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  True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies
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  Flies

Subphylum Myriapoda

• Class Chilopoda — Centipedes

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  Tropical centipedes
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  Tropical centipedes
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  House centipedes

• Class Diplopoda — Millipedes

• 
  Chilognatha

• Class Pauropoda — Pauropodans

• 
  Tetramerocerata

• Class Symphyla — Symphylans

• 
  Scutigerellidae

Arthropods in South Africa

Ferncliffe Nature Reserve

Arthropods on Ficus burkei

Hymenoptera of South Africa

South African wasp species of Subtribe Larrina

Pompilidae of South Africa

Pompilidae of SA with yellow wings, wingtips black

See Also

• Animal Phyla/Arthropoda
• Wikipedia: Arthropoda
• Wikipedia: Africa
• Wikipedia: Afrotropical biogeographic realm
• Evolution of Arthropods - palaeontologyonline.com