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Checklist for Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ants)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		320
2218
3746		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		318
2216
3744		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		306
2167
3663		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		206
1748
3051		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps		31
190
350		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps		29
183
344		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps		16
88
218		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants		1
40
116		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants		40
116		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mauritius
40 Genera with 116 Species
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Anochetus Mayr, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1895Rover ants2SpeciesTaxom
Brachyponera Emery, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1863Black carpenter ant7SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Cerapachys Smith, 1907Ant-raiding ant1SpeciesTaxom
Colobopsis Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1925Acrobat Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1906Cone ants1SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1798And Field Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Ireneopone Wheeler, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1758Citronella ants4SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1846Crazy ants4SpeciesTaxom
Ochetellus Shattuck, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Ooceraea Smith, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1901Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants4SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1893Big-headed Ants12SpeciesTaxom
Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851Marauder ants1SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 19333SpeciesTaxom
Pristomyrmex Mayr, 19463SpeciesTaxom
Proceratium Roger, 1974Hairy Curltail Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1946Fire ants2SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1895Miniature Trap-jaw Ants8SpeciesTaxom
Syllophopsis Santschi, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1851Fierce Ants8SpeciesTaxom
Trichomyrmex Mayr, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritius
116 Species and 4 Subspecies
Anochetus ambiguus ♰ De Andrade, 1994
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895Inflated axinopsid
Brachyponera obscurans Walker, 1859
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) niveosetosus Mayr, 1862Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius, 1798Texas lilliput
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus thraso diogenes Forel, 1909
Camponotus aurosus Roger, 1863
Camponotus cervicalis Roger, 1863
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929Ant
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1890Yellow sneaking ant
Carebara creolei Azorsa & Fisher, 2018
Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851
Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907Ant
Colobopsis cylindrica Fabricius, 1798
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858Catspaw
Crematogaster dentata Dalla Torre, 1893
Crematogaster sewellii dentata Dalla Torre, 1893
Crematogaster unciata Santschi, 1925
Discothyrea berlita Fisher, 2005
Dorymyrmex bicolor Wheeler, W.M., 1906Bi-colored Pyramid Ant
Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761Davidson's bush-mallow
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Hypoponera johannae Forel, 1891
Hypoponera ludovicae Forel, 1892
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894Ant
Ireneopone gibber (Donisthorpe, 1946)⇒ Nesomyrmex gibber Donisthorpe, 1946
Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus Latreille, 1798Jet Ant
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius (Lasius) emarginatus Olivier, 1792Bicoloured ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861Ant
Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Leptothorax nylanderi euxanthus (Plateaux, 1981)⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Monomorium cryptobium Santschi, 1921
Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851
Monomorium elongatum Smith, 1876
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium sechellense (Emery, 1894)⇒ Syllophopsis sechellensis Emery, 1894
Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
Nesomyrmex gibber Donisthorpe, 1946
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia dodo Donisthorpe, 1946
Nylanderia madagascarensis Forel, 1886
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Ochetellus vinsoni Donisthorpe, 1946Cuneate montacutid
Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907Clonal raider ant
Pachycondyla obscurans Walker, 1859
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina madagascarensis Forel, 1886Ant
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Pheidole decepticon Fischer & Fi..., 2013
Pheidole dodo Fischer & Fi..., 2013
Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858Harvester-ant
Pheidole flavens farquharensis (Forel, 1907)⇒ Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865
Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879Big-headed ant
Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole mus Forel, 1902
Pheidole noda Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865Seaside bittercress
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole teneriffana (Forel, 1893)⇒ Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879
Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851East Indian harvesting ant
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis madecassa Forel, 1892
Ponera incerta Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Ponera petila Wilson, 1957Lenticular axinopsid
Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Pristomyrmex bispinosus Donisthorpe, 1949
Pristomyrmex browni Wang, 2003
Pristomyrmex trispinosus Donisthorpe, 1946Cuneate montacutid
Proceratium avium Brown, 1974
Pyramica emmae Emery, 1890Ant
Pyramica ludovici (Forel, 1904)⇒ Strumigenys ludovici Forel, 1904
Pyramica mandibularis (Szabó, 1909)⇒ Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007
Pyramica nepalensis De Andrade, 1994
Pyramica simoni Emery, 1895
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Pyramica thaxteri Wheeler, 1916Yoldia macoma
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Solenopsis mameti Donisthorpe, 1946
Strumigenys agetos Fisher, 2000
Strumigenys anetes Brown, 1988
Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890Emma's Dacetine Ant
Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866Ant
Strumigenys ludovici Forel, 1904
Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007
Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890Ant
Strumigenys simoni Emery, 1895
Syllophopsis sechellensis Emery, 1894
Tapinoma fragile Smith, F., 1876
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876Ant
Tapinoma pomone Donisthorpe, 1947Heart axinopsid
Tapinoma subtile Santschi, 1911
Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861Ant
Technomyrmex pallipes Smith, F., 1876
Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921Ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846Bicoloured Pennant Ant
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857Ant
Tetramorium humbloti Forel, 1891
Tetramorium insolens Smith, F., 1861Ant
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870Ant
Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870Ant
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851Destroyer Ant

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Mauritius
SubfamilyCerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants		4
10		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
9
27		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
17
61		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
8
16		Genera
Species
Taxom



Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


Links, sources and further information
Formicidae at insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu
Formicidae at antcat.org
Formicidae at antwiki.org
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Formicidae at antweb.org
Formicidae at dyntaxa.se
Formicidae at gbif.org
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Formicidae at irmng.org
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