Checklist of Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ant)
for Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 318
2012
3743 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 316
2008
3738 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 308
1984
3697 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 198
1530
2907 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 30
168
308 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 29
167
307 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
90
206 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
51
142 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ant, Ants | 51
142 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Seychelles
51 Genera with 142 Species
| Adelomyrmex Fernández, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anochetus Mayr, 2008 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1895 | Rover ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1912 | Black carpenter ant | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1890 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cataglyphis Förster, 1833 | Desert ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerapachys Smith, 1907 | Ant-raiding ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1891 | Acrobat Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 1862 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ectatomma Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnamptogenys Roger, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1894 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1893 | Citronella ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1897 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mesoponera Emery, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1892 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Neostruma Brown, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1846 | Crazy ants | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1914 | Trap-jaw ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ooceraea Smith, 1907 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1804 | Panther Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 2014 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846 | Crazy ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1893 | Big-headed Ants | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidologeton Mayr, 1851 | Marauder ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ponera Latreille, 1933 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Prenolepis Mayr, 1836 | False Honey Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prionopelta Mayr, 2015 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Proceratium Roger, 1863 | Hairy Curltail Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1893 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rogeria Emery, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 0 | Fire ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stenamma Westwood, 1931 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmatomma Roger, 2016 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1886 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Syllophopsis Santschi, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1911 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1921 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Terataner Emery, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1892 | Fierce Ants | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1851 | Slender ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vollenhovia Mayr, 1912 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Wasmannia Forel, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Seychelles
142 Species and 8 Subspecies | Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870 | | | Anochetus madagascarensis Forel, 1887 | | | Anochetus mayri Emery, 1884 | Ant | | Anochetus pattersoni Fisher, 2008 | | | Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857 | Ant | | Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 | Inflated axinopsid | | Camponotus (Myrmamblys) reticulatus (Roger, 1863) | ⇒ Camponotus spenceri Clark, 1930 | | Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) chazaliei Forel, 1899 | | | Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) mus Roger, 1863 | | | Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) darwinii Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793 | Hatchet surfclam | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) foraminosus Forel, 1879 | Eastern aligena | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Myrmotrema) olivieri Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894 | Pale lilliput | | Camponotus boivini Forel, 2022 | | | Camponotus hova Forel, 1891 | Inflated axinopsid | | Camponotus hova fulvus Emery, 1894 | | | Camponotus mixtellus Dalla Torre, 1893 | | | Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Camponotus robecchii assumptionis Crawley, 1921 | | | Camponotus strangulatus Santschi, 1911 | | | Camponotus thomasseti Forel, 1912 | | | Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla minutior (Forel, 1899) | ⇒ Cardiocondyla nudus Mayr, 1866 | | Cardiocondyla nudus Mayr, 1866 | | | Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel, 1890 | Yellow sneaking ant | | Carebara creolei Azorsa & Fisher, 2018 | | | Carebara diversa Jerdon, 1851 | | | Cataglyphis nodus Brullé, 1833 | | | Cerapachys biroi Forel, 1907 | Ant | | Crematogaster kelleri Forel, 1891 | | | Crematogaster rasoherinae Forel, 1891 | Carpenter carditid | | Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862 | Ant | | Gnamptogenys striatula Mayr, 1884 | | | Gnamptogenys sulcata Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894 | Compact