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Checklist for Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
12365
38331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
12348
38295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
12188
37884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
383
9584
30287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
66
1318
4312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
59
1295
4286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
537
2798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
150
1257
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
150
1257
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
23
246
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
23 Genera with 246 Species
#ABCFLMNOPTZ
Acanthomyops Mayr, 1909Citronella ants1SpeciesTaxom
Acropyga Roger, 18938SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1895Rover ants16SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1894Black carpenter ant143SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphis Förster, 1906Desert ants1SpeciesTaxom
Colobopsis Mayr, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1836And Field Ants15SpeciesTaxom
Lasiophanes Emery, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1955Citronella ants12SpeciesTaxom
Myrmecocystus Wesmael, 1908Honeypot Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Myrmelachista Roger, 19209SpeciesTaxom
Myrmosericus Forel, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 2019Crazy ants30SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1775Green ants2SpeciesTaxom
Opisthopsis Emery, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1893Crazy ants16SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Polyergus Latreille, 1866Amazon ants1SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 016SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1920False Honey Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolasius Emery, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Tanaemyrmex Ashmead, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Zatania LaPolla, Kal..., 20006SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
246 Species and 53 Subspecies
Acanthomyops occidentalis Wheeler, 1909
Acropyga berwicki (Wheeler, 1935)⇒ Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914
Acropyga dubitata Wheeler, W.M..., 1914Armlet carditid
Acropyga exsanguis Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Acropyga fuhrmanni Forel, 1914Flattened carditid
Acropyga glaesaria LaPolla, 2005
Acropyga goeldii Forel, 1893
Acropyga parvidens Wheeler, W.M..., 1914Armlet carditid
Acropyga smithii Forel, 1893
Brachymyrmex aphidicola Forel, 1909
Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Brachymyrmex bahamensis Ortiz-Sepulv..., 2019
Brachymyrmex bruchi Forel, 1912
Brachymyrmex coactus Mayr, 1887Inflated axinopsid
Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895Inflated axinopsid
Brachymyrmex degener Emery, 1906
Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893Hairless Rover Ant
Brachymyrmex fiebrigi Forel, 1908Inflated axinopsid
Brachymyrmex flavidulus Roger, 1863
Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874Inflated axinopsid
Brachymyrmex minutus Forel, 1893Minute rover ant
Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893Obscure rover ant
Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868Dark rover ant
Brachymyrmex pictus Mayr, 1887
Brachymyrmex termitophilus Forel, 1895
Camponotus (Camponotus) castaneus Latreille, 1802
Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910Carpenter ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855New York Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773
Camponotus (Colobopsis) culmicola Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Camponotus culmicola haweisi Mann, 1920
Camponotus (Colobopsis) gundlachi Mann, 1920
Camponotus (Colobopsis) poeyi
Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) apicalis Mann, 1916
Camponotus (Dendromyrmex) nitidior Santschi, 1921
Camponotus (Manniella) sphaericus Roger, 1863
Camponotus sphaericus cardini Mann, 1920
Camponotus sphaericus rufipilis Aguayo, 1932
Camponotus sphaericus sphaeralis Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myremurynota) christophei Wheeler, W.M..., 1914Dirty mysella
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi Forel, 1912Much-compressed montacutid
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) blandus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) chazaliei Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) fastigatus Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) genatus Santschi, 1922
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) essigi Smith, M.R., 1923
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery, 1893Smaller carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmepomis) sericeiventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1838Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) gilviventris Roger, 1863
Camponotus gilviventris refectus Wheeler, 1937
Camponotus gilviventris renormatus Wheeler, 1937
Camponotus (Myrmeurynota) saussurei Forel, 1879Granulose cleftclam
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) auricomus Roger, 1862Subglobose diplodon
