# Other insects of Somalia: 513 species of bugs, bees, ants, flies, grasshoppers and more (part 2 of 4)

> Part 2 of 4 of Other insects of Somalia: 513 species of bugs, bees, ants, flies, grasshoppers and more, from Leafhopper.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia-2/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
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Part 2 of 4 of [Other insects of Somalia: 513 species of bugs, bees, ants, flies, grasshoppers and more](/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia/). Sources are listed on part 1.

This list is in 4 parts: [1](/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia/) · **2** · [3](/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia-3/) · [4](/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia-4/)

## Full list (513 species)

| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Leafhopper](https://www.gbif.org/species/4290058) | *Nephotettix apicalis* | Cicadellidae | NE | 1 |
| [Opsius glaucovirens](https://www.gbif.org/species/2038158) | *Opsius glaucovirens* | Cicadellidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paradorydium famelicum](https://www.gbif.org/species/2033858) | *Paradorydium famelicum* | Cicadellidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paraphrodes flavigera](https://www.gbif.org/species/2031205) | *Paraphrodes flavigera* | Cicadellidae | NE | 1 |
| [Scaphoideus strigulatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/2031279) | *Scaphoideus strigulatus* | Cicadellidae | NE | 5 |
| [Theronopus aethiopicus](https://www.gbif.org/species/11131461) | *Theronopus aethiopicus* | Cicadellidae | NE | 2 |
| [Abricta brunnea](https://www.gbif.org/species/7430741) | *Abricta brunnea* | Cicadidae | NE | 2 |
| [Dyticopycna beccarii](https://www.gbif.org/species/11158012) | *Dyticopycna beccarii* | Cicadidae | NE | 1 |
| [Esada esa](https://www.gbif.org/species/7810830) | *Esada esa* | Cicadidae | NE | 1 |
| [Ioba veligera](https://www.gbif.org/species/7394152) | *Ioba veligera* | Cicadidae | NE | 2 |
| [Munza revoili](https://www.gbif.org/species/7678991) | *Munza revoili* | Cicadidae | NE | 1 |
| [Oxypleura clara](https://www.gbif.org/species/7923702) | *Oxypleura clara* | Cicadidae | NE | 1 |
| [Platypleura carlinii](https://www.gbif.org/species/7672310) | *Platypleura carlinii* | Cicadidae | NE | 1 |
| [Taipinga nigricans](https://www.gbif.org/species/7636972) | *Taipinga nigricans* | Cicadidae | NE | 1 |
| [Ringed Pygmy Bladder Cicada](https://www.gbif.org/species/7720219) | *Xosopsaltria annulata* | Cicadidae | NE | 1 |
| [tropical bed bug](https://www.gbif.org/species/5866510) | *Cimex hemipterus* | Cimicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Duilius seticulosus](https://www.gbif.org/species/4489917) | *Duilius seticulosus* | Cixiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Eumecurus frontalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5983179) | *Eumecurus frontalis* | Cixiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Eumecurus somaliensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9265593) | *Eumecurus somaliensis* | Cixiidae | NE | 2 |
| [Mnemosyne hirta](https://www.gbif.org/species/2058325) | *Mnemosyne hirta* | Cixiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Oliarus patrizii](https://www.gbif.org/species/2058583) | *Oliarus patrizii* | Cixiidae | NE | 2 |
| [date palm soft scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/2092486) | *Ceroplastes actiniformis* | Coccidae | NE | 1 |
| [Coccus celatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/5163383) | *Coccus celatus* | Coccidae | NE | 1 |
| [The Coccus of the greenhouses](https://www.gbif.org/species/5712981) | *Coccus hesperidum* | Coccidae | NE | 3 |
| [long brown scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/8202676) | *Coccus longulus* | Coccidae | NE | 1 |
| [Black scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/8198400) | *Parasaissetia nigra* | Coccidae | NE | 8 |
| [Pulvinaria tomentosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/5163710) | *Pulvinaria tomentosa* | Coccidae | NE | 1 |
| [Somali Azuret](https://www.gbif.org/species/1422595) | *Azuragrion somalicum* | Coenagrionidae | LC | 8 |
| [Plain Waxtail](https://www.gbif.org/species/1423277) | *Ceriagrion suave* | Coenagrionidae | LC | 1 |
