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Checklist for Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ants)
and region Mpumalanga (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
367
3203
5874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
366
3200
5869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
3109
5725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
232
2687
5114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
45
354
812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
351
810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
225
702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
59
210
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
59
210
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mpumalanga
59 Genera with 210 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPRST
Acropyga Roger, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Aenictus Shuckard, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Afroxyidris Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Agraulomyrmex Prins, 1983
0SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Atopomyrmex André, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Bothroponera Smith, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1912Rover ants1SpeciesTaxom
Calyptomyrmex Emery, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1892Black carpenter ant25SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 19083SpeciesTaxom
Carebara Westwood, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Cataulacus Smith, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerapachys Smith, 1857
Ant-raiding ant0SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1901Acrobat Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Decamorium Mayr, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Discothyrea Roger, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1817driver ant3SpeciesTaxom
Eburopone Borowiec, 2016
0SpeciesTaxom
Euponera Forel, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Hagensia Forel, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 20114SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 19206SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 19132SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Melissotarsus Emery, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 19816SpeciesTaxom
Mesoponera Emery, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 193029SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicaria Saunders, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1915Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Ocymyrmex Emery, 19814SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1914Trap-jaw ants2SpeciesTaxom
Oligomyrmex Westwood, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Ophthalmopone Forel, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1862Panther Ants10SpeciesTaxom
Parasyscia Emery, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1863
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1901Big-headed Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Platythyrea Roger, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Plectroctena F.Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18585SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19663SpeciesTaxom
Rhoptromyrmex Mayr, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 0Fire ants3SpeciesTaxom
Streblognathus Mayr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1983Miniature Trap-jaw Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Tapinolepis Emery, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Terataner Emery, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1976Fierce Ants41SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1915Slender ants4SpeciesTaxom
Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1865
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mpumalanga
210 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acropyga arnoldi Santschi, 1926Texas lilliput
Aenictus eugenii Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Aenictus furibundus Arnold, 1959Cracking pearly mussel
Aenictus mariae Emery, 1895Horned fairy shrimp
Aenictus rotundatus Mayr, 1901San Diego fairy shrimp
Anochetus bequaerti Forel, 1913
Anochetus levaillanti Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Anochetus natalensis Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Anoplolepis custodiens Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Anoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, 1894Black pugnacious ant
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889
Bothroponera berthoudi Forel, 1901
Bothroponera crassa Emery, 1877
Bothroponera soror Emery, 1899
Bothroponera strigulosa Emery, 1895
Brachymyrmex incisus Forel, 1912
Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915
Camponotus (Myrmespera) transvaalensis Arnold, 1948Fringed littleneck
Camponotus (Myrmisolepis) braunsi Mayr, 1895False spike
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) fulvopilosus De Geer, 1778South African Golden Desert Ant
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) niveosetosus Mayr, 1862Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) mystaceus Emery, 1886
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) eugeniae Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) petersii Emery, 1895Southern acornshell
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) valdeziae Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) aequitas Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster Emery, 1895
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) mayri Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) buttikeri Arnold, 1958Tiny condylclam
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) congolensis Emery, 1899Tubercled blossom
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) etiolipes Bolton, 1995Lens lucine
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) thraso Forel, 1893Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894Pale lilliput
Camponotus caffer Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Camponotus cosmicus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus cubangensis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881Ant
Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891
Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908Ant
Carebara perpusilla Emery, 1895
Carebara vidua (Smith, 1858)⇒ Carebara junodi Forel, 1904
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) castanea Smith, F., 1858Catspaw
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) rectinota Forel, 1913
Crematogaster arboreus Smith, 1858
Crematogaster opaciceps Mayr, 1901
Decamorium decem Forel, 1913
Discothyrea traegaordhi Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Dorylus (Dorylus) braunsi Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764Wavy amphissa
Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817
Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913
Euponera wroughtoni Forel, 1901
Hypoponera dulcis Forel, 1907Wavy-line astarte
Hypoponera ignavia Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Hypoponera indet
