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Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Cayenne (French Guiana)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
203
1545
2590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
203
1545
2590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
191
1516
2552
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
134
1326
2350
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
21
194
470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
21
194
470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
11
155
440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
63
226
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants
63
226
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cayenne
63 Genera with 226 Species
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Acanthostichus Mayr, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Acropyga Roger, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Allomerus Mayr, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Apterostigma Mayr, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Atta Fabricius, 1758Leaf-cutting Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Azteca Forel, 18935SpeciesTaxom
Basiceros Schulz, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893Rover ants2SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1916Black carpenter ant14SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Centromyrmex Mayr, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1804Turtle ants2SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1904Acrobat Ants14SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopone Emery, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Daceton Perty, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18949SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1863Cone ants1SpeciesTaxom
Eciton Latreille, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Ectatomma Smith, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Eurhopalothrix Brown & Kempf, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Gigantiops Roger, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Gnamptogenys Roger, 188712SpeciesTaxom
Hylomyrma Forel, 19613SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Labidus Jurine, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Lachnomyrmex Wheeler, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Megalomyrmex Forel, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Mycetophylax Emery, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecia Fabricius, 1858Bull ants1SpeciesTaxom
Myrmelachista Roger, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1914Legionary Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Neocerapachys Borowiec, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Neoponera Emery, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Ochetomyrmex Mayr, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Octostruma Forel, 20134SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1962Trap-jaw ants7SpeciesTaxom
Oxyepoecus Santschi, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1804Panther Ants10SpeciesTaxom
Paraponera Smith, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 2003Big-headed Ants33SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18633SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 187718SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Rasopone Schmidt & Sh..., 19012SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Sericomyrmex Mayr, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Simopelta Mann, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1901Fire ants5SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1959Miniature Trap-jaw Ants10SpeciesTaxom
Talaridris Weber, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Trachymyrmex Forel, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Tranopelta Mayr, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Wasmannia Forel, 18842SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cayenne
226 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acanthostichus brevicornis Emery, 1894
Acanthostichus indet Mayr, 1887
Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Allomerus decemarticulatus Mayr, 1878Pea strigilla
Allomerus octoarticulatus Mayr, 1878Pea strigilla
Anochetus diegensis Forel, 1912
Anochetus emarginatus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Anochetus horridus Kempf, 1964
Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884Ant
Apterostigma amiae (Weber, 1937)⇒ Apterostigma robustum Emery, 1896
Apterostigma auriculatum Wheeler, 1925Blake lucine
Apterostigma peruvianum Wheeler, 1925Blake lucine
Apterostigma urichii Forel, 1893
Atta (Neoatta) sexdens Linnaeus, 1758
Azteca alfari Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Azteca andreae Guerrero, De..., 2010
Azteca depilis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Azteca gnava Forel, 1906
Azteca jelskii Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Basiceros scambognathus Brown, 1949
Brachymyrmex cavernicola Wheeler, W.M., 1938
Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893Obscure rover ant