| [African Bluetail](https://www.gbif.org/species/1423286) | *Ischnura senegalensis* | Coenagrionidae | LC | 1 |
| [Pseudagrion lindicum](https://www.gbif.org/species/1422869) | *Pseudagrion lindicum* | Coenagrionidae | LC | 8 |
| [Cherry-eye Sprite](https://www.gbif.org/species/1422831) | *Pseudagrion sublacteum* | Coenagrionidae | LC | 1 |
| [Colpocephalum fregili](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032763) | *Colpocephalum fregili* | Colpocephalidae | NE | 1 |
| [Colpocephalum heterosoma](https://www.gbif.org/species/4422635) | *Colpocephalum heterosoma* | Colpocephalidae | NE | 3 |
| [Colpocephalum salimalii](https://www.gbif.org/species/4422632) | *Colpocephalum salimalii* | Colpocephalidae | NE | 2 |
| [Colpocephalum subzerafae](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032761) | *Colpocephalum subzerafae* | Colpocephalidae | NE | 1 |
| [Louse](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032764) | *Colpocephalum turbinatum* | Colpocephalidae | NE | 1 |
| [Kurodaia panjabensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8535002) | *Kurodaia panjabensis* | Colpocephalidae | NE | 1 |
| [Hemelytroblatta fulvopicta](https://www.gbif.org/species/2001119) | *Hemelytroblatta fulvopicta* | Corydiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Hemelytroblatta fuscipennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2001117) | *Hemelytroblatta fuscipennis* | Corydiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Hemelytroblatta pilosella](https://www.gbif.org/species/2001113) | *Hemelytroblatta pilosella* | Corydiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Hemelytroblatta rugosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/2001096) | *Hemelytroblatta rugosa* | Corydiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Egyptian cockroach](https://www.gbif.org/species/2000796) | *Polyphaga aegyptiaca* | Corydiidae | NE | 1 |
| [Bembecinus gracilis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7999463) | *Bembecinus gracilis* | Crabronidae | NE | 3 |
| [Bembix alacris](https://www.gbif.org/species/7817933) | *Bembix alacris* | Crabronidae | NE | 2 |
| [Bembix dahlbomii](https://www.gbif.org/species/7698110) | *Bembix dahlbomii* | Crabronidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cerceris multipicta](https://www.gbif.org/species/7945627) | *Cerceris multipicta* | Crabronidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cerceris nenitroidea](https://www.gbif.org/species/10479246) | *Cerceris nenitroidea* | Crabronidae | NE | 2 |
| [Cerceris podagrosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/8020689) | *Cerceris podagrosa* | Crabronidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cerceris tricolorata](https://www.gbif.org/species/8127081) | *Cerceris tricolorata* | Crabronidae | NE | 1 |
| [Gastrosericus baobabicus](https://www.gbif.org/species/7808552) | *Gastrosericus baobabicus* | Crabronidae | NE | 1 |
| [Miscophus chrysis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7665809) | *Miscophus chrysis* | Crabronidae | NE | 1 |
| [yellow fever mosquito](https://www.gbif.org/species/1651891) | *Aedes aegypti* | Culicidae | NE | 120 |
| [Anopheles arabiensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1650772) | *Anopheles arabiensis* | Culicidae | NE | 5 |
| [Anopheles merus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1650398) | *Anopheles merus* | Culicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anopheles salbaii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1650808) | *Anopheles salbaii* | Culicidae | NE | 3 |
| [Anopheles stephensi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1650441) | *Anopheles stephensi* | Culicidae | NE | 6 |
| [Culex sitiens](https://www.gbif.org/species/1653782) | *Culex sitiens* | Culicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Macroscytus brunneus](https://www.gbif.org/species/4486089) | *Macroscytus brunneus* | Cydnidae | NE | 1 |
| [Perkinsiella vastatrix](https://www.gbif.org/species/5156503) | *Perkinsiella vastatrix* | Delphacidae | NE | 1 |
| [Metaphenice stellulata](https://www.gbif.org/species/5983641) | *Metaphenice stellulata* | Derbidae | NE | 1 |
| [Danuria thunbergi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1405095) | *Danuria thunbergi* | Deroplatyidae | NE | 1 |
