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

GBIF holds records of 513 insect species from Somalia outside the butterflies, moths and beetles: true bugs, bees, wasps and ants, lice, flies, grasshoppers and locusts, dragonflies, termites and mantises.

Last checked 2026-11-13 161 sources Reading time: 11 min Part of Other insects of Somalia

Part 2 of 4 of Other insects of Somalia: 513 species of bugs, bees, ants, flies, grasshoppers and more. Sources are listed on part 1.

This list is in 4 parts: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4

Full list (513 species)

Name Scientific name Family Red List Records in Somalia
Leafhopper Nephotettix apicalis Cicadellidae NE 1
Opsius glaucovirens Opsius glaucovirens Cicadellidae NE 1
Paradorydium famelicum Paradorydium famelicum Cicadellidae NE 1
Paraphrodes flavigera Paraphrodes flavigera Cicadellidae NE 1
Scaphoideus strigulatus Scaphoideus strigulatus Cicadellidae NE 5
Theronopus aethiopicus Theronopus aethiopicus Cicadellidae NE 2
Abricta brunnea Abricta brunnea Cicadidae NE 2
Dyticopycna beccarii Dyticopycna beccarii Cicadidae NE 1
Esada esa Esada esa Cicadidae NE 1
Ioba veligera Ioba veligera Cicadidae NE 2
Munza revoili Munza revoili Cicadidae NE 1
Oxypleura clara Oxypleura clara Cicadidae NE 1
Platypleura carlinii Platypleura carlinii Cicadidae NE 1
Taipinga nigricans Taipinga nigricans Cicadidae NE 1
Ringed Pygmy Bladder Cicada Xosopsaltria annulata Cicadidae NE 1
tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus Cimicidae NE 1
Duilius seticulosus Duilius seticulosus Cixiidae NE 1
Eumecurus frontalis Eumecurus frontalis Cixiidae NE 1
Eumecurus somaliensis Eumecurus somaliensis Cixiidae NE 2
Mnemosyne hirta Mnemosyne hirta Cixiidae NE 1
Oliarus patrizii Oliarus patrizii Cixiidae NE 2
date palm soft scale Ceroplastes actiniformis Coccidae NE 1
Coccus celatus Coccus celatus Coccidae NE 1
The Coccus of the greenhouses Coccus hesperidum Coccidae NE 3
long brown scale Coccus longulus Coccidae NE 1
Black scale Parasaissetia nigra Coccidae NE 8
Pulvinaria tomentosa Pulvinaria tomentosa Coccidae NE 1
Somali Azuret Azuragrion somalicum Coenagrionidae LC 8
Plain Waxtail Ceriagrion suave Coenagrionidae LC 1
African Bluetail Ischnura senegalensis Coenagrionidae LC 1
Pseudagrion lindicum Pseudagrion lindicum Coenagrionidae LC 8
Cherry-eye Sprite Pseudagrion sublacteum Coenagrionidae LC 1
Colpocephalum fregili Colpocephalum fregili Colpocephalidae NE 1
Colpocephalum heterosoma Colpocephalum heterosoma Colpocephalidae NE 3
Colpocephalum salimalii Colpocephalum salimalii Colpocephalidae NE 2
Colpocephalum subzerafae Colpocephalum subzerafae Colpocephalidae NE 1
Louse Colpocephalum turbinatum Colpocephalidae NE 1
Kurodaia panjabensis Kurodaia panjabensis Colpocephalidae NE 1
Hemelytroblatta fulvopicta Hemelytroblatta fulvopicta Corydiidae NE 1
Hemelytroblatta fuscipennis Hemelytroblatta fuscipennis Corydiidae NE 1
Hemelytroblatta pilosella Hemelytroblatta pilosella Corydiidae NE 1
Hemelytroblatta rugosa Hemelytroblatta rugosa Corydiidae NE 1
Egyptian cockroach Polyphaga aegyptiaca Corydiidae NE 1
Bembecinus gracilis Bembecinus gracilis Crabronidae NE 3
Bembix alacris Bembix alacris Crabronidae NE 2
Bembix dahlbomii Bembix dahlbomii Crabronidae NE 1
Cerceris multipicta Cerceris multipicta Crabronidae NE 1
