# Other insects of Somalia: 513 species of bugs, bees, ants, flies, grasshoppers and more (part 3 of 4)

> Part 3 of 4 of Other insects of Somalia: 513 species of bugs, bees, ants, flies, grasshoppers and more, from Geocoris danalicus.

Source page: https://calankii.com/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia-3/
Last checked: 2026-11-13
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Part 3 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](/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia-2/) · **3** · [4](/en/nature/other-insects-of-somalia-4/)

## Full list (513 species)

| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Geocoris danalicus](https://www.gbif.org/species/9153896) | *Geocoris danalicus* | Geocoridae | NE | 1 |
| [Limnogonus cereiventris](https://www.gbif.org/species/9412743) | *Limnogonus cereiventris* | Gerridae | NE | 1 |
| [Elaea gestroi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1404704) | *Elaea gestroi* | Gonypetidae | NE | 1 |
| [Field Cricket](https://www.gbif.org/species/1716462) | *Gryllus campestris* | Gryllidae | NE | 2 |
| [Gryllus chappuisi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1716767) | *Gryllus chappuisi* | Gryllidae | NE | 3 |
| [Gryllus meruensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1716834) | *Gryllus meruensis* | Gryllidae | NE | 2 |
| [Oecanthus burmeisteri](https://www.gbif.org/species/1720932) | *Oecanthus burmeisteri* | Gryllidae | NE | 2 |
| [horse sucking louse](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032496) | *Haematopinus asini* | Haematopinidae | NE | 1 |
| [Buffalo Louse](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032504) | *Haematopinus tuberculatus* | Haematopinidae | NE | 4 |
| [Ceylalictus muiri](https://www.gbif.org/species/1352675) | *Ceylalictus muiri* | Halictidae | NE | 2 |
| [Pleasing Metallic-Furrow bee](https://www.gbif.org/species/1353302) | *Halictus jucundus* | Halictidae | NE | 2 |
| [Perloma atrifasciata](https://www.gbif.org/species/8346280) | *Perloma atrifasciata* | Kinnaridae | NE | 2 |
| [Laemobothrion chloropodis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8633713) | *Laemobothrion chloropodis* | Laemobothriidae | NE | 1 |
| [Laemobothrion tinnunculi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032928) | *Laemobothrion tinnunculi* | Laemobothriidae | NE | 1 |
| [Laemobothrion vulturis](https://www.gbif.org/species/4423019) | *Laemobothrion vulturis* | Laemobothriidae | NE | 1 |
| [silverfish](https://www.gbif.org/species/1421091) | *Lepisma saccharinum* | Lepismatidae | NE | 1 |
| [Pallid Spreadwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/5051663) | *Lestes pallidus* | Lestidae | LC | 1 |
| [Banded Groundling](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428570) | *Brachythemis leucosticta* | Libellulidae | LC | 1 |
| [Scarlet Dragonfly](https://www.gbif.org/species/1427721) | *Crocothemis erythraea* | Libellulidae | LC | 3 |
| [Black Ground Skimmer](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428418) | *Diplacodes lefebvrii* | Libellulidae | LC | 3 |
| [Barbet](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428431) | *Diplacodes luminans* | Libellulidae | LC | 1 |
| [Black-tailed Skimmer](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428910) | *Nesciothemis farinosa* | Libellulidae | LC | 3 |
| [Orthetrum brevistylum](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428609) | *Orthetrum brevistylum* | Libellulidae | LC | 1 |
| [Epaulet Skimmer](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428673) | *Orthetrum chrysostigma* | Libellulidae | LC | 2 |
| [Guinea Skimmer](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428593) | *Orthetrum guineense* | Libellulidae | LC | 2 |
| [Green Marsh Hawk](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428645) | *Orthetrum sabina* | Libellulidae | LC | 1 |
| [Bold Skimmer](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428615) | *Orthetrum stemmale* | Libellulidae | LC | 1 |
| [Globe Skimmer](https://www.gbif.org/species/1427855) | *Pantala flavescens* | Libellulidae | LC | 6 |
