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Checklist for Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ants)
and region Suffolk (East England, United Kingdom)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		450
3941
7805		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		449
3940
7805		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		426
3841
7616		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		295
3275
6837		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps		51
375
865		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps		42
331
803		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps		19
205
671		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants		1
57
170		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants		57
170		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Suffolk
57 Genera with 170 Species
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Acanthomyops Mayr, 1893Citronella ants1SpeciesTaxom
Amblyopone Erichson, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Anisopheidole Forel, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Anochetus Mayr, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Anonychomyrma Donisthorpe, 1947
0SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1886Collared Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893Rover ants1SpeciesTaxom
Calomyrmex Emery, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1925Black carpenter ant13SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1902Acrobat Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Diacamma Mayr, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Doleromyrma Forel, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18625SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1879Cone ants1SpeciesTaxom
Forelius Emery, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1913And Field Ants15SpeciesTaxom
Froggattella Forel, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1914Rainbow ants18SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1758Citronella ants10SpeciesTaxom
Leptomyrmex Mayr, 1915Spider ants2SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 18634SpeciesTaxom
Lioponera Smith, 1857
Ant-raiding ant0SpeciesTaxom
Lordomyrma Emery, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Mayriella Forel, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Melophorus Lubbock, 1883
Honey carrier0SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19029SpeciesTaxom
Myopias Roger, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecia Fabricius, 1865Bull ants20SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecina Curtis, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1908Honeypot Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 20079SpeciesTaxom
Notoncus Emery, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1902Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1900Trap-jaw ants2SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1775Green ants1SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1934Panther Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Papyrius Shattuck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1862Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1793Big-headed Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Platythyrea Roger, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Podomyrma Smith, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1858Harvester Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1866Amazon ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 18966SpeciesTaxom
Solenopsis Westwood, 1804Fire ants1SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 2000Miniature Trap-jaw Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Technomyrmex Mayr, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1895Acorn Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1758Fierce Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1860Slender ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Suffolk
170 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthomyops subglaber Emery, 1893
Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842Southern michelin ant
Amblyopone leae Wheeler, W.M., 1927Iridescent lilliput
Amblyopone pallipes Haldeman, 1844
Anisopheidole antipodum Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Anochetus armstrongi McAreavey, 1949Minute axinopsid
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) treatae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893Hairless Rover Ant
Calomyrmex albertisi Emery, 1887
Camponotus (Camponotus) americanus Mayr, 1862American Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855New York Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) aeneopilosus Mayr, 1862Golden black sugar ant
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) gouldianus Forel, 1922Nuttall cockle
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) nigroaeneus Smith, F., 1858Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) suffusus Smith, F., 1858Golden flumed sugar ant
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) consobrinus Erichson, 1842Banded sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) nigriceps Smith, F., 1858Black-headed sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) terebrans Lowne, 1865Brown bearded sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) wiederkehri Forel, 1894Moneybox sugar ant
Camponotus prostans Forel, 1910Western sugar ant
Camponotus xuthus Emery, 1925
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) punctulata (Emery, 1895)⇒ Crematogaster lineolata Say, 1836
Crematogaster (Orthocrema) steinheili Forel, 1881
Crematogaster frivola Forel, 1902Cumberland leafshell
Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862Ant
Diacamma australe Fabricius, 1775Australian bladder ant
Doleromyrma darwiniana Forel, 1907Brown house ant
Dolichoderus clusor Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Dolichoderus mariae Forel, 1885Sister diplodon
Dolichoderus pustulatus Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Dolichoderus rufotibialis Clark, 1930
Dolichoderus scabridus Roger, 1862Subglobose diplodon
Dorymyrmex flavus McCook, 1879
Forelius mccooki McCook, 1879
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica dolosa Buren, 1944
Formica exsectoides Forel, 1886Allegheny mound ant
Formica glacialis Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Formica neoclara Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802Peony
Formica pallidefulva nitidiventris (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802
Formica pergandei Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940
Formica querquetulana Kennedy & De..., 1937Sleek macoma