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) blandus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) fastigatus Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brasiliensis Mayr, 1862Tennessee riffleshell
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brevis Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) bidens Mayr, 1870
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) femoratus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) orthocephalus Emery, 1894
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ager Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) coruscus Smith, F., 1862Cut-off cleftclam
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) rapax Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) simillimus Smith, F., 1862Cut-off cleftclam
Camponotus landolti Forel, 1879
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Carebara brevipilosa Fernández, 2004
Carebara reina Fernández, 2004
Centromyrmex brachycola Roger, 1861
Cephalotes atratus Linnaeus, 1758Ocean quahog
Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) erecta Mayr, 1866Slender toothwort
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) laevis Mayr, 1878Pea strigilla
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) limata Smith, F., 1858
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) nigropilosa Mayr, 1870
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) stollii Forel, 1885Arthropods
Crematogaster abstinens Forel, 1899
Crematogaster carinata Mayr, 1862
Crematogaster egregior Forel, 1912
Crematogaster flavosensitiva Longino, 2003
Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003
Crematogaster raptor Longino, 2003
Crematogaster sotobosque Longino, 2003
Crematogaster tenuicula Forel, 1904
Cryptopone holmgreni Wheeler, 1925
Cyphomyrmex laevigatus Weber, 1938
Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery, 1894
Daceton armigerum Latreille, 1802
Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) bidens Linnaeus, 1758
Dolichoderus abruptus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Dolichoderus attelaboides Fabricius, 1775
Dolichoderus decollatus Smith, F., 1858
Dolichoderus diversus Emery, 1894
Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894Riverside fairy shrimp
Dolichoderus laminatus Mayr, 1870
Dolichoderus lutosus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Dolichoderus septemspinosus Emery, 1894
Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863Southern acornshell
Eciton burchellii Westwood, 1842Cande diplodon
Eciton vagans Olivier, 1792False spike
Ectatomma (Ectatomma) tuberculatum Olivier, 1792Ant
Ectatomma brunneum Smith, F., 1858
Ectatomma edentatum Roger, 1863
Ectatomma lugens Emery, 1894
Eurhopalothrix bolaui (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Basiceros bolaui Mayr, 1870
Gigantiops destructor Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Gnamptogenys annulata Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Gnamptogenys falcifera Kempf, 1967
Gnamptogenys horni Santschi, 1929
Gnamptogenys interrupta Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Gnamptogenys mecotyle Brown, 1958
Gnamptogenys minuta Emery, 1896Textured sportella
Gnamptogenys moelleri Forel, 1912
Gnamptogenys pleurodon Emery, 1896Textured sportella
Gnamptogenys relicta Mann, 1916Narrow-hinge astarte
Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884
Gnamptogenys tortuolosa Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Gnamptogenys triangularis Mayr, 1887South American grooved ant
Hylomyrma blandiens Kempf, 1961New England cyclocardia
Hylomyrma immanis Kempf, 1973
Hylomyrma longiscapa Kempf, 1961New England cyclocardia
Hypoponera trigona trigona Mayr, 1887
Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Labidus praedator Smith, 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Lachnomyrmex amazonicus Feitosa & Br..., 2008
Leptogenys arcuata Roger, 1861Candystick tellin
Linepithema micans Forel, 1908
Linepithema neotropicum Wild, 2007
Megalomyrmex cuatiara Brandao, 1990Long fingernailclam
Megalomyrmex leoninus Forel, 1885Sister diplodon
Megalomyrmex modestus Emery, 1896False spike
Myrmecia pilosula Smith, 1858Hopper Ant
Myrmelachista guyanensis Wheeler, W.M., 1934
Myrmelachista schumanni Emery, 1890Lemon ant
Neivamyrmex carettei Forel, 1913
Neivamyrmex manni Wheeler, 1914
Neoponera neoponera Latreille, 1802
Neoponera striatinodis Emery, 1890
Neoponera venerae Forel, 1922
Nesomyrmex spininodis Mayr, 1887
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Westwood, 1842
Ochetomyrmex neopolitus Fernández, 2003
Ochetomyrmex semipolitus Mayr, 1878Pea strigilla
Octostruma amrishi Makhan, 2007
Octostruma betschi (Perrault, 1988)⇒ Basiceros betschi Perrault, 1988
Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)⇒ Basiceros iheringi Emery, 1888
Octostruma obtusidens Longino, 2013
Odontomachus biumbonatus Brown, 1976
Odontomachus haematodus Linnaeus, 1758Two-spined trapjaw ant
Odontomachus hastatus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Odontomachus mayi Mann, 1912Marked diplodon
Odontomachus meinerti Forel, 1905
Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978Princess venus
Odontomachus spissus Kempf, 1962