Cerceris nenitroidea Cerceris nenitroidea Crabronidae NE 2
Cerceris podagrosa Cerceris podagrosa Crabronidae NE 1
Cerceris tricolorata Cerceris tricolorata Crabronidae NE 1
Gastrosericus baobabicus Gastrosericus baobabicus Crabronidae NE 1
Miscophus chrysis Miscophus chrysis Crabronidae NE 1
yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti Culicidae NE 120
Anopheles arabiensis Anopheles arabiensis Culicidae NE 5
Anopheles merus Anopheles merus Culicidae NE 1
Anopheles salbaii Anopheles salbaii Culicidae NE 3
Anopheles stephensi Anopheles stephensi Culicidae NE 6
Culex sitiens Culex sitiens Culicidae NE 2
Macroscytus brunneus Macroscytus brunneus Cydnidae NE 1
Perkinsiella vastatrix Perkinsiella vastatrix Delphacidae NE 1
Metaphenice stellulata Metaphenice stellulata Derbidae NE 1
Danuria thunbergi Danuria thunbergi Deroplatyidae NE 1
Bactrododema phillipsi Bactrododema phillipsi Diapheromeridae NE 1
Oriental yellow scale Aonidiella orientalis Diaspididae NE 4
Dentachionaspis berlesei Dentachionaspis berlesei Diaspididae NE 1
Dentachionaspis pseudonivea Dentachionaspis pseudonivea Diaspididae NE 4
Duplachionaspis paolii Duplachionaspis paolii Diaspididae NE 1
Ledaspis reticulata Ledaspis reticulata Diaspididae NE 7
Purple Scale Lepidosaphes beckii Diaspididae NE 1
Lindingaspis opima Lindingaspis opima Diaspididae NE 7
Lindingaspis picea Lindingaspis picea Diaspididae NE 11
Armoured scale Odonaspis saccharicaulis Diaspididae NE 1
Mediterranean Scale Parlatoria ziziphi Diaspididae NE 2
Hibiscus Snow Scale Pinnaspis strachani Diaspididae NE 1
Pseudotargionia glandulosa Pseudotargionia glandulosa Diaspididae NE 1
Spinaspidiotus fissidens Spinaspidiotus fissidens Diaspididae NE 3
Afronersia somaliana Afronersia somaliana Dictyopharidae NE 2
Aselgeia ramulifera Aselgeia ramulifera Dictyopharidae NE 2
Carphotoma ogadensis Carphotoma ogadensis Dictyopharidae NE 1
Hasta ufudensis Hasta ufudensis Dictyopharidae NE 1
Paranagnia afra Paranagnia afra Dictyopharidae NE 1
Paranagnia pseudoafra Paranagnia pseudoafra Dictyopharidae NE 1
Phaenodictyon elliptica Phaenodictyon ellipticum Dictyopharidae NE 2
Philotheria antigone Philotheria antigone Dictyopharidae NE 1
Philotheria apicata Philotheria apicata Dictyopharidae NE 2
Philotheria jacobii Philotheria jacobii Dictyopharidae NE 1
Philotheria rochetii Philotheria rochetii Dictyopharidae NE 1
Argyrochlamys cavicola Argyrochlamys cavicola Dolichopodidae NE 2
Bocchus bini Bocchus bini Dryinidae NE 1
Echthrodelphax migratorius Echthrodelphax migratorius Dryinidae NE 1
Blepharodes cornutus Blepharodes cornutus Empusidae NE 1
Blepharodes sudanensis Blepharodes sudanensis Empusidae NE 1
Anterhynchium fallax Anterhynchium fallax Eumenidae NE 1
Anterhynchium synagroides Anterhynchium synagroides Eumenidae NE 1
Belonogaster juncea Belonogaster juncea Eumenidae NE 1
Pareumenes mochii Pareumenes mochii Eumenidae NE 2
Polistes badius Polistes badius Eumenidae NE 1
Polistes fastidiosus Polistes fastidiosus Eumenidae NE 1
Proepipona lateralis Proepipona lateralis Eumenidae NE 2
Balcha cylindrica Balcha cylindrica Eupelmidae NE 1
Neoplatybrachys orientalis Neoplatybrachys orientalis Eurybrachidae NE 1
Paropioxys gloriosus Paropioxys gloriosus Eurybrachidae NE 1