Formica subsericea Say, 1836Danglepod
Formica ulkei Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica vinculans Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Froggattella kirbii Lowne, 1865Common froglet ant
Iridomyrmex agilis Forel, 1907Agile tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863Tropical tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex bicknelli Emery, 1898Black Trail Ant
Iridomyrmex calvus Emery, 1914
Iridomyrmex chasei Forel, 1902Cumberland leafshell
Iridomyrmex conifer Forel, 1902Coned tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex exsanguis Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Iridomyrmex hesperus Shattuck, 1993
Iridomyrmex innocens Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Iridomyrmex lividus Shattuck, 1993Blue meat ant
Iridomyrmex mjobergi Forel, 1915
Iridomyrmex purpureus Smith, 1858Australian meat ant
Iridomyrmex reburrus Shattuck, 1993Bearded meat ant
Iridomyrmex rufoniger Lowne, 1865Black Tyrant Ant
Iridomyrmex sanguineus Forel, 1910Northern meat ant
Iridomyrmex spadius Shattuck, 1993
Iridomyrmex suchieri Forel, 1907
Iridomyrmex viridiaeneus Viehmeyer, 1914Centralian meat ant
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862Common Citronella Ant
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846
Lasius (Chthonolasius) speculiventris Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
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) neoniger Emery, 1893Cornfield ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Leptomyrmex rufipes Emery, 1895
Leptomyrmex wiburdi Wheeler, 1915Many-line lucine
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846Horseshoe crabs
Leptothorax (Myrafant) ambiguus (Emery, 1895)⇒ Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895
Leptothorax (Myrafant) curvispinosus (Mayr, 1866)⇒ Temnothorax curvispinosus Mayr, 1866
Leptothorax (Myrafant) longispinosus (Roger, 1863)⇒ Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863
Lordomyrma leae Wheeler, W.M., 1919
Mayriella abstinens Forel, 1902
Mayriella occidua Shattuck, 2007
Monomorium bicorne Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Monomorium centrale Forel, 1910
Monomorium fieldi Forel, 1910Little black mono ant
Monomorium floricola Jerdon, 1851Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium kiliani Forel, 1902Wavy astarte
Monomorium leae Forel, 1913
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Monomorium sordidum Forel, 1902
Myopias tenuis Emery, 1900
Myrmecia aberrans Forel, 1900Penitent mussel
Myrmecia analis Mayr, 1862
Myrmecia clarki Crawley, 1922
Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1915Many-line lucine
Myrmecia dichospila Clark, 1938Periscope erycina
Myrmecia forceps Roger, 1861Candystick tellin
Myrmecia forficata Fabricius, 1787Bulldog Ant
Myrmecia froggatti Forel, 1910
Myrmecia fulviculis Forel, 1913Toothless Bullant
Myrmecia imaii Taylor, 2015
Myrmecia infima Forel, 1900Penitent mussel
Myrmecia mandibularis Smith, 1858Toothless Bull Ant
Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr, 1862Black-headed bull ant
Myrmecia nigriscapa Roger, 1861Candystick tellin
Myrmecia nigrocincta Smith, 1858Jumper ant
Myrmecia pilosula Smith, 1858Hopper Ant
Myrmecia pyriformis Smith, F., 1858Bull Ant
Myrmecia regularis Crawley, 1925Atlantic strawberry-cockle
Myrmecia testaceipes Clark, 1943
Myrmecia urens Lowne, 1865Baby bull ant
Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Myrmecocystus mendax Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Myrmica (Myrmica) punctiventris Roger, 1863
Myrmica americana Weber, 1939
Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921)⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901
Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861Newcomb pitar
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846Ant
Myrmica semiparasitica Francoeur, 2007
Notoncus capitatus Forel, 1915
Notoncus hickmani Clark, 1930Yellow epaulet ant
Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902
Odontomachus ruficeps Smith, F., 1858Trap-jaw Ant
Odontomachus turneri Forel, 1900Garden snappy ant
Oecophylla smaragdina ♰ Fabricius, 1775Green ant
Opisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893Red-headed strobe ant
Opisthopsis pictus Emery, 1895Painted strobe ant
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pachycondyla rufonigra Clark, 1934
Papyrius nitidus Mayr, 1862Great tellin
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina obscura Mayr, 1862Swamp parrot ants
Pheidole bicarinata Mayr, 1870Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole hyatti Emery, 1895Many-line lucine
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Platythyrea turneri Forel, 1895Southern broadnosed killer ant
Pogonomyrmex barbatus Smith, 1858Agricultural ant
Polyergus texana Buckley, 1866
Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) prometheus Santschi, 1920Giant cleftclam
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) ammon Fabricius, 1775Golden-spined Ant
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) ammonoeides Roger, 1863
Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) clio Forel, 1902
Polyrhachis (Hedomyrma) rufifemur Forel, 1907Cumberland leafshell
Prionopelta robynmae Shattuck, 2008
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Rhytidoponera inornata Crawley, 1922
Rhytidoponera maniae Forel, 1900Four-rib lucine
Rhytidoponera mayri Emery, 1883Titan Pony Ant
Rhytidoponera metallica Smith, 1858Green ant
Rhytidoponera scabra Mayr, 1876Rotund cleftclam
Rhytidoponera victoriae André, 1896Equal cleftclam
Solenopsis (Solenopsis) geminata Fabricius, 1804Fire Ant
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793Ghost ant
Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836Coconut ant
Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892Ant
Technomyrmex jocosus Forel, 1910White-footed house ant
Technomyrmex quadricolor Wheeler, W.M., 1930
Temnothorax ambiguus Emery, 1895Doubtful Acorn Ant
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetraponera nitida Smith, F., 1860Pimpled diplodon

Subnodes of Formicidae with occurrences in Suffolk
SubfamilyCerapachyinae
Forel, 1893
1
0		Genus
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants		11
35		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
15
55		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmeciinae
Emery, 1877
1
20		Genus
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
18
41		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
10
18		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom



Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


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