| [Violet Dropwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428835) | *Trithemis annulata* | Libellulidae | LC | 2 |
| [Red-veined Dropwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428848) | *Trithemis arteriosa* | Libellulidae | LC | 14 |
| [Dark Dropwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428882) | *Trithemis furva* | Libellulidae | LC | 1 |
| [Orange-winged dropwing, Scarlet rock glider, Kirby's dropwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428861) | *Trithemis kirbyi* | Libellulidae | LC | 4 |
| [Trithemis spec](https://www.gbif.org/species/12164883) | *Trithemis spec* | Libellulidae | NE | 1 |
| [Jaunty Dropwing](https://www.gbif.org/species/1428829) | *Trithemis stictica* | Libellulidae | LC | 1 |
| [Desert Basker](https://www.gbif.org/species/5052224) | *Urothemis thomasi* | Libellulidae | EN | 1 |
| [Louse](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032902) | *Linognathus africanus* | Linognathidae | NE | 3 |
| [Elasmoscelis cimicoides](https://www.gbif.org/species/2064949) | *Elasmoscelis cimicoides* | Lophopidae | NE | 2 |
| [Hormopleurus modesta](https://www.gbif.org/species/9817351) | *Hormopleurus modesta* | Lygaeidae | NE | 1 |
| [praying mantis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6258028) | *Mantis religiosa* | Mantidae | LC | 2 |
| [Sphodromantis baccettii](https://www.gbif.org/species/1404880) | *Sphodromantis baccettii* | Mantidae | NE | 1 |
| [African mantis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1404864) | *Sphodromantis viridis* | Mantidae | LC | 1 |
| [Stick Mantis](https://www.gbif.org/species/1405581) | *Tenodera superstitiosa* | Mantidae | NE | 1 |
| [Egyptian Icerya](https://www.gbif.org/species/2080604) | *Icerya aegyptiaca* | Margarodidae | NE | 2 |
| [Anigrus lobulifer](https://www.gbif.org/species/2061441) | *Anigrus lobulifer* | Meenoplidae | NE | 2 |
| [Nisia nervosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/9745211) | *Nisia nervosa* | Meenoplidae | NE | 1 |
| [Coelioxys echinatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1338442) | *Coelioxys echinatus* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Coelioxys somalicus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1338413) | *Coelioxys somalicus* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Cleft Dauber Bee](https://www.gbif.org/species/6138593) | *Gronoceras felinum* | Megachilidae | NE | 2 |
| [Haetosmia ethiopiensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/9587629) | *Haetosmia ethiopiensis* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile abessinica](https://www.gbif.org/species/1335946) | *Megachile abessinica* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile colorata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1336244) | *Megachile colorata* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile crenulata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1335555) | *Megachile crenulata* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile gratiosa](https://www.gbif.org/species/1336186) | *Megachile gratiosa* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile ianthoptera](https://www.gbif.org/species/1335129) | *Megachile ianthoptera* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile leucospila](https://www.gbif.org/species/1335884) | *Megachile leucospila* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile meneliki](https://www.gbif.org/species/1335825) | *Megachile meneliki* | Megachilidae | NE | 2 |
| [Megachile opaculina](https://www.gbif.org/species/1335165) | *Megachile opaculina* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile silverlocki](https://www.gbif.org/species/1336021) | *Megachile silverlocki* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile sinuata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1335819) | *Megachile sinuata* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Megachile venusta](https://www.gbif.org/species/1336188) | *Megachile venusta* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Pachyanthidium semiluteum](https://www.gbif.org/species/1334306) | *Pachyanthidium semiluteum* | Megachilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Dendrocerus perlucidus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1308935) | *Dendrocerus perlucidus* | Megaspilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Hairy Legged Mining Bee](https://www.gbif.org/species/1345858) | *Dasypoda hirtipes* | Melittidae | NE | 1 |