Paropioxys viridifasciatus Paropioxys viridifasciatus Eurybrachidae NE 3
Atracis mendax Atracis mendax Flatidae NE 1
Dendrona gestroi Dendrona gestroi Flatidae NE 2
Ormenis biskrensis Ormenis biskrensis Flatidae NE 1
Phylliana lineata Phylliana lineata Flatidae NE 3
Rhinophantia fatua Rhinophantia fatua Flatidae NE 1
Seliza squamula Seliza squamula Flatidae NE 1
Stenocyarda salsolae Stenocyarda salsolae Flatidae NE 1
Uysanus lestagei Uysanus lestagei Flatidae NE 2
Acantholepis capensis Acantholepis capensis Formicidae NE 3
Aenictus fuscovarius Aenictus fuscovarius Formicidae NE 1
Anochetus africanus Anochetus africanus Formicidae NE 1
Anochetus rothschildi Anochetus rothschildi Formicidae NE 2
Large Pugnacious Ant Anoplolepis custodiens Formicidae NE 6
Camponotus bottegoi Camponotus bottegoi Formicidae NE 3
Dr Brauns's Sugar Ant Camponotus braunsi Formicidae NE 1
Banded Sugar Ant Camponotus consobrinus Formicidae NE 1
Camponotus flavomarginatus Camponotus flavomarginatus Formicidae NE 1
Camponotus grandidieri Camponotus grandidieri Formicidae NE 2
Japanese Carpenter Ant Camponotus japonicus Formicidae NE 1
Camponotus mus Camponotus mus Formicidae NE 2
Red Bristly Sugar ant Camponotus robecchii Formicidae NE 3
Camponotus sacchii Camponotus sacchii Formicidae NE 1
Eastern Sugar Ant Camponotus sexpunctatus Formicidae NE 2
Camponotus somalinus Camponotus somalinus Formicidae NE 4
Carebara patrizii Carebara patrizii Formicidae NE 2
Cremastogaster ferruginea Cremastogaster ferruginea Formicidae NE 1
Crematogaster acaciae Crematogaster acaciae Formicidae NE 3
Crematogaster aloysiisabaudiae Crematogaster aloysiisabaudiae Formicidae NE 1
Crematogaster castanea Crematogaster castanea Formicidae NE 4
Crematogaster chiarinii Crematogaster chiarinii Formicidae NE 12
Crematogaster paolii Crematogaster paolii Formicidae NE 6
Crematogaster rivai Crematogaster rivai Formicidae NE 2
Crematogaster ruspolii Crematogaster ruspolii Formicidae NE 4
Dorylus fulvus Dorylus fulvus Formicidae NE 1
Small Black Sugar Ant Lepisiota capensis Formicidae NE 2
Lepisiota carbonaria Lepisiota carbonaria Formicidae NE 3
Lepisiota somalica Lepisiota somalica Formicidae NE 1
Leptogenys pavesii Leptogenys pavesii Formicidae NE 2
Hissing Ant Megaponera analis Formicidae NE 1
Messor ferreri Messor ferreri Formicidae NE 1
Messor galla Messor galla Formicidae NE 1
Ocymyrmex nitidulus Ocymyrmex nitidulus Formicidae NE 1
Ocymyrmex robecchii Ocymyrmex robecchii Formicidae NE 2
Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Formicidae NE 1
African Stink Ants Paltothyreus tarsatus Formicidae NE 9
Pheidole variolosa Pheidole variolosa Formicidae NE 1
Plagiolepis custodiens Plagiolepis custodiens Formicidae NE 3
Platythyrea cribrinodis Platythyrea cribrinodis Formicidae NE 1
Polyrhachis omissa Polyrhachis omissa Formicidae NE 1
Polyrhachis phalerata Polyrhachis phalerata Formicidae NE 2
Polyrhachis revoili Polyrhachis revoili Formicidae NE 1
Stenamma barbarum Stenamma barbarum Formicidae NE 1
Terataner bottegoi Terataner bottegoi Formicidae NE 1
Tetraponera continua Tetraponera continua Formicidae NE 1
Trichomyrmex robustior Trichomyrmex robustior Formicidae NE 7
Eddara euchroma Eddara euchroma Fulgoridae NE 1
Omalocephala cincta Omalocephala cincta Fulgoridae NE 1
Zanna clavaticeps Zanna clavaticeps Fulgoridae NE 1

