AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
⌕
Checklist for Tribe Attini Smith, 1858 (Higher myrmicines)
and region La Gamba Field Station (La Gamba, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
206
1813
1866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
205
1812
1866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
197
1801
1853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
153
1602
1681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
30
266
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
29
265
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
13
100
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
22
38
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
22
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
9
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAttini
Smith, 1858
Higher myrmicines
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for La Gamba Field Station
2 Genera with 2 Species
Atta Fabricius, 1844Leaf-cutting Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Sericomyrmex Mayr, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for La Gamba Field Station
2 Species
Atta (Atta) cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758Leafcutter ant
Atta colombica Guirin-Minev..., 1844


Links, sources and further information
Attini at antwiki.org
Attini at itis.gov