| [Centruchus fuscipennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/2024564) | *Centruchus fuscipennis* | Membracidae | NE | 2 |
| [Leptocentrus peracatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/2022018) | *Leptocentrus peracatus* | Membracidae | NE | 3 |
| [Oxyrhachis gibbula](https://www.gbif.org/species/5154400) | *Oxyrhachis gibbula* | Membracidae | NE | 2 |
| [Chapinia lophocerus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6936049) | *Chapinia lophocerus* | Menoponidae | NE | 3 |
| [Dennyus vonarxi](https://www.gbif.org/species/4422651) | *Dennyus vonarxi* | Menoponidae | NE | 3 |
| [Louse](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032840) | *Menacanthus eurysternus* | Menoponidae | NE | 1 |
| [Myrsidea eurocephali](https://www.gbif.org/species/6935335) | *Myrsidea eurocephali* | Menoponidae | NE | 1 |
| [Myrsidea obovata](https://www.gbif.org/species/6935577) | *Myrsidea obovata* | Menoponidae | NE | 2 |
| [Psittacomenopon impar](https://www.gbif.org/species/6934837) | *Psittacomenopon impar* | Menoponidae | NE | 2 |
| [Psallomimus lateralis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8818030) | *Psallomimus lateralis* | Miridae | NE | 3 |
| [Volumnus ruficornis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8242096) | *Volumnus ruficornis* | Miridae | NE | 1 |
| [House-fly](https://www.gbif.org/species/1524843) | *Musca domestica* | Muscidae | NE | 3 |
| [Afromydas guichardi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1591516) | *Afromydas guichardi* | Mydidae | NE | 4 |
| [Myrmeleon immaculatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/2100571) | *Myrmeleon immaculatus* | Myrmeleontidae | NE | 1 |
| [Trichopsidea costata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1479612) | *Trichopsidea costata* | Nemestrinidae | NE | 1 |
| [Ochterus caffer](https://www.gbif.org/species/9399257) | *Ochterus caffer* | Ochteridae | NE | 3 |
| [Cephalopina titillator](https://www.gbif.org/species/1587260) | *Cephalopina titillator* | Oestridae | NE | 1 |
| [Green Stink Bug](https://www.gbif.org/species/10671194) | *Chinavia hilaris* | Pentatomidae | NE | 1 |
| [Marmorated brown stink bug, Yellow-brown stink bug](https://www.gbif.org/species/4485843) | *Halyomorpha halys* | Pentatomidae | NE | 2 |
| [Aegypoecus africanus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939907) | *Aegypoecus africanus* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Aegypoecus clayae](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939908) | *Aegypoecus clayae* | Philopteridae | NE | 3 |
| [Anaticola phoenicopteri](https://www.gbif.org/species/4421909) | *Anaticola phoenicopteri* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Aquanirmus bahli](https://www.gbif.org/species/6938727) | *Aquanirmus bahli* | Philopteridae | NE | 7 |
| [Ardeicola fissomaculatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939440) | *Ardeicola fissomaculatus* | Philopteridae | NE | 2 |
| [Brueelia aguilarae](https://www.gbif.org/species/9264118) | *Brueelia aguilarae* | Philopteridae | NE | 4 |
| [Brueelia gracilis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6937777) | *Brueelia gracilis* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Brueelia imponderabilica](https://www.gbif.org/species/6937452) | *Brueelia imponderabilica* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Brueelia tkachi](https://www.gbif.org/species/8451466) | *Brueelia tkachi* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Buceroemersonia brelihi](https://www.gbif.org/species/6938631) | *Buceroemersonia brelihi* | Philopteridae | NE | 6 |
| [Colilipeurus colius](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939363) | *Colilipeurus colius* | Philopteridae | NE | 2 |
