African Arthropods

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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 Encyrtidae
* Key to the genera of Afrotropical Encyrtidae
* African chalcid wasps with branched antennae
* Wasps associated with plant galls
* African Diaprioidea
* African Aculeata
* African potter wasps
* South African species of Philanthus
* 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

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* Class Arachnida — Arachnids

* Mites

* Harvestmen

* Solifuges

* Spiders

* Tailless whip scorpions

* Class Pycnogonida — Sea Siders or Pycnogonids

* Sea Spiders

## Subphylum Crustacea

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* Class Branchiopoda — Branchiopods

* Fairy shrimps

* Class Hexanauplia — Barnacles and Copepods

* Barnacles

* Copepods

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

* Crabs

* Isopods

* Mantis shrimps

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

* Fish lice

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

* Mystacocarids

* Class Ostracoda — Ostracods

* Ostracods

## Subphylum Hexapoda

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* Class Entognatha — Entognathans, including springtails

* Coneheads

* Two-pronged bristletails

* Slender springtails

* Plump springtails

* Globular springtails

* Class Insecta — Insects

* Butterflies and moths

* Beetles

* Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies

* True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies

* Flies

## Subphylum Myriapoda

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* Class Chilopoda — Centipedes

* Tropical centipedes

* Tropical centipedes

* House centipedes

* Class Diplopoda — Millipedes

* Chilognatha

* Class Pauropoda — Pauropodans

* Tetramerocerata

* Class Symphyla — Symphylans

* Scutigerellidae

## Arthropods in South Africa

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Ferncliffe Nature Reserve
Arthropods on Ficus burkei
Hymenoptera of South Africa

## See Also

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