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Checklist for Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ants)
and region North Italy (Italy)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
542
7700
26252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
539
7691
26240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
516
7626
26097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
357
6345
22896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
67
1226
4635
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
57
1103
4157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
306
1483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
53
221
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
53
221
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Italy
53 Genera with 221 Species
#ABCDEFHLMOPRST
Acropyga Roger, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Adelomyrmex Fernández, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Amblyopone Erichson, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Anergates Forel, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1922Collared Ants12SpeciesTaxom
Bothriomyrmex Emery, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1913Black carpenter ant16SpeciesTaxom
Cardiocondyla Emery, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Cautolasius Wilson, 1955
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerapachys Smith, 1922Ant-raiding ant1SpeciesTaxom
Chalepoxenus Menozzi, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Cremastogaster arthuri-müll..., 04SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1853Acrobat Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopone Emery, 02SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Dorylus Fabricius, 1764driver ant1SpeciesTaxom
Epimyrma Ruzsky, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Eurhopalothrix Brown & Kempf, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1886And Field Ants30SpeciesTaxom
Formicoxenus Mayr, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Harpagoxenus Forel, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18593SpeciesTaxom
Labidus Jurine, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1903Citronella ants22SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 186932SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Liometopum Mayr, 1798Velvety Tree Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Manica Jurine, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 17986SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecina Curtis, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 18468SpeciesTaxom
Myrmicocrypta Smith, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Opisthoscyphus Mann, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1863Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1849Big-headed Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 19206SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1798Amazon ants1SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1853False Honey Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Proceratium Roger, 1860Hairy Curltail Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Rogeria Emery, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Smithistruma Brown, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1798Fire ants1SpeciesTaxom
Stenamma Westwood, 20114SpeciesTaxom
Strongylognathus Mayr, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 20126SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1798Acorn Ants24SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1883Fierce Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Italy
221 Species and 17 Subspecies
Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) wheeleri (Mann, 1922)⇒ Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Adelomyrmex myops Wheeler, 1910
Amblyopone denticulata Roger, 1859
Amblyopone denticulatum Roger, 1859
Amblyopone impressifrons Emery, 1869
Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Anochetus minans Mann, 1922
Aphaenogaster (Aphaenogaster) ionia Santschi, 1933
Aphaenogaster spinosa spinosa Emery, 1878
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) dulcineae Santschi, 1919
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) epirotes Emery, 1895
Aphaenogaster gibbosa gibbosa Latreille, 1798
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) italica Bondroit, 1918
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) muelleriana Wolf, 1915
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) ovaticeps Emery, 1898Fat gaper
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) splendida Roger, 1859Pure mysella
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) subterranea Latreille, 1798Many-line lucine
Aphaenogaster subterranea subterranea Latreille, 1798
Aphaenogaster honduriana Mann, 1922
Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Bothriomyrmex gibbus (Soudek, 1925)⇒ Bothriomyrmex corsicus Santschi, 1923
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) vagus Scopoli, 1763Henslow peaclam
Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus Spinola, 1808
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) dalmaticus Nylander, 1849
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) fallax Nylander, 1856
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) lateralis (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) piceus Leach, 1825Atlantic giant cockle
Camponotus piceus piceus Leach, 1825
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) tergestinus Müller, 1921
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cruentatus Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops Latreille, 1798Arnold's dogwood