Camponotus auricomus lucianus Forel, 1899
Camponotus auricomus vincentensis Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) beebei Wheeler, W.M., 1918
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) brettesi Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) canescens Mayr, 1870Giant cleftclam
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) capperi Forel, 1899Sickle jackknife
Camponotus capperi corticalis Forel, 1899
Camponotus capperi formosulus Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus capperi subdepilis Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus capperi unctulus Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) crassus Mayr, 1862
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) excisus Mayr, 1870
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) lindigi Mayr, 1870
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) mina Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) mus Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) planatus Roger, 1863Compact Carpenter Ant
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) senex Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) trapezoideus Mayr, 1870
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) zoc Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) bidens Mayr, 1870
Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) latangulus Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) rectangularis Emery, 1890
Camponotus rectangularis setipes Forel, 1904
Camponotus (Myrmocladoecus) sanctaefidei Dalla Torre, 1892Round combshell
Camponotus sanctaefidei weberi Wheeler, 1935
Camponotus (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus sexguttatus antiguanus Wheeler, W.M., 1923
Camponotus sexguttatus biguttatus Emery, 1894
Camponotus sexguttatus montserratensis Wheeler, 1923
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis (Smith, 1858)⇒ Camponotus atriceps Smith, F., 1858
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps Smith, F., 1858Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus atriceps nocens Wheeler, 1911
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) femoratus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) floridanus Buckley, 1866Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) hannani Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) opaciceps Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793
Camponotus sexguttatus antiguanus Wheeler, W.M., 1923
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) postoculatus Forel, 1914
Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) mayri Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) claviscapus Forel, 1899Dirty mysella
Camponotus claviscapus occultus Wheeler & Mann, 1914
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) curviscapus Emery, 1896False spike
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) fugax Forel, 1902
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) ustus Forel, 1879
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ager Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) balzani Emery, 1894
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) bermudezi Aguayo, 1932
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) buttikeri Arnold, 1958Tiny condylclam
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) conspicuus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus conspicuus inaequalis Roger, 1863
Camponotus conspicuus sharpi Forel, 1893
Camponotus conspicuus williamsi Forel, 1916
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) festinatus Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fumidus Roger, 1863Dirty mysella
Camponotus fumidus dominicensis Wheeler, 1913
Camponotus fumidus fraterculus Wheeler & Mann, 1914
Camponotus fumidus haytianus Wheeler & Mann, 1914
Camponotus fumidus illitus Wheeler & Mann, 1914
Camponotus fumidus imbecillus Wheeler & Mann, 1914
Camponotus fumidus soulouquei Forel, 1901
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) inaequalis Roger, 1863Ant
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ionius Emery, 1920
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) larvigerus Wheeler & Mann, 1914Dirty mysella
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) oertzeni Forel, 1889Yellow pricklycockle
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) picipes Olivier, 1792Dirty mysella
Camponotus picipes jamaicensis Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus picipes plombyi Wheeler & Mann, 1914
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1905Orcutt nakedclam
Camponotus ramulorum marcidus Wheeler, 1905
Camponotus ramulorum mestrei Wheeler, 1913
Camponotus ramulorum vernulus Wheeler, 1936
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) sansabeanus Buckley, 1866
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) santosi Forel, 1908
Camponotus santosi pazosi Santschi, 1922
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) simillimus Smith, F., 1862Cut-off cleftclam
Camponotus thraso diogenes Forel, 1909
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) ustus Forel, 1879Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus ustus sublautus Wheeler & Mann, 1914
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) vicinus Mayr, 1870Maculate carpenter ant