| [Coloceras savoi](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940258) | *Coloceras savoi* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Columbicola carrikeri](https://www.gbif.org/species/6936915) | *Columbicola carrikeri* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Cuclotogaster meinertzhageni](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939977) | *Cuclotogaster meinertzhageni* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Cuclotogaster sephaenae](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940010) | *Cuclotogaster sephaenae* | Philopteridae | NE | 3 |
| [Degeeriella discocephalus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939892) | *Degeeriella discocephalus* | Philopteridae | NE | 2 |
| [Degeeriella nisus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939870) | *Degeeriella nisus* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Echinophilopterus buphthalmus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939915) | *Echinophilopterus buphthalmus* | Philopteridae | NE | 11 |
| [Falcolipeurus lineatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6936681) | *Falcolipeurus lineatus* | Philopteridae | NE | 2 |
| [Goniocotes clayae](https://www.gbif.org/species/6938047) | *Goniocotes clayae* | Philopteridae | NE | 3 |
| [Goniocotes gregarius](https://www.gbif.org/species/6938059) | *Goniocotes gregarius* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Goniocotes maculatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/4422393) | *Goniocotes maculatus* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Goniodes antennatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6937319) | *Goniodes antennatus* | Philopteridae | NE | 4 |
| [Louse](https://www.gbif.org/species/5815252) | *Goniodes gigas* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Goniodes isogenos](https://www.gbif.org/species/6937214) | *Goniodes isogenos* | Philopteridae | NE | 3 |
| [Ibidoecus plataleae](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032153) | *Ibidoecus plataleae* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Meropoecus debeauxi](https://www.gbif.org/species/6938400) | *Meropoecus debeauxi* | Philopteridae | NE | 3 |
| [Neopsittaconirmus africanus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6938567) | *Neopsittaconirmus africanus* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Neopsittaconirmus gracilis](https://www.gbif.org/species/4422378) | *Neopsittaconirmus gracilis* | Philopteridae | NE | 6 |
| [Quadraceps princeps](https://www.gbif.org/species/6939664) | *Quadraceps princeps* | Philopteridae | NE | 5 |
| [Quadraceps sellatus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1031980) | *Quadraceps sellatus* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Saemundssonia africana](https://www.gbif.org/species/4804835) | *Saemundssonia africana* | Philopteridae | NE | 7 |
| [Splendoroffula theresae](https://www.gbif.org/species/6938010) | *Splendoroffula theresae* | Philopteridae | NE | 10 |
| [Strigiphilus cursitans](https://www.gbif.org/species/1032217) | *Strigiphilus cursitans* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Strigiphilus garylarsoni](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940208) | *Strigiphilus garylarsoni* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Strigiphilus tuleskovi](https://www.gbif.org/species/4421703) | *Strigiphilus tuleskovi* | Philopteridae | NE | 4 |
| [Sturnidoecus clayae](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940094) | *Sturnidoecus clayae* | Philopteridae | NE | 3 |
| [Sturnidoecus senegalensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940115) | *Sturnidoecus senegalensis* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Sturnidoecus theresae](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940133) | *Sturnidoecus theresae* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Teinomordeus entelosetus](https://www.gbif.org/species/9449952) | *Teinomordeus entelosetus* | Philopteridae | NE | 4 |
| [Upupicola upupae](https://www.gbif.org/species/4422382) | *Upupicola upupae* | Philopteridae | NE | 1 |
| [Hemipepsis vestitipennis](https://www.gbif.org/species/7917410) | *Hemipepsis vestitipennis* | Pompilidae | NE | 1 |
| [Grass-Root Antonina](https://www.gbif.org/species/8082584) | *Antonina graminis* | Pseudococcidae | NE | 2 |