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) marginatus (Latreille, 1798)⇒ Camponotus aethiops Latreille, 1798
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sylvaticus Olivier, 1792
Camponotus rebeccae Forel, 1913
Cardiocondyla elegans (Emery, 1869)⇒ Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
Cerapachys (Parasyscia) hondurianus Mann, 1922
Chalepoxenus muellerianus (Finzi, 1922)⇒ Temnothorax muellerianus Finzi, 1922
Cremastogaster (Acrocoelia) schmidti Mayr, 1852
Cremastogaster (Acrocoelia) scutellaris Emery, 1869
Cremastogaster sordidula mayri Mayr, 1853
Cremastogaster sordidula sordidula
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) scutellaris Olivier, 1792Cocktail Ant
Crematogaster borneensis harpyia Forel, 1911
Crematogaster schmidti Mayr, 1853
Cryptopone ochracea Mayr, 1855
Cryptopone ochraceum ochraceum
Cyphomyrmex deformis Spinola, 1851
Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) quadripunctatus Linnaeus, 1771
Dorylus (Dorylus) helvolus Linnaeus, 1764Wavy amphissa
Epimyrma ravouxi (André, 1896)⇒ Temnothorax ravouxi André, 1896
Eurhopalothrix gravis (Mann, 1922)⇒ Basiceros grave Mann, 1922
Formica (Coptoformica) exsecta Nylander, 1846Excised wood ant
Formica exsecta etrusca (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Formica exsecta Nylander, 1846
Formica exsecta exsecta Nylander, 1846
Formica (Coptoformica) foreli Bondroit, 1918
Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Formica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955Scottish Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838Hairy wood ant
Formica (Formica) nigricans (Emery, 1909)⇒ Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
Formica (Formica) paralugubris Seifert, 1996
Formica (Formica) polyctena Förster, 1850European Red Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) pratensis Retzius, 1783Black-backed meadow ant
Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761Davidson's bush-mallow
Formica (Formica) truncorum Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798Blood-Red Ant
Formica (Serviformica) candida Smith, F., 1878Black bog ant
Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853
Formica cinerea cinerea Mayr, 1853
Formica cinerea fuscocinerea Forel, 1874
Formica (Serviformica) cinereorufibarbis Forel, 1874
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica (Serviformica) gagates Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) lemani Bondroit, 1917
Formica (Serviformica) picea (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
Formica (Serviformica) pyrenaea Bondroit, 1918
Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793Red barbed ant
Formica (Serviformica) selysi Bondroit, 1918
Formica (Serviformica) subrufoides Forel, 1913
Formica (Serviformica) transkaucasica (Nasonov, 1889)⇒ Formica candida Smith, F., 1878
Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886Allegheny mound ant
Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846Shining guest ant
Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nylander, 1849
Hypoponera abeillei André, 1881Atlantic surfclam
Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Labidus coeca Latreille, 1802
Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Lasius (Austrolasius) carniolicus Mayr, 1861Wrinkled montacutid
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Cautolasius) myops Forel, 1894
Lasius (Chthonolasius) bicornis Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Lasius (Chthonolasius) citrinus Emery, 1922Carpenter carditid
Lasius (Chthonolasius) distinguendus Emery, 1916Constricted macoma
Lasius (Chthonolasius) meridionalis Bondroit, 1920
Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846
Lasius (Chthonolasius) rabaudi Bondroit, 1917
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus Latreille, 1798Jet Ant
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius (Lasius) brunneus Latreille, 1798Brown Ant
Lasius (Lasius) emarginatus Olivier, 1792Bicoloured ant
Lasius (Lasius) lasioides Emery, 1869Cheating macoma
Lasius (Lasius) neglectus Van Loon, Bo..., 1990Invasive garden ant
Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893Cornfield ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Lasius (Lasius) paralienus Seifert, 1992
Lasius (Lasius) platythorax Seifert, 1991Morsel macoma
Lasius (Lasius) turcicus Santschi, 1921
Lasius himalayanus Bingham, 1903Sculptured pigtoe
Leptogenys (Leptogenys) donisthorpei Mann, 1922
Leptogenys (Lobopelta) honduriana Mann, 1922
Leptogenys (Lobopelta) imperatrix Mann, 1922
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) acervorum Fabricius, 1793Slender Ant
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) gredleri Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Leptothorax (Myrafant) affinis (Mayr, 1855)⇒ Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax (Myrafant) angustulus (Nylander, 1856)⇒ Temnothorax angustulus Nylander, 1856
Leptothorax (Myrafant) carinthiacus (Bernard, 1957)⇒ Temnothorax sordidulus Müller, 1923
Leptothorax (Myrafant) clypeatus (Mayr, 1853)⇒ Temnothorax clypeatus Mayr, 1853
Leptothorax (Myrafant) corticalis (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax corticalis Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax exilis exilis
Leptothorax exilis leviceps Emery, 1898
Leptothorax exilis specularis (Emery, 1916)⇒ Temnothorax specularis Emery, 1916
Leptothorax (Myrafant) flavicornis (Emery, 1870)⇒ Temnothorax flavicornis Emery, 1870
Leptothorax (Myrafant) interruptus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) italicus (Consani, 1952)⇒ Temnothorax italicus Consani, 1952