| [Bactrododema phillipsi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1410444) | *Bactrododema phillipsi* | Diapheromeridae | NE | 1 |
| [Oriental yellow scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/2083015) | *Aonidiella orientalis* | Diaspididae | NE | 4 |
| [Dentachionaspis berlesei](https://www.gbif.org/species/2086464) | *Dentachionaspis berlesei* | Diaspididae | NE | 1 |
| [Dentachionaspis pseudonivea](https://www.gbif.org/species/2086475) | *Dentachionaspis pseudonivea* | Diaspididae | NE | 4 |
| [Duplachionaspis paolii](https://www.gbif.org/species/2082892) | *Duplachionaspis paolii* | Diaspididae | NE | 1 |
| [Ledaspis reticulata](https://www.gbif.org/species/2086948) | *Ledaspis reticulata* | Diaspididae | NE | 7 |
| [Purple Scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/2089006) | *Lepidosaphes beckii* | Diaspididae | NE | 1 |
| [Lindingaspis opima](https://www.gbif.org/species/2088305) | *Lindingaspis opima* | Diaspididae | NE | 7 |
| [Lindingaspis picea](https://www.gbif.org/species/2088287) | *Lindingaspis picea* | Diaspididae | NE | 11 |
| [Armoured scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/7825135) | *Odonaspis saccharicaulis* | Diaspididae | NE | 1 |
| [Mediterranean Scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/8416592) | *Parlatoria ziziphi* | Diaspididae | NE | 2 |
| [Hibiscus Snow Scale](https://www.gbif.org/species/7663030) | *Pinnaspis strachani* | Diaspididae | NE | 1 |
| [Pseudotargionia glandulosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/2088576) | *Pseudotargionia glandulosa* | Diaspididae | NE | 1 |
| [Spinaspidiotus fissidens](https://www.gbif.org/species/8237697) | *Spinaspidiotus fissidens* | Diaspididae | NE | 3 |
| [Afronersia somaliana](https://www.gbif.org/species/8088626) | *Afronersia somaliana* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 2 |
| [Aselgeia ramulifera](https://www.gbif.org/species/2052787) | *Aselgeia ramulifera* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 2 |
| [Carphotoma ogadensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5983930) | *Carphotoma ogadensis* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 1 |
| [Hasta ufudensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5156315) | *Hasta ufudensis* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paranagnia afra](https://www.gbif.org/species/2053210) | *Paranagnia afra* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paranagnia pseudoafra](https://www.gbif.org/species/2053217) | *Paranagnia pseudoafra* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 1 |
| [Phaenodictyon elliptica](https://www.gbif.org/species/2053193) | *Phaenodictyon ellipticum* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 2 |
| [Philotheria antigone](https://www.gbif.org/species/2053321) | *Philotheria antigone* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 1 |
| [Philotheria apicata](https://www.gbif.org/species/2053356) | *Philotheria apicata* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 2 |
| [Philotheria jacobii](https://www.gbif.org/species/2053337) | *Philotheria jacobii* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 1 |
| [Philotheria rochetii](https://www.gbif.org/species/7970695) | *Philotheria rochetii* | Dictyopharidae | NE | 1 |
| [Argyrochlamys cavicola](https://www.gbif.org/species/1609459) | *Argyrochlamys cavicola* | Dolichopodidae | NE | 2 |
| [Bocchus bini](https://www.gbif.org/species/10239838) | *Bocchus bini* | Dryinidae | NE | 1 |
| [Echthrodelphax migratorius](https://www.gbif.org/species/10018019) | *Echthrodelphax migratorius* | Dryinidae | NE | 1 |
| [Blepharodes cornutus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1406779) | *Blepharodes cornutus* | Empusidae | NE | 1 |
| [Blepharodes sudanensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1406778) | *Blepharodes sudanensis* | Empusidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anterhynchium fallax](https://www.gbif.org/species/1328169) | *Anterhynchium fallax* | Eumenidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anterhynchium synagroides](https://www.gbif.org/species/6247733) | *Anterhynchium synagroides* | Eumenidae | NE | 1 |
| [Belonogaster juncea](https://www.gbif.org/species/1310245) | *Belonogaster juncea* | Eumenidae | NE | 1 |
