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Checklist for Family Formicidae Latreille, 1809 (Ants)
and region Svealand (Sweden)


Class
 		Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects		543
6424
17059		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects		540
6419
17054		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects		511
6314
16822		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects		355
5363
15055		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps		60
874
2489		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps		50
795
2245		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps		21
229
915		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants		1
50
153		Family
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants		50
153		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Svealand
50 Genera with 153 Species
#ACDFHILMNOPRST
Acanthomyops Mayr, 1862Citronella ants1SpeciesTaxom
Amblyopone Erichson, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Anoplolepis Santschi, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1862Collared Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 0Black carpenter ant12SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphis Förster, 1903Desert ants1SpeciesTaxom
Crematogaster Lund, 1901Acrobat Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopone Emery, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Dolichoderus Lund, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dorymyrmex Mayr, 1866Cone ants2SpeciesTaxom
Forelius Emery, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1940And Field Ants28SpeciesTaxom
Formicoxenus Mayr, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Harpagoxenus Forel, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Heteroponera Mayr, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1907Rainbow ants5SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1992Citronella ants12SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Leptomyrmex Mayr, 2009Spider ants1SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 18557SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 19156SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecia Fabricius, 1862Bull ants7SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 192013SpeciesTaxom
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1953Legionary Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Notoncus Emery, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Ochetellus Shattuck, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Octostruma Forel, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Orectognathus Smith, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Paltothyreus Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1908Big-headed Ants11SpeciesTaxom
Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1914Harvester Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1798Amazon ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Prionopelta Mayr, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomyrmex Lund, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoneoponera Donisthorpe, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoponera Emery, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Pyramica Roger, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Sphinctomyrmex Mayr, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Strumigenys Smith, 1876Miniature Trap-jaw Ants2SpeciesTaxom
Tapinoma Förster, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1775Acorn Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1758Fierce Ants3SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1859Slender ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Svealand
153 Species and 4 Subspecies
Acanthomyops claviger Roger, 1862Smaller yellow ant
Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842Southern michelin ant
Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith, 1857Ant
Aphaenogaster longiceps Smith, 1858Elegant dwarf cockle
Aphaenogaster phalangium phalangium Emery, 1890
Aphaenogaster tennesseensis (Mayr, 1862)⇒ Aphaenogaster tenneseensis Mayr, 1862
Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758Black carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) ligniperdus (Latreille, 1802)⇒ Camponotus ligniperda Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910Carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) fallax Nylander, 1856
Camponotus (Myrmophyma) innexus Forel, 1902Antarctic sugar ant
Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) intrepidus Kirby, W., 1819Coastal flumed sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) consobrinus Erichson, 1842Banded sugar ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maccooki Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) pompeius Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) terebrans Lowne, 1865Brown bearded sugar ant
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Camponotus rufifrons leucopis
Cataglyphis ruber Forel, 1903Dwarf surfclam
Crematogaster (Crematogaster) dentinodis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Cryptopone rotundiceps Emery, 1914
Dolichoderus scabridus Roger, 1862Subglobose diplodon
Dorymyrmex grandulus Forel, 1922
Dorymyrmex insanus Buckley, 1866Pyramid ant
Forelius mccooki McCook, 1879
Formica (Coptoformica) exsecta Nylander, 1846Excised wood ant
Formica (Coptoformica) forsslundi Lohmander, 1949Gilded wedgeclam
Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Formica (Formica) aquilonia Yarrow, 1955Scottish Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838Hairy wood ant
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) cinerea Mayr, 1853
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica (Serviformica) gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
Formica (Serviformica) lemani Bondroit, 1917