Leptothorax (Myrafant) lichtensteini (Bondroit, 1918)⇒ Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918
Leptothorax (Myrafant) luteus (Forel, 1874)⇒ Temnothorax luteus Forel, 1874
Leptothorax (Myrafant) melanocephalus Emery, 1870
Leptothorax (Myrafant) niger (Forel, 1894)⇒ Temnothorax niger Forel, 1894
Leptothorax (Myrafant) nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)⇒ Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
Leptothorax (Myrafant) parvulus (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax parvulus Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918)⇒ Temnothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918
Leptothorax (Myrafant) rottenbergii (Emery, 1870)⇒ Temnothorax rottenbergii Emery, 1870
Leptothorax (Myrafant) sordidulus (Mueller, 1923)⇒ Temnothorax sordidulus Müller, 1923
Leptothorax sordidulus sordidulus (Mueller, 1923)⇒ Temnothorax sordidulus Müller, 1923
Leptothorax sordidulus tergestinus (Finzi, 1928)⇒ Temnothorax sordidulus Müller, 1923
Leptothorax (Myrafant) tristis (Bondroit, 1918)⇒ Temnothorax luteus Forel, 1874
Leptothorax (Myrafant) tuberum Fabricius, 1775Shiny dwarf-tellin
Leptothorax (Myrafant) unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798)⇒ Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
Leptothorax (Myrmammophilus) finzii (Menozzi, 1925)⇒ Temnothorax finzii Menozzi, 1925
Leptothorax (Temnothorax) recedens (Nylander, 1856)⇒ Temnothorax recedens Nylander, 1856
Leptothorax (Temnothorax) rogeri (Emery, 1869)⇒ Temnothorax recedens Nylander, 1856
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Liometopum microcephalum Panzer, 1798
Manica rubida Latreille, 1802
Messor barbarus Linnaeus, 1767Harvester ant
Messor capitatus Latreille, 1798European Seed Harvesting Ant
Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931Grooved fingernailclam
Messor meridionalis André, 1883
Messor minor André, 1883Cuba transennella
Messor structor Latreille, 1798Colorful transennella
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Myrmecina graminicola Latreille, 1802Grass Ant
Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica lobulicornis (Nylander, 1857)⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861Newcomb pitar
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846Ant
Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846Micro-whip scorpions
Myrmicocrypta ednaella Mann, 1922
Opisthoscyphus scabrosus Mann, 1922
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pachycondyla succedanea Roger, 1863
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole pallidula Nylander, 1849Cumberland leafshell
Plagiolepis (Paraplagiolepis) xene Stärcke, 1936
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923Inflated axinopsid
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) vindobonensis (Lomnicki, 1925)⇒ Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920
Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889Giant cleftclam
Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798European Amazon ant
Ponera coarctata Latreille, 1802Indolent Ant
Ponera testacea Emery, 1895
Prenolepis nitens Mayr, 1853
Proceratium melinum Roger, 1860
Rogeria inermis Mann, 1922
Rogeria scandens Mann, 1922Thick cyclocardia
Smithistruma baudueri Emery, 1875
Smithistruma tenuipilis Emery, 1915
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) fugax Latreille, 1798Tellin semele
Stenamma debile Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Stenamma diversum Mann, 1922
Stenamma striatulum Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Stenamma zanoni Rigato, 2011
Strongylognathus testaceus Schenck, 1852Surinam strigilla
Tapinoma (Micromyrma) pygmaeum Dufour, 1857
Tapinoma (Tapinoma) ambiguum (Emery, 1925)⇒ Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
Tapinoma (Tapinoma) erraticum Latreille, 1798Erratic ant
Tapinoma (Tapinoma) nigerrimum Nylander, 1856
Tapinoma madeirense Forel, 1895
Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
Temnothorax affinis Mayr, 1855
Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Temnothorax angustulus Nylander, 1856
Temnothorax clypeatus Mayr, 1853
Temnothorax corticalis Schenck, 1852
Temnothorax finzii Menozzi, 1925
Temnothorax flavicornis Emery, 1870
Temnothorax interruptus Schenck, 1852Long-spined Ant
Temnothorax italicus Consani, 1952
Temnothorax kraussei Emery, 1916
Temnothorax lichtensteini Bondroit, 1918
Temnothorax luteus Forel, 1874
Temnothorax muellerianus Finzi, 1922
Temnothorax niger Forel, 1894
Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Temnothorax parvulus Schenck, 1852
Temnothorax racovitzai Bondroit, 1918
Temnothorax ravouxi André, 1896
Temnothorax recedens Nylander, 1856
Temnothorax rottenbergii Emery, 1870
Temnothorax sordidulus Müller, 1923
Temnothorax specularis Emery, 1916
Temnothorax unifasciatus Latreille, 1798
Tetramorium atratulum Schenck, 1852
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium impurum Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma
Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvíl, 1941
Tetramorium semilaeve André, 1883Cuba transennella
Typhlomyrmex rogenhoferi Mayr, 1862

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in North Italy
SubfamilyCerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDorylinae
Leach, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEcitoninae
Forel, 1893
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
8
73
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
27
114
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
10
19
Genera
Species

Taxom



Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


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