| [Mealybug](https://www.gbif.org/species/5164047) | *Ferrisia malvastra* | Pseudococcidae | NE | 1 |
| [Striped Mealy Bug](https://www.gbif.org/species/2093900) | *Ferrisia virgata* | Pseudococcidae | NE | 6 |
| [Pink hibiscus mealybug, Grape mealybug, Hibiscus mealybug, Pink mealybug, Hirsutus mealybug](https://www.gbif.org/species/2094191) | *Maconellicoccus hirsutus* | Pseudococcidae | NE | 3 |
| [Pink sugarcane mealybug](https://www.gbif.org/species/2093000) | *Saccharicoccus sacchari* | Pseudococcidae | NE | 5 |
| [Phlebotomus bergeroti](https://www.gbif.org/species/5981261) | *Phlebotomus bergeroti* | Psychodidae | NE | 2 |
| [Phlebotomus somaliensis](https://www.gbif.org/species/11946007) | *Phlebotomus somaliensis* | Psychodidae | NE | 1 |
| [Psychoda cinerea](https://www.gbif.org/species/1640035) | *Psychoda cinerea* | Psychodidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sergentomyia africana](https://www.gbif.org/species/1641169) | *Sergentomyia africana* | Psychodidae | NE | 10 |
| [Sergentomyia antennata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1641143) | *Sergentomyia antennata* | Psychodidae | NE | 3 |
| [Sergentomyia choumarai](https://www.gbif.org/species/1640796) | *Sergentomyia choumarai* | Psychodidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sergentomyia clydei](https://www.gbif.org/species/1641231) | *Sergentomyia clydei* | Psychodidae | NE | 4 |
| [Sergentomyia dreyfussi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1640867) | *Sergentomyia dreyfussi* | Psychodidae | NE | 1 |
| [Sergentomyia magna](https://www.gbif.org/species/11739212) | *Sergentomyia magna* | Psychodidae | NE | 3 |
| [Sergentomyia magnidentata](https://www.gbif.org/species/1640834) | *Sergentomyia magnidentata* | Psychodidae | NE | 38 |
| [Sergentomyia schwetzi](https://www.gbif.org/species/11236939) | *Sergentomyia schwetzi* | Psychodidae | NE | 87 |
| [Sergentomyia yusafi](https://www.gbif.org/species/1641125) | *Sergentomyia yusafi* | Psychodidae | NE | 5 |
| [Callocleonymus pulcher](https://www.gbif.org/species/1397073) | *Callocleonymus pulcher* | Pteromalidae | NE | 1 |
| [Synosternus somalicus](https://www.gbif.org/species/12228817) | *Synosternus somalicus* | Pulicidae | NE | 8 |
| [Chrotogonus homalodemus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1727563) | *Chrotogonus homalodemus* | Pyrgomorphidae | NE | 3 |
| [Phymateus aegrotus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1728315) | *Phymateus aegrotus* | Pyrgomorphidae | NE | 1 |
| [Poekilocerus bufonius](https://www.gbif.org/species/1727754) | *Poekilocerus bufonius* | Pyrgomorphidae | NE | 1 |
| [Tenuitarsus angustus](https://www.gbif.org/species/1728673) | *Tenuitarsus angustus* | Pyrgomorphidae | NE | 1 |
| [Masked hunter](https://www.gbif.org/species/2008516) | *Reduvius personatus* | Reduviidae | NE | 1 |
| [Pochazoides asperata](https://www.gbif.org/species/2057534) | *Pochazoides asperata* | Ricaniidae | NE | 3 |
| [Ricania erlangeri](https://www.gbif.org/species/2057238) | *Ricania erlangeri* | Ricaniidae | NE | 1 |
| [Ricania morula](https://www.gbif.org/species/2057181) | *Ricania morula* | Ricaniidae | NE | 2 |
| [Ricinus meinertzhageni](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940535) | *Ricinus meinertzhageni* | Ricinidae | NE | 4 |
| [Ricinus serratus](https://www.gbif.org/species/6940543) | *Ricinus serratus* | Ricinidae | NE | 1 |
| [Wohlfahrtia indigens](https://www.gbif.org/species/1480595) | *Wohlfahrtia indigens* | Sarcophagidae | NE | 6 |
| [Wohlfahrtia nuba](https://www.gbif.org/species/1480611) | *Wohlfahrtia nuba* | Sarcophagidae | NE | 1 |
| [Wohlfahrtia smarti](https://www.gbif.org/species/1480602) | *Wohlfahrtia smarti* | Sarcophagidae | NE | 3 |
| [Psix abnormis](https://www.gbif.org/species/8597870) | *Psix abnormis* | Scelionidae | NE | 2 |
| [Campsomeriella caelebs](https://www.gbif.org/species/9333374) | *Campsomeriella caelebs* | Scoliidae | NE | 1 |
| [Amyrsidea francolinus](https://www.gbif.org/species/9104000) | *Amyrsidea francolinus* | Somaphantidae | NE | 2 |


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