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Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Chile (Southern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
618
5675
13869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
617
5672
13866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
591
5600
13767
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
399
4632
12041
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
59
630
1272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
50
575
1228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
312
893
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
49
158
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants
49
158
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Chile
46 Genera with 158 Species
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Acanthomyops Mayr, 1917Citronella ants1SpeciesTaxom
Acromyrmex Mayr, 1793Leaf-cutting Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Amblyopone Erichson, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Antichthonidris Mayr, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1917Collared Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1960Rover ants6SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 0Black carpenter ant15SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Cephalotes Latreille, 1824Turtle ants2SpeciesTaxom
Cerapachys Smith, 1902Ant-raiding ant1SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1862Acrobat Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Cylindromyrmex Mayr, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1936Cone ants17SpeciesTaxom
Euponera Forel, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Forelius Emery, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1940And Field Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Formicoxenus Mayr, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Fulakora Mann, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Heteroponera Mayr, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Lasiophanes Emery, 19046SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 194312SpeciesTaxom
Myrmelachista Roger, 19036SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1840Legionary Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Neoponera Emery, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Novomessor Emery, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1862Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Oxyepoecus Santschi, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants4SpeciesTaxom
Patagonomyrmex Johnson & Mo..., 19493SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1923Big-headed Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 2021Harvester Ants19SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Pristomyrmex Mayr, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolasius Emery, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1923Fire ants14SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Stigmatomma Roger, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1758Fierce Ants3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Chile
158 Species and 10 Subspecies
Acanthomyops arizonicus Wheeler, 1917
Acromyrmex (Acromyrmex) lobicornis Emery, 1888Square sportella
Acromyrmex (Acromyrmex) octospinosus Reich, 1793
Amblyopone monrosi Brown, 1960
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Antichthonidris bidentata (Mayr, 1887)⇒ Monomorium bidentatum Mayr, 1887
Aphaenogaster albisetosa Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Aphaenogaster uinta Wheeler, 1917Sickle jackknife
Brachymyrmex bruchi Forel, 1912
Brachymyrmex giardi Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Brachymyrmex laevis Emery, 1895Inflated axinopsid
Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893Obscure rover ant
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868Dark rover ant
Brachymyrmex physogaster Kusnezov, 1960
Camponotus crassus chaco Santschi, 1919
Camponotus bonariensis naevius Emery, 1894
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) bruchi Forel, 1912Tennessee riffleshell
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) chilensis Spinola, 1851
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) distinguendus Spinola, 1851
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) hellmichi Menozzi, 1935Aleutian cockle
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) morosus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ovaticeps Spinola, 1851
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sansabeanus Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) spinolae Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) substitutus Emery, 1894Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) vicinus Mayr, 1870Maculate carpenter ant
Camponotus wellmani gamma Santschi, 1926
Camponotus ruficornis Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Camponotus rufifrons leucopis
Cardiocondyla nuda Mayr, 1866Green blossom
Cephalotes minutus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Cephalotes pusillus Klug, 1824
Cerapachys (Parasyscia) augustae Wheeler, W.M., 1902
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) laeviuscula Mayr, 1870
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) crinosa Mayr, 1862
Cylindromyrmex whymperi Cameron, 1891
Dolichoderus lutosus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Dorymyrmex agallardoi Snelling, R.R., 1975
Dorymyrmex antarcticus Forel, 1904