This list is in 4 parts: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4

Sources

  1. Leafhopper · gbif.org
  2. Opsius glaucovirens · gbif.org
  3. Paradorydium famelicum · gbif.org
  4. Paraphrodes flavigera · gbif.org
  5. Scaphoideus strigulatus · gbif.org
  6. Theronopus aethiopicus · gbif.org
  7. Abricta brunnea · gbif.org
  8. Dyticopycna beccarii · gbif.org
  9. Esada esa · gbif.org
  10. Ioba veligera · gbif.org
  11. Munza revoili · gbif.org
  12. Oxypleura clara · gbif.org
  13. Platypleura carlinii · gbif.org
  14. Taipinga nigricans · gbif.org
  15. Ringed Pygmy Bladder Cicada · gbif.org
  16. tropical bed bug · gbif.org
  17. Duilius seticulosus · gbif.org
  18. Eumecurus frontalis · gbif.org
  19. Eumecurus somaliensis · gbif.org
  20. Mnemosyne hirta · gbif.org
  21. Oliarus patrizii · gbif.org
  22. date palm soft scale · gbif.org
  23. Coccus celatus · gbif.org
  24. The Coccus of the greenhouses · gbif.org
  25. long brown scale · gbif.org
  26. Black scale · gbif.org
  27. Pulvinaria tomentosa · gbif.org
  28. Somali Azuret · gbif.org
  29. Plain Waxtail · gbif.org
  30. African Bluetail · gbif.org
  31. Pseudagrion lindicum · gbif.org
  32. Cherry-eye Sprite · gbif.org
  33. Colpocephalum fregili · gbif.org
  34. Colpocephalum heterosoma · gbif.org
  35. Colpocephalum salimalii · gbif.org
  36. Colpocephalum subzerafae · gbif.org
  37. Louse · gbif.org
  38. Kurodaia panjabensis · gbif.org
  39. Hemelytroblatta fulvopicta · gbif.org
  40. Hemelytroblatta fuscipennis · gbif.org
  41. Hemelytroblatta pilosella · gbif.org
  42. Hemelytroblatta rugosa · gbif.org
  43. Egyptian cockroach · gbif.org
  44. Bembecinus gracilis · gbif.org
  45. Bembix alacris · gbif.org
  46. Bembix dahlbomii · gbif.org
  47. Cerceris multipicta · gbif.org
  48. Cerceris nenitroidea · gbif.org
  49. Cerceris podagrosa · gbif.org
  50. Cerceris tricolorata · gbif.org
  51. Gastrosericus baobabicus · gbif.org
  52. Miscophus chrysis · gbif.org
  53. yellow fever mosquito · gbif.org
  54. Anopheles arabiensis · gbif.org
  55. Anopheles merus · gbif.org
  56. Anopheles salbaii · gbif.org
  57. Anopheles stephensi · gbif.org
  58. Culex sitiens · gbif.org
  59. Macroscytus brunneus · gbif.org
  60. Perkinsiella vastatrix · gbif.org
  61. Metaphenice stellulata · gbif.org
  62. Danuria thunbergi · gbif.org
  63. Bactrododema phillipsi · gbif.org
  64. Oriental yellow scale · gbif.org
  65. Dentachionaspis berlesei · gbif.org
  66. Dentachionaspis pseudonivea · gbif.org
  67. Duplachionaspis paolii · gbif.org
  68. Ledaspis reticulata · gbif.org
  69. Purple Scale · gbif.org
  70. Lindingaspis opima · gbif.org
  71. Lindingaspis picea · gbif.org
  72. Armoured scale · gbif.org
  73. Mediterranean Scale · gbif.org
  74. Hibiscus Snow Scale · gbif.org
  75. Pseudotargionia glandulosa · gbif.org
  76. Spinaspidiotus fissidens · gbif.org
  77. Afronersia somaliana · gbif.org
  78. Aselgeia ramulifera · gbif.org
  79. Carphotoma ogadensis · gbif.org
  80. Hasta ufudensis · gbif.org
  81. Paranagnia afra · gbif.org
  82. Paranagnia pseudoafra · gbif.org
