Checklist for Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ants)
and region Southern South America (South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 775
14516
48948 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 773
14509
48939 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 728
14308
48425 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 449
11411
41055 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 73
1442
5078 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 63
1364
5004 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 25
689
3735 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
163
1470 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Formicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants | 163
1470 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for Southern South America
163 Genera with 1470 Species #ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPRSTWX
| Acanthognathus Mayr, 1887 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthomyops Mayr, 1862 | Citronella ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthoponera Mayr, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acanthostichus Mayr, 1887 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865 | Leaf-cutting Ants | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Acropyga Roger, 1862 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Adelomyrmex Fernández, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aenictus Shuckard, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allomerus Mayr, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amblyopone Erichson, 1842 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ameghinoia Viana & Rossi, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Amoimyrmex Cristiano, C..., 2020 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amyrmex Kusnezov, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anillidris Santschi, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anochetus Mayr, 1861 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Anoplolepis Santschi, 1914 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Antichthonidris Mayr, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 | Collared Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apterostigma Mayr, 1865 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Archimyrmex Cockerell, 1923 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Atta Fabricius, 1818 | Leaf-cutting Ants | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Attaichnus Laza, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Azteca Forel, 1878 | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Basiceros Schulz, 1906 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Bazboltonia Camacho & Fe..., 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bisolenopsis Kusnezov, 1953 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blepharidatta Wheeler, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 | Rover ants | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Bruchomyrma Santschi, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Buteo | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1861 | Black carpenter ant | 127 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Carebara Westwood, 1840 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Carebarella Emery, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cataulacus Smith, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Centromyrmex Mayr, 1866 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cephalotes Latreille, 1802 | Turtle ants | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Cephaloxys Smith, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cerapachys Smith, 1857 | Ant-raiding ant | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cheliomyrmex Mayr, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1831 | Acrobat Ants | 59 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptomyrmex Fernández, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptopone Emery, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyatta Sosa-Calvo &..., 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cylindromyrmex Mayr, 1870 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 1862 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Daceton Perty, 1833 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dendromyrmex Emery, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diaphoromyrma Fernández, D..., 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinoponera Roger, 1861 | Giant Amazonian ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Discothyrea Roger, 1863 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichoderus Lund, 1831 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866 | Cone ants | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Eciton Latreille, 1804 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Ectatomma Smith, 1858 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Ectomomyrmex Mayr, 1867 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Elasmopheidole Forel, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriopheidole Kusnezov, 1952 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euponera Forel, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurhopalothrix Brown & Kempf, 1961 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Forelius Emery, 1888 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1758 | And Field Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Fulakora Mann, 1919 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteroponera Mayr, 1887 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Holcoponera Mayr, 1887 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Hylomyrma Forel, 1912 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1862 | Rainbow ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Kalathomyrmex Klingenberg ..., 2009 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labauchena Santschi, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Labidus Jurine, 1807 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lachnomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lasiophanes Emery, 1895 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1804 | Citronella ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptanilloides Mann, 1923 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leptogenys Roger, 1861 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1866 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Liometopum Mayr, 1861 | Velvety Tree Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macromischa Roger, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mayaponera Schmidt & Sh..., 2014 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megalomyrmex Forel, 1885 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1890 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1855 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetarotes Emery, 1913 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetomoellerius Solomon, Rab..., 2019 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetophylax Emery, 1913 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Mycetosoritis Wheeler, 1907 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Mycocepurus Forel, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecia Fabricius, 1804 | Bull ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmelachista Roger, 1863 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmica Latreille, 1804 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmicocrypta Smith, 1860 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmosericus Forel, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1940 | Legionary Ants | 49 | Species | Taxom | | Neoponera Emery, 1901 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Neostruma Brown, 1948 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 1936 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Novomessor Emery, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nylanderia Emery, 1906 | Crazy ants | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Ochetomyrmex Mayr, 1878 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Octostruma Forel, 1912 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Ocymyrmex Emery, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Odontomachus Latreille, 1804 | Trap-jaw ants | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Oligomyrmex Westwood, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxyepoecus Santschi, 1926 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1858 | Panther Ants | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Paramycetophylax Kusnezov, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraponera Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraprionopelta Kusnezov, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrachymyrmex Solomon, Rab..., 2019 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1863 | Crazy ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Patagonomyrmex Johnson & Mo..., 2016 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1839 | Big-headed Ants | 151 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidologeton Mayr, 1862 | Marauder ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platythyrea Roger, 1863 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Plectroctena F.Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1868 | Harvester Ants | 64 | Species | Taxom | | Polanskiella Rossi de Garcia, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Poneracantha Emery, 1897 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Prenolepis Mayr, 1861 | False Honey Ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pristomyrmex Mayr, 1866 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Probolomyrmex Mayr, 1901 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Procryptocerus Emery, 1887 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoatta Gallardo, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudolasius Emery, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomyrma Latreille, 1831 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1831 | | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoponera Emery, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pyramica Roger, 1862 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Rasopone Schmidt & Sh..., 2014 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rogeria Emery, 1894 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Sericomyrmex Mayr, 1865 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 | Fire ants | 78 | Species | Taxom | | Sphinctomyrmex Mayr, 1866 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Stegomyrmex Emery, 1912 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Stenamma Westwood, 1839 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1860 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Synsolenopsis Forel, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1850 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1855 | Fierce Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1852 | Slender ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumatomyrmex Mayr, 1887 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Tingimyrmex Mann, 1926 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Trachymyrmex Forel, 1893 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Tranopelta Mayr, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Typhlomyrmex Mayr, 1862 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Wasmannia Forel, 1893 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Xerolitor Sosa-Calvo, ..., 2018 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Southern South America | Subfamily | Aenictinae
Emery, 1901
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Cerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
| 4
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Dolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants | 13
135 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Ecitoninae
Forel, 1893
| 5
65 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Formicinae
Latreille, 1809
| 19
225 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Heteroponerinae
Bolton, 2003
| 1
1 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Leptanilloidinae
Bolton, 1992
| 1
3 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Myrmeciinae
Emery, 1877
| 3
3 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Myrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
| 80
763 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Ponerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
| 32
198 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Pseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
| 3
60 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
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