Hypoponera meridia Bolton & Fisher, 2011
Lepisiota arnoldi Forel, 1913Alaska great-tellin
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Lepisiota crinita Mayr, 1895
Lepisiota imperfecta Santschi, 1926Northern dwarf-tellin
Lepisiota spinosior Forel, 1913
Lepisiota submetallica Arnold, 1920
Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902
Leptogenys schwabi Forel, 1913
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Melissotarsus beccarii Emery, 1877
Meranoplus glaber Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Meranoplus magrettii Magretti, 1884
Meranoplus nanus André, 1892
Meranoplus peringueyi Emery, 1886
Meranoplus sthenus Bolton, 1981
Mesoponera caffraria Smith, F., 1858
Messor capensis Mayr, 1862
Messor piceus Stitz, 1923
Monomorium afrc
Monomorium albopilosum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Monomorium boerorum Forel, 1910
Monomorium damarense Forel, 1910
Monomorium delagoense (Forel, 1894)⇒ Monomorium herero Forel, 1910
Monomorium disertum Forel, 1913
Monomorium emeryi Mayr, 1895San Pedro mysella
Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894
Monomorium fastidium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium guillarmodi Arnold, 1946
Monomorium havilandi Forel, 1910
Monomorium intrudens Smith, 1874Arnold's dogwood
Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910
Monomorium kelapre Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium mavide Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium mediocre Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Monomorium mictile Forel, 1910
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Monomorium opacum Forel, 1913
Monomorium osiridis Santschi, 1915Pale lilliput
Monomorium rastractum Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Monomorium junodi Forel, 1910
Monomorium shilohense Forel, 1913
Monomorium springvalense Forel, 1913
Monomorium symmotu Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium taedium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium termitobium Forel, 1892
Monomorium vaguum Santschi, 1930
Myrmicaria faurei Arnold, 1947
Myrmicaria natalensis Smith, 1858Giant cleftclam
Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla & Fi..., 2011
Nylanderia natalenis Forel, 1915
Ocymyrmex barbiger Emery, 1886
Ocymyrmex foreli Arnold, 1916
Ocymyrmex fortior Santschi, 1911
Ocymyrmex sphinx Bolton, 1981
Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Ophthalmopone berthoudi Weber, 1942
Pachycondyla ambigua (André, 1890)⇒ Mesoponera ambigua André, 1890
Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802
Pachycondyla berthoudi Forel, 1890Striate hiatella
Pachycondyla caffraria Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Pachycondyla crassa Emery, 1877Downy venus
Pachycondyla kruegeri Forel, 1910Florida marshclam
Pachycondyla marleyi
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pachycondyla pumicosa Roger, 1860Florida marshclam
Pachycondyla sennaarensis Mayr, 1862
Pheidole afrc
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866Leptosynapta montacutid
Pheidole sharpi Forel, 1902
Pheidole strator Forel, 1910Wabash riffleshell
Pheidole tenuinodis Mayr, 1901Round combshell
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis puncta Forel, 1910
Platythyrea lamellosa Roger, 1860
Platythyrea schultzei Forel, 1910
Plectroctena mandibularis Smith, F., 1858
Polyrhachis (Myrma) gagates Smith, F., 1858
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis (Myrma) spinicola Forel, 1894
Polyrhachis (Myrma) vestita Smith, F., 1860Reddish lepton
Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858
Pyramica oxysma Bolton, 1983Trigonal tivela
Pyramica simoni Emery, 1895
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr, 1901
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) punctaticeps Mayr, 1865Northern riffleshell
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) spei Forel, 1912
Solenopsis indet
Streblognathus peetersi Robertson, 2002
Strumigenys havilandi Forel, 1905
Strumigenys irrorata Santschi, 1913Western pearlshell
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys norax Fisher, 2000
Strumigenys pretoriae Arnold, 1949
Strumigenys shaula Bolton, 1983Spiny jewelbox
Tapinoma pallipes Smith, 1876Ant
Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861Ant
Technomyrmex voeltzkowi Forel, 1907
Terataner transvaalensis Arnold, 1952Fringed littleneck
Tetramorium agile Arnold, 1960
Tetramorium altivagans Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Tetramorium amaurum Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium argenteopilosum Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium avium Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium baufra Bolton, 1976
Tetramorium bothae Forel, 1910
Tetramorium constanciae Arnold, 1917Swamp fingernailclam
Tetramorium delagoense Forel, 1894
Tetramorium emeryi Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium eminii Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Tetramorium erectum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium ericae Arnold, 1917Swamp fingernailclam
Tetramorium flaviceps Arnold, 1960
Tetramorium frenchi Forel, 1914
Tetramorium frigidum Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium grassii Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium hortorum Arnold, 1958Tiny condylclam
Tetramorium inezulae Forel, 1914Flattened carditid
Tetramorium laevithorax Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium lobulicorne Santschi, 1916
Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Tetramorium matopoense Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium microps Mayr, 1901Imperial venus
Tetramorium mossamedense Forel, 1901Round combshell
Tetramorium notiale Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium oatleyi
Tetramorium oculatum Forel, 1913
Tetramorium pusillum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium regulare Bolton, 1980False softshell
Tetramorium sepositum Santschi, 1918
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetramorium setigerum Mayr, 1901
Tetramorium setuliferum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium shilohense Forel, 1913
Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851Ant
Tetramorium thoth Bolton, 1976
Tetramorium traegaordhi Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Tetramorium vexator Arnold, 1926Lake fingernailclam
Tetramorium weitzeckeri Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Tetramorium yarthiellum Bolton, 1976
Tetraponera aethiops Smith, F., 1877Toughleaf dogwood
Tetraponera ambigua Emery, 1895Horseshoe crabs
Tetraponera emeryi Forel, 1911Cedar beetle
Tetraponera schulthessi Santschi, 1915Plain tellin

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Mpumalanga
SubfamilyAenictinae
Emery, 1901
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDorylinae
Leach, 1815
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
11
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
24
117
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
15
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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