| [Pareumenes mochii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1329385) | *Pareumenes mochii* | Eumenidae | NE | 2 |
| [Polistes badius](https://www.gbif.org/species/1310712) | *Polistes badius* | Eumenidae | NE | 1 |
| [Polistes fastidiosus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1310724) | *Polistes fastidiosus* | Eumenidae | NE | 1 |
| [Proepipona lateralis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1334143) | *Proepipona lateralis* | Eumenidae | NE | 2 |
| [Balcha cylindrica](https://www.gbif.org/species/1389677) | *Balcha cylindrica* | Eupelmidae | NE | 1 |
| [Neoplatybrachys orientalis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2051785) | *Neoplatybrachys orientalis* | Eurybrachidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paropioxys gloriosus](https://www.gbif.org/species/2051816) | *Paropioxys gloriosus* | Eurybrachidae | NE | 1 |
| [Paropioxys viridifasciatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/2051796) | *Paropioxys viridifasciatus* | Eurybrachidae | NE | 3 |
| [Atracis mendax](https://www.gbif.org/species/2067925) | *Atracis mendax* | Flatidae | NE | 1 |
| [Dendrona gestroi](https://www.gbif.org/species/2068470) | *Dendrona gestroi* | Flatidae | NE | 2 |
| [Ormenis biskrensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/5158284) | *Ormenis biskrensis* | Flatidae | NE | 1 |
| [Phylliana lineata](https://www.gbif.org/species/2067132) | *Phylliana lineata* | Flatidae | NE | 3 |
| [Rhinophantia fatua](https://www.gbif.org/species/2068956) | *Rhinophantia fatua* | Flatidae | NE | 1 |
| [Seliza squamula](https://www.gbif.org/species/2069261) | *Seliza squamula* | Flatidae | NE | 1 |
| [Stenocyarda salsolae](https://www.gbif.org/species/2066431) | *Stenocyarda salsolae* | Flatidae | NE | 1 |
| [Uysanus lestagei](https://www.gbif.org/species/2066601) | *Uysanus lestagei* | Flatidae | NE | 2 |
| [Acantholepis capensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7897509) | *Acantholepis capensis* | Formicidae | NE | 3 |
| [Aenictus fuscovarius](https://www.gbif.org/species/1317582) | *Aenictus fuscovarius* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anochetus africanus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1319520) | *Anochetus africanus* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Anochetus rothschildi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1319463) | *Anochetus rothschildi* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Large Pugnacious Ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/1317417) | *Anoplolepis custodiens* | Formicidae | NE | 6 |
| [Camponotus bottegoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/5033753) | *Camponotus bottegoi* | Formicidae | NE | 3 |
| [Dr Brauns's Sugar Ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/5033700) | *Camponotus braunsi* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Banded Sugar Ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/5033679) | *Camponotus consobrinus* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Camponotus flavomarginatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/5034718) | *Camponotus flavomarginatus* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Camponotus grandidieri](https://www.gbif.org/species/5033914) | *Camponotus grandidieri* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Japanese Carpenter Ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/5034161) | *Camponotus japonicus* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Camponotus mus](https://www.gbif.org/species/5033518) | *Camponotus mus* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Red Bristly Sugar ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/5034139) | *Camponotus robecchii* | Formicidae | NE | 3 |
| [Camponotus sacchii](https://www.gbif.org/species/5033721) | *Camponotus sacchii* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Eastern Sugar Ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/5034676) | *Camponotus sexpunctatus* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Camponotus somalinus](https://www.gbif.org/species/5034254) | *Camponotus somalinus* | Formicidae | NE | 4 |