Formica (Serviformica) picea (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793Red barbed ant
Formica (Serviformica) uralensis Ruzsky, 1895Western strawberry-cockle
Formica aserva Forel, 1901Round combshell
Formica canadensis Santschi, 1914Northern riffleshell
Formica clara Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica integroides Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica montana (Wheeler, W.M., 1910)⇒ Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838
Formica neoclara Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica oregonensis Cole, 1938
Formica propinqua Creighton, 1940
Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940
Formicoxenus nitidulus Nylander, 1846Shining guest ant
Harpagoxenus sublaevis Nylander, 1849
Heteroponera imbellis Emery, 1895
Heteroponera leae Wheeler, W.M., 1923Favored tellin
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Iridomyrmex agilis Forel, 1907Agile tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex anceps Roger, 1863Tropical tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex cyaneus Wheeler, W.M., 1915Blue tyrant ant
Iridomyrmex purpureus Smith, 1858Australian meat ant
Iridomyrmex suchieri Forel, 1907
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846
Lasius (Chthonolasius) sabularum Bondroit, 1918Indented macoma
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
Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant
Lasius (Lasius) platythorax Seifert, 1991Morsel macoma
Lasius (Lasius) psammophilus Seifert, 1992
Leptogenys sjostedti Forel, 1915
Leptomyrmex aitchisoni Smith, D.J. ..., 2009
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) corticalis (Schenck, 1852)⇒ Temnothorax corticalis Schenck, 1852
Leptothorax (Myrafant) crassispinus (Karavaiev, 1926)⇒ Temnothorax crassispinus Karavaiev, 1926
Leptothorax (Myrafant) nigriceps (Mayr, 1855)⇒ Temnothorax nigriceps Mayr, 1855
Monomorium leae Forel, 1913
Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987White-crest tellin
Monomorium opacior Forel, 1913
Monomorium rubriceps Mayr, 1876Sickle jackknife
Monomorium sydneyense Forel, 1902Sydney mono ant
Monomorium tambourinense Forel, 1915Tambourine Mountain mono ant
Myrmecia brevinoda Forel, 1910Bulldog Ant
Myrmecia croslandi Taylor, 1991Australian jack jumper ant
Myrmecia dimidiata Clark, 1951
Myrmecia ferruginea Mayr, 1876
Myrmecia forficata Fabricius, 1787Bulldog Ant
Myrmecia gulosa Fabricius, 1775Giant Bull Ant
Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr, 1862Black-headed bull ant
Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1920Disk dosinia
Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978
Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica lonae Finzi, 1926
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica rugulosa (Nylander, 1849)⇒ Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861Newcomb pitar
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846Ant
Myrmica schencki Viereck, 1903
Myrmica sulcinodis Nylander, 1846Micro-whip scorpions
Myrmica vandeli Bondroit, 1920Disk dosinia
Neivamyrmex agilis Borgmeier, 1953Minute turton
Notoncus capitatus Forel, 1915
Ochetellus glaber glaber Mayr, 1862
Octostruma gymnosoma Longino, 2013
Opisthopsis rufithorax Emery, 1895Black-headed strobe ant
Orectognathus clarki Brown, 1953
Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Pheidole alexeter Wilson, 2003
Pheidole bilimeki (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Pheidole dentata Mayr, 1886Cande diplodon
Pheidole floridana Emery, 1895Round combshell
Pheidole lamia Wheeler, 1901Yellow nightshade groundcherry
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851
Pheidole metallescens Emery, 1895Rough razor
Pheidole morrisii Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Pheidole pilifera Roger, 1863Hairy Big-Headed Ant
Pheidole sciara Cole, 1955
Pheidole soritis (Wheeler, 1908)⇒ Pheidole sitarches Wheeler, 1908
Pogonomyrmex huachucanus Wheeler, 1914
Polyergus rufescens Latreille, 1798European Amazon ant
Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) senilis Forel, 1902Savanna spiny ant
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) ammon Fabricius, 1775Golden-spined Ant
Polyrhachis laevigata Smith, F., 1857Dosinia lucine
Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866Pennsylvania Ponera
Prionopelta kraepelini Forel, 1905
Pseudomyrmex spinicola Emery, 1890Elliptical sportella
Pseudoneoponera porcata Emery, 1897Striped foaming ant
Pseudoponera pachynoda Clark, 1930
Pyramica tetragnatha Taylor, 1966
Rhytidoponera aspera Roger, 1860Rough blue pony ant
Rhytidoponera metallica Smith, 1858Green ant
Rhytidoponera nudata Mayr, 1876Rotund cleftclam
Rhytidoponera victoriae André, 1896Equal cleftclam
Sphinctomyrmex steinheili Forel, 1900Penitent mussel
Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000
Strumigenys perplexa Smith, F., 1876Purplish tagelus
Tapinoma subboreale Seifert, 2012
Temnothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Temnothorax albipennis Curtis, 1854
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium confusum Bolton, 1977Truncate softshell
Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Tetraponera allaborans Walker, 1859

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

SubfamilyDolichoderinae
Forel, 1878
Odorous Ants		7
12		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyEcitoninae
Forel, 1893
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
12
62		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmeciinae
Emery, 1877
1
7		Genus
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMyrmicinae
Lepeletier, 1835
15
53		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
11
15		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyPseudomyrmecinae
Smith, 1952
2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom



Formicidae (Latreille 1809)
Formicidae (Latreille 1809)


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