Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 320
2212
3737 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 318
2210
3735 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 306
2162
3656 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 206
1743
3045 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 31
188
348 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 29
181
342 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 16
87
217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
40
116 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants | 40
116 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Mauritius
40 Genera with 116 Species
| Anochetus Mayr, 1994 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1895 | Rover ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyponera Emery, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1863 | Black carpenter ant | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1890 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cerapachys Smith, 1907 | Ant-raiding ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Colobopsis Mayr, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1925 | Acrobat Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Discothyrea Roger, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1906 | Cone ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1798 | And Field Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1894 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Ireneopone Wheeler, 1946 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1758 | Citronella ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1981 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1894 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmica Latreille, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1946 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1846 | Crazy ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ochetellus Shattuck, 1946 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ooceraea Smith, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1901 | Panther Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846 | Crazy ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1893 | Big-headed Ants | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851 | Marauder ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1892 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ponera Latreille, 1933 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pristomyrmex Mayr, 1946 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Proceratium Roger, 1974 | Hairy Curltail Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1916 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1946 | Fire ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1895 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Syllophopsis Santschi, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1911 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1921 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1851 | Fierce Ants | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Mauritius
116 Species and 4 Subspecies | Anochetus ambiguus ♰ De Andrade, 1994 | | | Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857 | Ant | | Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 | Inflated axinopsid | | Brachyponera obscurans Walker, 1859 | | | Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) niveosetosus Mayr, 1862 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius, 1798 | Texas lilliput | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus thraso diogenes Forel, 1909 | | | Camponotus aurosus Roger, 1863 | | | Camponotus cervicalis Roger, 1863 | | | Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1890 | Yellow sneaking ant | | Carebara creolei Azorsa & Fisher, 2018 | | | Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851 | | | Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907 | Ant | | Colobopsis cylindrica Fabricius, 1798 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858 | Catspaw | | Crematogaster dentata Dalla Torre, 1893 | | | Crematogaster sewellii dentata Dalla Torre, 1893 | | | Crematogaster unciata Santschi, 1925 | | | Discothyrea berlita Fisher, 2005 | | | Dorymyrmex bicolor Wheeler, W.M., 1906 | Bi-colored Pyramid Ant | | Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761 | Davidson's bush-mallow | | Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798 | | | Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894 | Compact astarte | | Hypoponera johannae Forel, 1891 | | | Hypoponera ludovicae Forel, 1892 | | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894 | Ant | | Ireneopone gibber (Donisthorpe, 1946) | ⇒ Nesomyrmex gibber Donisthorpe, 1946 | | Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus Latreille, 1798 | Jet Ant | | Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850 | Alien field ant | | Lasius (Lasius) emarginatus Olivier, 1792 | Bicoloured ant | | Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Garden Ant | | Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861 | Ant | | Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana 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, 1851 | Bicolored 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, 1946 | Cuneate montacutid | | Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907 | Clonal raider ant | | Pachycondyla obscurans Walker, 1859 | | | Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901 | | | Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886) | ⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886 | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Paratrechina madagascarensis Forel, 1886 | Ant | | Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846) | ⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846 | | Pheidole decepticon Fischer & Fi..., 2013 | | | Pheidole dodo Fischer & Fi..., 2013 | | | Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858 | Harvester-ant | | Pheidole flavens farquharensis (Forel, 1907) | ⇒ Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865 | | Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 | Big-headed ant | | Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874 | | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole mus Forel, 1902 | | | Pheidole noda Smith, 1874 | Arnold's dogwood | | Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865 | Seaside bittercress | | Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole teneriffana (Forel, 1893) | ⇒ Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 | | Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | East Indian harvesting ant | | Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894 | Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant | | Plagiolepis madecassa Forel, 1892 | | | Ponera incerta Wheeler, W.M., 1933 | Ample roughmya | | Ponera petila Wilson, 1957 | Lenticular axinopsid | | Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1933 | Ample roughmya | | Pristomyrmex bispinosus Donisthorpe, 1949 | | | Pristomyrmex browni Wang, 2003 | | | Pristomyrmex trispinosus Donisthorpe, 1946 | Cuneate montacutid | | Proceratium avium Brown, 1974 | | | Pyramica emmae Emery, 1890 | Ant | | 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, 1916 | Yoldia macoma | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804 | Fire Ant | | Solenopsis mameti Donisthorpe, 1946 | | | Strumigenys agetos Fisher, 2000 | | | Strumigenys anetes Brown, 1988 | | | Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890 | Emma's Dacetine Ant | | Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866 | Ant | | Strumigenys ludovici Forel, 1904 | | | Strumigenys maxillaris Baroni Urbani, 2007 | | | Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890 | Ant | | Strumigenys simoni Emery, 1895 | | | Syllophopsis sechellensis Emery, 1894 | | | Tapinoma fragile Smith, F., 1876 | | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876 | Ant | | Tapinoma pomone Donisthorpe, 1947 | Heart axinopsid | | Tapinoma subtile Santschi, 1911 | | | Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861 | Ant | | Technomyrmex pallipes Smith, F., 1876 | | | Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921 | Ant | | Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846 | Bicoloured Pennant Ant | | Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | Carpenter carditid | | Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857 | Ant | | Tetramorium humbloti Forel, 1891 | | | Tetramorium insolens Smith, F., 1861 | Ant | | Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851 | Destroyer Ant |
Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Mauritius
 | | Formicidae (Latreille 1809) |
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