| [Carebara patrizii](https://www.gbif.org/species/5035455) | *Carebara patrizii* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Cremastogaster ferruginea](https://www.gbif.org/species/7925186) | *Cremastogaster ferruginea* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Crematogaster acaciae](https://www.gbif.org/species/1324912) | *Crematogaster acaciae* | Formicidae | NE | 3 |
| [Crematogaster aloysiisabaudiae](https://www.gbif.org/species/1324638) | *Crematogaster aloysiisabaudiae* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Crematogaster castanea](https://www.gbif.org/species/1324326) | *Crematogaster castanea* | Formicidae | NE | 4 |
| [Crematogaster chiarinii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1325180) | *Crematogaster chiarinii* | Formicidae | NE | 12 |
| [Crematogaster paolii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1324561) | *Crematogaster paolii* | Formicidae | NE | 6 |
| [Crematogaster rivai](https://www.gbif.org/species/1324702) | *Crematogaster rivai* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Crematogaster ruspolii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1324453) | *Crematogaster ruspolii* | Formicidae | NE | 4 |
| [Dorylus fulvus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1317802) | *Dorylus fulvus* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Small Black Sugar Ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/1320876) | *Lepisiota capensis* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Lepisiota carbonaria](https://www.gbif.org/species/1320960) | *Lepisiota carbonaria* | Formicidae | NE | 3 |
| [Lepisiota somalica](https://www.gbif.org/species/1320978) | *Lepisiota somalica* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Leptogenys pavesii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1321312) | *Leptogenys pavesii* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Hissing Ant](https://www.gbif.org/species/10702843) | *Megaponera analis* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Messor ferreri](https://www.gbif.org/species/1316358) | *Messor ferreri* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Messor galla](https://www.gbif.org/species/1316478) | *Messor galla* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Ocymyrmex nitidulus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1316314) | *Ocymyrmex nitidulus* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Ocymyrmex robecchii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1316331) | *Ocymyrmex robecchii* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri](https://www.gbif.org/species/1316335) | *Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [African Stink Ants](https://www.gbif.org/species/8136566) | *Paltothyreus tarsatus* | Formicidae | NE | 9 |
| [Pheidole variolosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/1321833) | *Pheidole variolosa* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Plagiolepis custodiens](https://www.gbif.org/species/8308167) | *Plagiolepis custodiens* | Formicidae | NE | 3 |
| [Platythyrea cribrinodis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1326319) | *Platythyrea cribrinodis* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Polyrhachis omissa](https://www.gbif.org/species/9060745) | *Polyrhachis omissa* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Polyrhachis phalerata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1318358) | *Polyrhachis phalerata* | Formicidae | NE | 2 |
| [Polyrhachis revoili](https://www.gbif.org/species/1318557) | *Polyrhachis revoili* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Stenamma barbarum](https://www.gbif.org/species/7396431) | *Stenamma barbarum* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Terataner bottegoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1317364) | *Terataner bottegoi* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Tetraponera continua](https://www.gbif.org/species/11782349) | *Tetraponera continua* | Formicidae | NE | 1 |
| [Trichomyrmex robustior](https://www.gbif.org/species/9183418) | *Trichomyrmex robustior* | Formicidae | NE | 7 |
| [Eddara euchroma](https://www.gbif.org/species/5157909) | *Eddara euchroma* | Fulgoridae | NE | 1 |
| [Omalocephala cincta](https://www.gbif.org/species/5158153) | *Omalocephala cincta* | Fulgoridae | NE | 1 |
| [Zanna clavaticeps](https://www.gbif.org/species/2065418) | *Zanna clavaticeps* | Fulgoridae | NE | 1 |


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