astarte | | Hypoponera indet | | | Hypoponera johannae Forel, 1891 | | | Hypoponera pia Forel, 1901 | | | Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859 | Pantropical mini-ponerine ant | | Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894 | Ant | | Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893 | Cornfield ant | | Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861 | Ant | | Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Leptogenys truncatirostris Forel, 1897 | Eastern aligena | | Mesoponera melanaria Emery, 1893 | | | Mesoponera melanaria macra Emery, 1894 | | | Monomorium cryptobium Santschi, 1921 | | | Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) | ⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851 | | Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891 | Ant | | Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851 | Bicolored trailing ant | | Monomorium madecassum Forel, 1892 | | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Monomorium sechellense (Emery, 1894) | ⇒ Syllophopsis sechellensis Emery, 1894 | | Monomorium termitobium Forel, 1892 | | | Nesomyrmex angulatus Mayr, 1862 | | | Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886 | | | Nylanderia bourbonica farquharensis Forel, 1907 | | | Nylanderia madagascarensis Forel, 1886 | | | Nylanderia madagascarensis rufescens Wheeler, W.M., 1922 | | | Nylanderia madagascarensis sechellensis Emery, 1894 | | | Nylanderia mixta Forel, 1897 | | | Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893 | | | Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846 | | | Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892 | Little-wing pearly mussel | | Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858 | | | Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Ooceraea biroi Forel, 1907 | Clonal raider ant | | Pachycondyla melanaria Emery, 1893 | | | Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804) | ⇒ Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804 | | Paraparatrechina illusio LaPolla & Fi..., 2014 | | | Paraparatrechina luminella LaPolla & Fi..., 2014 | | | 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 (Hendecapheidole) mendicula Wheeler, W.M., 1925 | Blake lucine | | Pheidole braueri Forel, 1897 | Eastern aligena | | Pheidole decepticon Fischer & Fi..., 2013 | | | Pheidole flavens (Roger, 1863) | ⇒ Pheidole sculptior Forel, 1893 | | Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 | Big-headed ant | | Pheidole jelskii Mayr, 1884 | | | Pheidole jordanica Saulcy, 1874 | | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865 | Seaside bittercress | | Pheidole punctulata Mayr, 1866 | Leptosynapta montacutid | | Pheidole spinosa Forel, 1891 | | | Pheidole subarmata Radoszkowsky, 1884 | | | 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 exigua Forel, 1894 | | | Plagiolepis madecassa Forel, 1892 | | | Plagiolepis puncta Forel, 1910 | | | Platythyrea parallela Smith, F., 1859 | Northern broadnosed killer ant | | Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863 | | | Ponera adumbrans Csősz & Fisher, 2023 | | | Ponera exotica Smith, M.R., 1962 | Ant | | Ponera incerta Wheeler, W.M., 1933 | Ample roughmya | | Ponera petila Wilson, 1957 | Lenticular axinopsid | | Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1933 | Ample roughmya | | Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836 | False Honey Ant | | Prionopelta seychelles Overson & Fi..., 2015 | | | Pyramica eggersi Emery, 1890 | Ant | | Pyramica emmae Emery, 1890 | Ant | | Pyramica margaritae Forel, 1893 | Ant | | Rhytidoponera punctata Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894 | | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) papuana Emery, 1900 | Ant | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) seychellensis Forel, 1909 | Lilliput | | Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804 | Fire Ant | | Solenopsis indet | | | Stenamma schmidti Menozzi, 1931 | | | Stigmatomma besucheti Baroni Urbani, 1978 | | | Stigmatomma janovitsika De Araujo Es..., 2016 | | | Strumigenys biolleyi Forel, 1908 | | | Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890 | Emma's Dacetine Ant | | Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866 | Ant | | Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000 | | | Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869 | Membraniferous Dacetine Ant | | Strumigenys rogeri Emery, 1890 | Ant | | Strumigenys scotti Forel, 1912 | | | Strumigenys smithii Forel, 1886 | Atlantic diplodon | | Syllophopsis sechellensis Emery, 1894 | | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Tapinoma subtile Santschi, 1911 | | | Technomyrmex albipes Smith, F., 1861 | Ant | | Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892 | Ant | | Technomyrmex mayri Forel, 1891 | | | Technomyrmex pallipes Smith, F., 1876 | | | Technomyrmex vitiensis Mann, 1921 | Ant | | Terataner scotti Forel, 1912 | | | Tetramorium bicarinatum Nylander, 1846 | Bicoloured Pennant Ant | | Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Tetramorium pacificum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Tetramorium scytalum Bolton, 1979 | California softshell | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Tetramorium steinheili Forel, 1892 | | | Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon, 1851 | Dwarf surfclam | | Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851 | Destroyer Ant | | Vollenhovia oblonga Smith, F., 1860 | Pimpled diplodon | | Vollenhovia oblonga alluaudi Emery, 1894 | | | Vollenhovia piroskae Forel, 1912 | | | Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863 | Electric ant |
Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Seychelles
 | | Formicidae (Latreille 1809) |
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