Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Botswana (Southern Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 315
2337
4562 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 313
2335
4557 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 297
2273
4403 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
1925
3869 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 46
310
673 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 45
309
667 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 21
230
585 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
44
145 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants | 44
145 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Botswana
44 Genera with 145 Species
| Aenictus Shuckard, 1901 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afromyrma Dlussky, Bro..., 2004 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Afropone Dlussky, Bro..., 2004 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Anochetus Mayr, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1894 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Bothroponera Smith, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1894 | Black carpenter ant | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1891 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cerapachys Smith, 1919 | Ant-raiding ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1910 | Acrobat Ants | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichoderus Lund, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1817 | driver ant | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lepisiota Santschi, 1914 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Megaponera Mayr, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1917 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoponera Emery, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1923 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1930 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1892 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1914 | Trap-jaw ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ophthalmopone Forel, 1942 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orapia Dlussky, Bro..., 2004 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1798 | Panther Ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Paltothyreus Mayr, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1901 | Big-headed Ants | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1860 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plectroctena F.Smith, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1860 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1966 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1865 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1895 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinolepis Emery, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1907 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1895 | Fierce Ants | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1907 | Slender ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1894 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Botswana
145 Species and 5 Subspecies | Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901 | San Diego fairy shrimp | | Afromyrma petrosa ♰ Dlussky, Bro..., 2004 | | | Afropone oculata ♰ G. M. Dlussky, 2004 | | | Afropone orapa ♰ G. M. Dlussky, 2004 | | | Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Anoplolepis custodiens Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Anoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894 | Black pugnacious ant | | Bothroponera berthoudi Forel, 1901 | | | Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr, 1895 | False spike | | Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus Smith, F., 1858 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) fulvopilosus De Geer, 1778 | South African Golden Desert Ant | | Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) niveosetosus Mayr, 1862 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) mystaceus Emery, 1886 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) eugeniae Forel, 1879 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) petersii Emery, 1895 | Southern acornshell | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus olivieri patersoni Arnold, 1959 | | | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) mayri Forel, 1879 | | | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius, 1798 | Texas lilliput | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus amphidus Santschi, 1926 | Texas lilliput | | Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894 | Pale lilliput | | Camponotus hova Forel, 1891 | Inflated axinopsid | | Camponotus robecchii troglodytes Forel, 1894 | | | Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891 | | | Carebara africana Forel, 1910 | | | Carebara vidua (Smith, 1858) | ⇒ Carebara junodi Forel, 1904 | | Cerapachys pawa Mann, 1919 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858 | Catspaw | | Crematogaster castanea simia Forel, 1910 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) laeviuscula Mayr, 1870 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) melanogaster Emery, 1895 | Carpenter carditid | | Crematogaster (Orthocrema) transvaalensis Forel, 1894 | | | Crematogaster arboreus Smith, 1858 | | | Crematogaster gallicola Forel, 1894 | Cumberland leafshell | | Crematogaster gallicola latro Forel, 1910 | | | Dolichoderus carbonarius Emery, 1895 | Snuffbox | | Dorylus (Dorylus) braunsi Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764 | Wavy amphissa | | Dorylus attenuatus Shuckard, 1840 | Florida marshclam | | Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817 | | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862 | Alaska great-tellin | | Lepisiota depressa Santschi, 1914 | | | Leptogenys furtiva Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902 | | | Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Meranoplus glaber Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Meranoplus magrettii Magretti, 1884 | | | Meranoplus spininodis Arnold, 1917 | Swamp fingernailclam | | Mesoponera caffraria Smith, F., 1858 | | | Messor capensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917 | Ringed lucine | | Messor denticornis Forel, 1910 | | | Messor luebberti Forel, 1910 | | | Messor piceus Stitz, 1923 | | | Messor striatifrons Stitz, 1923 | | | Monomorium australe Emery, 1886 | | | Monomorium damarense Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium disertum Forel, 1913 | | | Monomorium ergatogyna Wheeler, 1904 | | | Monomorium fugelanum Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium intrudens Smith, 1874 | Arnold's dogwood | | Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium lene Santschi, 1920 | Giant cleftclam | | Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913 | | | Monomorium oscaris Forel, 1894 | | | Monomorium rabirium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium rufulum Stitz, 1923 | | | Monomorium setuliferum Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium sryetum Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium termitarium (Forel, 1910) | ⇒ Monomorium disertum Forel, 1913 | | Monomorium termitobium Forel, 1892 | | | Monomorium vaguum Santschi, 1930 | | | Myrmicaria baumi Forel, 1901 | Giant cleftclam | | Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858 | Giant cleftclam | | Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862 | | | Ocymyrmex alacer Bolton & Marsh, 1989 | | | Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886 | | | Ocymyrmex flaviventris Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911 | | | Ocymyrmex hirsutus Forel, 1910 | | | Ocymyrmex picardi Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Ocymyrmex sobek Bolton, 1981 | | | Ocymyrmex sphinx Bolton, 1981 | | | Ocymyrmex velox Santschi, 1932 | | | Ocymyrmex weitzeckeri Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Ophthalmopone berthoudi Weber, 1942 | | | Orapia minor ♰ G. M. Dlussky, 2004 | | | Orapia rayneri ♰ G. M. Dlussky, 2004 | | | Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802) | ⇒ Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802 | | Pachycondyla berthoudi Forel, 1890 | Striate hiatella | | Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901 | | | Pachycondyla sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Pachycondyla tarsata Fabricius, 1798 | Rose-painted semele | | Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798 | | | Pheidole areniphila Forel, 1910 | | | Pheidole crassinoda Emery, 1895 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole excellens Mayr, 1862 | Catspaw | | Pheidole liengmei Forel, 1894 | | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole schultzei Forel, 1910 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866 | Cumberland leafshell | | Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901 | Round combshell | | Plagiolepis decora Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Plagiolepis intermedia Emery, 1895 | Elegant dwarf cockle | | Plagiolepis vanderkelleni tricolor Forel, 1910 | | | Platythyrea cribrinodis Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Platythyrea lamellosa Roger, 1860 | | | Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) vestita Smith, F., 1860 | Reddish lepton | | Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) punctaticeps Mayr, 1865 | Northern riffleshell | | Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000 | | | Strumigenys pretoriae Arnold, 1949 | | | Strumigenys simoni Emery, 1895 | | | Tapinolepis decolor Emery, 1895 | | | Tapinolepis simulans Santschi, 1908 | | | Tapinoma luteum Emery, 1895 | | | Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876 | Ant | | Tapinoma schultzei Forel, 1910 | | | Technomyrmex camerunensis Emery, 1899 | | | Technomyrmex voeltzkowi Forel, 1907 | | | Tetramorium angulinode Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Tetramorium desertorum Forel, 1910 | | | Tetramorium erectum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium humbloti Forel, 1891 | | | Tetramorium khyarum Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Tetramorium notiale Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913 | | | Tetramorium peringueyi Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetramorium solidum Emery, 1886 | | | Tetramorium subcoecum Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Tetraponera ambigua Emery, 1895 | Horseshoe crabs | | Tetraponera penzigi Mayr, 1907 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Trichomyrmex emeryi Mayr, 1897 | | | Trichomyrmex oscaris Forel, 1894 | |
Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Botswana
 | | Formicidae (Latreille 1809) |
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