Pachycondyla apicalis (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Neoponera apicalis Latreille, 1802
Pachycondyla bispinosa Smith, F., 1858
Pachycondyla carinulata (Roger, 1861)⇒ Neoponera carinulata Roger, 1861
Pachycondyla constricta (Mayr, 1884)⇒ Mayaponera constricta Mayr, 1884
Pachycondyla crassinoda Latreille, 1802
Pachycondyla harpax Fabricius, 1804Ant
Pachycondyla impressa Roger, 1861
Pachycondyla procidua (Emery, 1890)⇒ Neoponera procidua Emery, 1890
Pachycondyla succedanea Roger, 1863
Pachycondyla villosa (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Neoponera vilosa Fabricius, 1804
Paraponera clavata Fabricius, 1775Bullet Ant
Pheidole (Decapheidole) perpusilla Emery, 1894
Pheidole (Decapheidole) zeteki Smith, M.R., 1947
Pheidole (Easmopheidole) aberrans Mayr, 1868Inflated axinopsid
Pheidole (Hendecapheidole) mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925Blake lucine
Pheidole allarmata Wilson, 2003
Pheidole araneoides Wilson, 2003
Pheidole aripoensis Wilson, 2003
Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003
Pheidole biconstricta Mayr, 1870Blake lucine
Pheidole bufo Wilson, 2003
Pheidole cataractae Wheeler, 1916Crenulate tellin
Pheidole cuprina Wilson, 2003
Pheidole exigua Mayr, 1884
Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863)⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893
Pheidole gauthieri Forel, 1901Round combshell
Pheidole grandinodus Wilson, 2003
Pheidole impressa Mayr, 1870
Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884
Pheidole longiscapa (Forel, 1901)⇒ Pheidole neolongiscapa Özdikmen, 2010
Pheidole micon Wilson, 2003
Pheidole minutula Mayr, 1878Pea strigilla
Pheidole moffeti Wilson, 2003
Pheidole plebecula Forel, 1899
Pheidole pugnax Dalla Torre, 1892
Pheidole radoszkowskii Mayr, 1884Round combshell
Pheidole rochai Forel, 1912
Pheidole scolioceps Wilson, 2003
Pheidole sensitiva Borgmeier, 1959
Pheidole severini Forel, 1904
Pheidole subarmata Radoszkowsky, 1884
Pheidole tachigaliae Wheeler, 1921
Pheidole zelata Wilson, 2003
Polyrhachis rastellata fulakora Mann, 1919
Polyrhachis (Myrma) monista Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863
Prionopelta amabilis Borgmeier, 1949
Pseudomyrmex alvarengai Kempf, 1961New England cyclocardia
Pseudomyrmex beccarii Menozzi, 1935
Pseudomyrmex colei Enzmann, E.V., 1944
Pseudomyrmex cubaensis Forel, 1901Ant
Pseudomyrmex eduardi Forel, 1912
Pseudomyrmex gracilis Fabricius, 1804Elongate twig ant
Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward, 1989
Pseudomyrmex malignus Wheeler, W.M., 1921
Pseudomyrmex oculatus Smith, F., 1855
Pseudomyrmex pupa Forel, 1911
Pseudomyrmex rochai Forel, 1912
Pseudomyrmex simplex Smith, F., 1877
Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989
Pseudomyrmex tenuis Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Pseudomyrmex tenuissimus Emery, 1906
Pseudomyrmex termitarius Smith, F., 1855
Pseudomyrmex triplaridis Forel, 1904
Pseudomyrmex urbanus Smith, F., 1877
Pyramica depressiceps Weber, 1934
Pyramica hyphata Brown, 1953Queen venus
Pyramica subedentata Mayr, 1887Threetooth carditid
Rasopone arhuaca Forel, 1901
Rogeria foreli Emery, 1894
Rogeria micromma Kempf, 1961New England cyclocardia
Rogeria scobinata Kugler, C., 1994
Sericomyrmex bondari Borgmeier, 1937
Sericomyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
Sericomyrmex parvulus Forel, 1912
Sericomyrmex saussurei Emery, 1894
Simopelta laticeps Gotwald & Brown, 1967Scaleside piddock
Solenopsis azteca azteca Forel, 1893
Solenopsis (Euophthalma) globularia Smith, F., 1858Ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) saevissima Smith, F., 1855Fire ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) virulens Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Solenopsis pygmaea (Forel, 1901)⇒ Solenopsis fugax Latreille, 1798
Strumigenys auctidens Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Strumigenys cordovensis Mayr, 1887
Strumigenys denticulata Mayr, 1887
Strumigenys elongata Roger, 1863
Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961Deep jewelbox
Strumigenys perparva Brown, 1958
Strumigenys trudifera Kempf & Brown, 1969
Strumigenys zeteki Brown, 1959
Talaridris mandibularis (Weber, 1941)⇒ Basiceros mandibulare Weber, 1941
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861Ant
Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921Ant
Trachymyrmex cornetzi Forel, 1912
Trachymyrmex saussurei Forel, 1885
Tranopelta gilva Mayr, 1866Slender toothwort
Typhlomyrmex pusillus Emery, 1894
Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863Electric ant
Wasmannia sigmoidea Mayr, 1884

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Cayenne
SubfamilyCerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants
6
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEcitoninae
Forel, 1893
4
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
6
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmeciinae
Emery, 1877
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
28
106
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
15
49
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
1
18
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


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