Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Niger (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 186
1173
2132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 186
1173
2132 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 173
1141
2088 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 111
912
1786 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 23
126
244 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 23
126
244 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 13
94
203 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
15
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants | 15
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Niger
15 Genera with 25 Species | Aenictus Shuckard, 1924 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bondroitia Forel, 1923 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyponera Emery, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1890 | Black carpenter ant | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cataglyphis Förster, 1916 | Desert ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1863 | Acrobat Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1910 | driver ant | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptanilla Emery, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1877 | Fierce Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1907 | Slender ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Niger
25 Species and 4 Subspecies | Aenictus humeralis Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Aenictus vagans Santschi, 1924 | White cat's paw pearly mussel | | Bondroitia saharensis Santschi, 1923 | Squillaclam | | Brachyponera sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Camponotus sericeus euchrous Santschi, 1926 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aegyptiacus Emery, 1915 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) guttatus Emery, 1899 | Tubercled blossom | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oasium Forel, 1890 | | | Cataglyphis bicolor congolensis Stitz, 1916 | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) laestrygon Emery, 1869 | Catspaw | | Crematogaster laestrygon airensis Santschi, 1937 | | | Crematogaster chopardi Bernard, 1950 | Contracted semele | | Crematogaster senegalensis Roger, 1863 | Nuttall cockle | | Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis Shuckard, 1840 | Catspaw | | Dorylus affinis denudatus Santschi, 1910 | | | Leptanilla africana Baroni Urbani, 1977 | Oval tellin | | Leptanilla thai Baroni Urbani, 1977 | Oval tellin | | Messor collingwoodi Bolton, 1982 | Painted sunsetclam | | Messor galla Mayr, 1904 | Japanese horseshoe crab | | Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911 | | | Monomorium australe Emery, 1886 | | | Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858) | ⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862 | | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetraponera continua Forel, 1907 | | | Trichomyrmex mayri Forel, 1902 | |
Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Niger
 | | Formicidae (Latreille 1809) |
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