Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Senegal (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 338
3016
6550 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 336
3013
6546 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 323
2966
6448 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 205
2383
5597 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 41
412
973 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 40
409
971 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 17
195
528 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
52
151 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants | 52
151 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Senegal
52 Genera with 151 Species
| Aenictus Shuckard, 2022 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Anochetus Mayr, 1884 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Atopomyrmex André, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bothroponera Smith, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyponera Emery, 1921 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1914 | Black carpenter ant | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 2002 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1914 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cataglyphis Förster, 1916 | Desert ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cataulacus Smith, 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1922 | Acrobat Ants | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1910 | driver ant | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Euponera Forel, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1995 | And Field Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1859 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lepisiota Santschi, 1913 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1914 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megaponera Mayr, 1802 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melissotarsus Emery, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoponera Emery, 1914 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1987 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1922 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 2011 | Crazy ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1914 | Trap-jaw ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophylla Smith, 1802 | Green ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1798 | Panther Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Paltothyreus Mayr, 1798 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasyscia Emery, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1920 | Crazy ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1904 | Big-headed Ants | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851 | Marauder ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1890 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Podomyrma Smith, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Probolomyrmex Mayr, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psalidomyrmex André, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1858 | Fire ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmatomma Roger, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1895 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinolepis Emery, 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1793 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1851 | Fierce Ants | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1890 | Slender ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1892 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Zasphinctus Wheeler, 2025 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Senegal
151 Species and 8 Subspecies | Aenictus furculatus Santschi, 1919 | Tennessee riffleshell | | Aenictus fuscovarius Gerstaecker, 1859 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Aenictus guineensis Santschi, 1924 | | | Aenictus humeralis Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Aenictus humeralis chevalieri Santschi, 1910 | | | Aenictus nyuyi Gómez, 2022 | | | Aenictus soudanicus Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Aenictus ugaduwensis Gómez, 2022 | | | Anochetus katonae Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Anochetus sedilloti Emery, 1884 | Herrington fingernailclam | | Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889 | | | Bothroponera talpa André, 1890 | | | Brachyponera sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Brachyponera sennaarensis decolor Santschi, 1921 | | | Camponotus (Myrmopelta) vividus Smith, F., 1858 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) eugeniae Forel, 1879 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851 | Cumberland leafshell | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) vestitus Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus Forel, 1879 | Eastern aligena | | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius, 1798 | Texas lilliput | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) acvapimensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aegyptiacus Emery, 1915 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oasium Forel, 1890 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) solon Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus solon chiton Emery, 1925 | | | Camponotus abjectus Santschi, 1937 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Camponotus bituberculatus André, 1889 | | | Camponotus compressiscapus André, 1889 | | | Camponotus feai Emery, 1882 | | | Camponotus ilgii Forel, 1894 | | | Camponotus orthodoxus Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla neferka Bolton, 1982 | Painted sunsetclam | | Cardiocondyla yoruba Rigato, 2002 | | | Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851 | | | Carebara guineana Fernández, 2006 | | | Carebara sicheli Mayr, 1862 | | | Carebara silvestrii (Santschi, 1914) | ⇒ Carebara guineana Fernández, 2006 | | Cataglyphis bicolor congolensis Stitz, 1916 | | | Cataulacus guineensis Smith, 1853 | Stout tagelus | | Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) kneri Mayr, 1862 | Northern riffleshell | | Crematogaster kneri dakarensis Santschi, 1914 | | | Crematogaster censor Forel, 1910 | Painted eggcockle | | Crematogaster cicatriculosa Roger, 1863 | | | Crematogaster coelestis Santschi, 1911 | | | Crematogaster senegalensis Roger, 1863 | Nuttall cockle | | Crematogaster stenocephala Emery, 1922 | Carpenter carditid | | Dorylus (Anomma) nigricans Illiger, 1802 | Inflated axinopsid | | Dorylus nigricans burmeisteri Shuckard, 1840 | | | Dorylus (Anomma) rufescens Santschi, 1915 | Pale lilliput | | Dorylus (Dorylus) affinis Shuckard, 1840 | Catspaw | | Dorylus (Rhogmus) fimbriatus Shuckard, 1840 | Tennessee riffleshell | | Dorylus (Typhlopone) fulvus Westwood, 1839 | Blake lucine | | Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817 | | | Dorylus striatidens Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Euponera brunoi Forel, 1913 | | | Formica ferruginea (Bolton, 1995) | ⇒ Camponotus chromaiodes Bolton, 1995 | | Hypoponera angustata Santschi, 1914 | | | Hypoponera coeca Santschi, 1914 | | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Lepisiota ambigua Santschi, 1935 | | | Lepisiota canescens Emery, 1897 | Cuba lucine | | Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862 | Alaska great-tellin | | Lepisiota capensis laevis Santschi, 1913 | | | Leptogenys furtiva Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Leptogenys longiceps Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Leptothorax angustulus silvanus Forel, 1907 | | | Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) angulatus (Mayr, 1862) | ⇒ Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862 | | Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802 | Matabele ant | | Melissotarsus emeryi Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Meranoplus inermis Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Mesoponera caffraria Smith, F., 1858 | | | Mesoponera senegalensis Santschi, 1914 | | | Messor galla Mayr, 1904 | Japanese horseshoe crab | | Messor regalis Emery, 1892 | | | Monomorium afrum André, 1884 | | | Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911 | | | Monomorium australe Emery, 1886 | | | Monomorium balathir Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium bicolor (Emery, 1877) | ⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | Monomorium dakarense Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) | ⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851 | | Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Monomorium rosae Santschi, 1920 | Giant cleftclam | | Monomorium senegalense Roger, 1862 | Subglobose diplodon | | Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858) | ⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | Monomorium trake Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium vonatu Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Myrmicaria fumata Santschi, 1915 | | | Myrmicaria morettoi Scupola, 2019 | | | Myrmicaria salambo Wheeler, 1922 | | | Nylanderia umbella LaPolla & Fi..., 2011 | | | Ocymyrmex tachys Bolton & Marsh, 1989 | | | Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802 | African weaver ant | | Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802) | ⇒ Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802 | | Pachycondyla castanea Mayr, 1865 | | | Pachycondyla castaneicolor Dalla Torre, 1893 | Striate tellin | | Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901 | | | Pachycondyla tarsata Fabricius, 1798 | Rose-painted semele | | Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798 | | | Paraparatrechina subtilis Santschi, 1920 | | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Paratrechina subtilis Santschi, 1920 | | | Pheidole aeberlii Forel, 1894 | Eastern pearlshell | | Pheidole aurivillii Mayr, 1896 | Catspaw | | Pheidole guineensis Fabricius, 1793 | | | Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874 | | | Pheidole mayri Forel, 1894 | | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole occipitalis André, 1890 | Northern riffleshell | | Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877 | | | Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866 | Cumberland leafshell | | Pheidole termitophila Forel, 1904 | Southern acornshell | | Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | East Indian harvesting ant | | Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894 | Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant | | Platythyrea modesta Emery, 1899 | Tubercled blossom | | Platythyrea occidentalis André, 1890 | | | Podomyrma testacea Donisthorpe, 1949 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858 | | | Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965 | Hardy orange | | Psalidomyrmex foveolatus André, 1890 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) orbuloides André, 1890 | | | Solenopsis (Euophthalma) globularia Smith, F., 1858 | Ant | | Stigmatomma santschii Menozzi, 1922 | | | Strumigenys rufobrunea Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Strumigenys simoni Emery, 1895 | | | Tapinolepis pernix Viehmeyer, 1923 | | | Tapinoma carininotum Weber, 1943 | | | Tapinoma demissum Bolton, 1995 | Lens lucine | | Tapinoma luteum Emery, 1895 | | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Tetramorium aculeatum Mayr, 1866 | Green blossom | | Tetramorium angulinode Santschi, 1910 | Catspaw | | Tetramorium ataxium Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846 | Bicoloured Pennant Ant | | Tetramorium caldarium Roger, 1857 | Ant | | Tetramorium calinum Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Tetramorium eminii Forel, 1894 | Compact astarte | | Tetramorium guineense (Bernard, 1953) | ⇒ Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846 | | Tetramorium muralti Forel, 1910 | | | Tetramorium rimytyum Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Tetraponera ambigua Emery, 1895 | Horseshoe crabs | | Tetraponera claveaui Santschi, 1913 | | | Tetraponera continua Forel, 1907 | | | Tetraponera mocquerysi André, 1890 | | | Trichomyrmex abyssinicus Forel, 1894 | | | Trichomyrmex oscaris Forel, 1894 | | | Trichomyrmex robustior Forel, 1892 | | | Zasphinctus ndouri Hita Garcia ..., 2025 | |
Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Senegal
 | | Formicidae (Latreille 1809) |
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