Dorymyrmex chilensis Forel, 1911Southern acornshell
Dorymyrmex coniculus Santschi, 1922
Dorymyrmex goetschi Goetsch, 1933
Dorymyrmex hunti Snelling, R.R., 1975
Dorymyrmex hypocritus Snelling, R.R., 1975
Dorymyrmex incomptus Snelling, R.R., 1975
Dorymyrmex minutus Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Dorymyrmex pappodes Snelling, R.R., 1975
Dorymyrmex planidens Mayr, 1868
Dorymyrmex pogonius Snelling, R.R., 1975
Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, 1863Southern acornshell
Dorymyrmex richteri Forel, 1911Southern acornshell
Dorymyrmex tener Mayr, 1868Crenulate astarte
Dorymyrmex tener donisthorpei Santschi, 1936
Euponera luteipes Mayr, 1862
Forelius antarcticus Forel, 1904
Formica perpilosa Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940
Formicoxenus diversipilosus Smith, 1939
Fulakora chilensis Mayr, 1887
Fulakora monrosi Brown, 1960
Heteroponera carinifrons Mayr, 1887
Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860Four-rib lucine
Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Lasiophanes atriventris Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Lasiophanes hoffmanni Forel, 1903Dwarf surfclam
Lasiophanes perplexus Santschi, 1920
Lasiophanes picinus Roger, 1863
Lasiophanes strenua Haliday, 1836
Lasiophanes valdiviensis Forel, 1904
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Linepithema oblongum Santschi, 1929
Monomorium bidentatum Mayr, 1887
Monomorium cekalovici Snelling, 1975
Monomorium chilense Fernández, 2007
Monomorium chilensis Ettershank, 1965
Monomorium chinense Santschi, 1925
Monomorium denticulatum Mayr, 1887
Monomorium edentatum Emery, 1897
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium latastei Emery, 1895
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Monomorium viride Brown, 1943
Myrmelachista chilensis Forel, 1904
Myrmelachista goetschi Menozzi, 1935
Myrmelachista hoffmanni Forel, 1903
Myrmelachista mayri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Myrmelachista ruszkii Forel, 1903
Myrmica rugulosoides aloba Forel, 1909
Neivamyrmex dorbignii Shuckard, 1840
Neivamyrmex melanocephalus Emery, 1895
Neivamyrmex nigrescens Cresson, 1872
Neivamyrmex pertii Shuckard, 1840
Neoponera inversa Smith, F., 1858
Novomessor albisetosa (Mayr, 1886)⇒ Novomessor albisetosus Mayr, 1886
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862Rasberry ant
Oxyepoecus inquilinus Kusnezov, 1952
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Patagonomyrmex angustus Mayr, 1870
Patagonomyrmex laevigatus Santschi, 1921
Patagonomyrmex odoratus Kusnezov, 1949
Pheidole chilensis Mayr, 1862
Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895Many-line lucine
Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896
Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849Cumberland leafshell
Pheidole subdentata (Mayr, 1853)⇒ Pheidole obtusospinosa Pergande, 1896
Pheidole triconstricta hebe (Santschi, 1923)⇒ Pheidole triconstricta Forel, 1886
Pogonomyrmex angustus Mayr, 1870
Pogonomyrmex araucania Johnson, 2021
Pogonomyrmex atacama Johnson, 2021
Pogonomyrmex barbatus Smith, 1858Agricultural ant
Pogonomyrmex bispinosus Spinola, 1851
Pogonomyrmex californicus Buckley, 1867California harvester ant
Pogonomyrmex excelsior Johnson, 2021
Pogonomyrmex intermedius Menozzi, 1935
Pogonomyrmex laevigatus Santschi, 1921
Pogonomyrmex loaensis Johnson, 2021
Pogonomyrmex maulensis Johnson, 2021
Pogonomyrmex odoratus Kusnezov, 1949
Pogonomyrmex pichachen Johnson, 2021
Pogonomyrmex santschii Johnson, 2021
Pogonomyrmex semistriata (Emery, 1906)⇒ Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus Emery, 1906
Pogonomyrmex spinolae (Emery, 1906)⇒ Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus Emery, 1906
Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus Emery, 1906
Pogonomyrmex wilsoni Johnson, 2021
Polyrhachis rastellata fulakora Mann, 1919
Polyrhachis paromala tobias Forel, 1911
Pristomyrmex fuscipennis Smith, 1861
Pseudolasius amblyops amblyops Forel, 1901
Pseudomyrmex lynceus Spinola, 1851
Pseudomyrmex major Forel, 1899
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) germaini Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) helena Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) laeviceps Mayr, 1870
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) latastei Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) patagonica Emery, 1906
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) wasmannii Emery, 1894Southern acornshell
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) gayi Spinola, 1851
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) richteri Forel, 1909BIFA
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) saevissima Smith, F., 1855Fire ant
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) xyloni McCook, 1879Southern fire ant
Solenopsis dysderces Snelling, R.R., 1975
Solenopsis parva Mayr, 1868
Solenopsis thoracica Santschi, 1923
Stenamma schmidti Menozzi, 1931
Stigmatomma chilense Mayr, 1887
Stigmatomma monrosi Brown, 1960
Tapinoma antarcticum Forel, 1904
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Chile
SubfamilyCerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants
5
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEcitoninae
Forel, 1893
1
4
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
11
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
20
74
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
8
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


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