  83. Phaenodictyon elliptica · gbif.org
  84. Philotheria antigone · gbif.org
  85. Philotheria apicata · gbif.org
  86. Philotheria jacobii · gbif.org
  87. Philotheria rochetii · gbif.org
  88. Argyrochlamys cavicola · gbif.org
  89. Bocchus bini · gbif.org
  90. Echthrodelphax migratorius · gbif.org
  91. Blepharodes cornutus · gbif.org
  92. Blepharodes sudanensis · gbif.org
  93. Anterhynchium fallax · gbif.org
  94. Anterhynchium synagroides · gbif.org
  95. Belonogaster juncea · gbif.org
  96. Pareumenes mochii · gbif.org
  97. Polistes badius · gbif.org
  98. Polistes fastidiosus · gbif.org
  99. Proepipona lateralis · gbif.org
  100. Balcha cylindrica · gbif.org
  101. Neoplatybrachys orientalis · gbif.org
  102. Paropioxys gloriosus · gbif.org
  103. Paropioxys viridifasciatus · gbif.org
  104. Atracis mendax · gbif.org
  105. Dendrona gestroi · gbif.org
  106. Ormenis biskrensis · gbif.org
  107. Phylliana lineata · gbif.org
  108. Rhinophantia fatua · gbif.org
  109. Seliza squamula · gbif.org
  110. Stenocyarda salsolae · gbif.org
  111. Uysanus lestagei · gbif.org
  112. Acantholepis capensis · gbif.org
  113. Aenictus fuscovarius · gbif.org
  114. Anochetus africanus · gbif.org
  115. Anochetus rothschildi · gbif.org
  116. Large Pugnacious Ant · gbif.org
  117. Camponotus bottegoi · gbif.org
  118. Dr Brauns's Sugar Ant · gbif.org
  119. Banded Sugar Ant · gbif.org
  120. Camponotus flavomarginatus · gbif.org
  121. Camponotus grandidieri · gbif.org
  122. Japanese Carpenter Ant · gbif.org
  123. Camponotus mus · gbif.org
  124. Red Bristly Sugar ant · gbif.org
  125. Camponotus sacchii · gbif.org
  126. Eastern Sugar Ant · gbif.org
  127. Camponotus somalinus · gbif.org
  128. Carebara patrizii · gbif.org
  129. Cremastogaster ferruginea · gbif.org
  130. Crematogaster acaciae · gbif.org
  131. Crematogaster aloysiisabaudiae · gbif.org
  132. Crematogaster castanea · gbif.org
  133. Crematogaster chiarinii · gbif.org
  134. Crematogaster paolii · gbif.org
  135. Crematogaster rivai · gbif.org
  136. Crematogaster ruspolii · gbif.org
  137. Dorylus fulvus · gbif.org
  138. Small Black Sugar Ant · gbif.org
  139. Lepisiota carbonaria · gbif.org
  140. Lepisiota somalica · gbif.org
  141. Leptogenys pavesii · gbif.org
  142. Hissing Ant · gbif.org
  143. Messor ferreri · gbif.org
  144. Messor galla · gbif.org
  145. Ocymyrmex nitidulus · gbif.org
  146. Ocymyrmex robecchii · gbif.org
  147. Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri · gbif.org
  148. African Stink Ants · gbif.org
  149. Pheidole variolosa · gbif.org
  150. Plagiolepis custodiens · gbif.org
  151. Platythyrea cribrinodis · gbif.org
  152. Polyrhachis omissa · gbif.org
  153. Polyrhachis phalerata · gbif.org
  154. Polyrhachis revoili · gbif.org
  155. Stenamma barbarum · gbif.org
  156. Terataner bottegoi · gbif.org
  157. Tetraponera continua · gbif.org
  158. Trichomyrmex robustior · gbif.org
  159. Eddara euchroma · gbif.org
  160. Omalocephala cincta · gbif.org
  161. Zanna clavaticeps · gbif.org

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