Camponotus albicoxis Forel, 1899
Camponotus albistramineus Wheeler, W.M., 1936
Camponotus altivagans Wheeler, W.M., 1936
Camponotus augustei Wheeler, W.M..., 1914Dirty mysella
Camponotus baronii Alayo & Zaya..., 1977
Camponotus bispinosus Mayr, 1870
Camponotus boriquen Duarte & Breto, 2024
Camponotus carbonarius Latreille, 1802
Camponotus coloratus Forel, 1904
Camponotus feai Emery, 1882
Camponotus godmani Forel, 1899
Camponotus godmani palliolatus Wheeler, 1922
Camponotus indicatus Santschi, 1922
Camponotus kaura Snelling & T..., 1998
Camponotus kutterianus Baroni Urbani, 1972Boreal astarte
Camponotus linnaei Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus liogaster Santschi, 1932
Camponotus lucayanus Wheeler, W.M., 1905
Camponotus macromischoides Fontenla Rizo, 1997
Camponotus micrositus Wheeler, W.M., 1937
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Camponotus novogranadensis Mayr, 1870
Camponotus pertusus MacKay & MacKay, 1997
Camponotus pittieri Forel, 1899
Camponotus riehlii Roger, 1863
Camponotus striatus Smith, F., 1862Cut-off cleftclam
Camponotus taino Snelling & T..., 1998
Camponotus thysanopus Wheeler, W.M., 1937
Camponotus torrei Aguayo, 1932
Camponotus toussainti Wheeler, W.M..., 1914Dirty mysella
Camponotus triton Wheeler, W.M., 1934
Camponotus urichi Forel, 1899
Camponotus zonatus Emery, 1894
Cataglyphis hispanicus Emery, 1906
Colobopsis impressa Roger, 1863
Colobopsis riehlii Roger, 1863
Formica (Formica) lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838Hairy wood ant
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973
Formica altipetens Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica aserva Forel, 1901Round combshell
Formica haemorrhoidalis (Creighton, 1940)⇒ Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis Latreille, 1802
Formica hewitti Wheeler, W.M., 1917Sickle jackknife
Formica incerta Buren, 1944Uncertain Field Ant
Formica lepida Wheeler, W.M., 1913Orcutt nakedclam
Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica obtusopilosa Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Formica occulta Francoeur, 1973
Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973
Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940
Formica subsericea Say, 1836Danglepod
Lasiophanes picinus Roger, 1863
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862Common Citronella Ant
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Cautolasius) nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906New World Fuzzy Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) humilis Wheeler, W.M., 1917Sickle jackknife
Lasius (Chthonolasius) subumbratus Viereck, 1903
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850Alien field ant
Lasius (Lasius) brunneus Latreille, 1798Brown Ant
Lasius (Lasius) crypticus Wilson, 1955Elongate macoma
Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893Cornfield ant
Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant
Lasius sitiens Wilson, 1955Elongate macoma
Myrmecocystus depilis Forel, 1901Round combshell
Myrmecocystus melliger Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838Arizona desert-thorn
Myrmecocystus mimicus Wheeler, W.M., 1908Rough razor
Myrmecocystus placodops Forel, 1908
Myrmelachista ambigua Forel, 1893
Myrmelachista gagates Wheeler, W.M., 1936
Myrmelachista kraatzii Roger, 1863
Myrmelachista nodigera Mayr, 1887False spike
Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler, W.M., 1908Ant
Myrmelachista ramulorum fortior Wheeler, 1934
Myrmelachista rogeri André, 1887
Myrmelachista rogeri manni Wheeler, 1934
Myrmelachista rogeri rubriceps Mann, 1920
Myrmosericus rufoglaucus paria Emery, 1889
Nylanderia anthracina Roger, 1863
Nylanderia bibadia Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia caeciliae Forel, 1899
Nylanderia caerula Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia coveri Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M., 1936
Nylanderia disatra Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia esperanza Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia fulva Mayr, 1862Rasberry ant
Nylanderia fulva cubana Santschi, 1930
Nylanderia fuscaspecula Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia glabrior Forel, 1902
Nylanderia guatemalensis Forel, 1885Ant
Nylanderia guatemalensis itinerans Forel, 1901
Nylanderia lucayana LaPolla & Ka..., 2019
Nylanderia metacista Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia microps Smith, M.R., 1937
Nylanderia myops Mann, 1920
Nylanderia pini Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia pubens A. Forel, 1893Ant
Nylanderia semitincta Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia sierra Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia steinheili Forel, 1893
Nylanderia steinheili minuta Forel, 1893
Nylanderia vetula LaPolla & Dl..., 2010
Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Nylanderia wardi Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia xestonota Kallal, 2019
Nylanderia zaminyops Kallal, 2019
Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802African weaver ant
Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, 1775Green ant
Opisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893Red-headed strobe ant
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Paratrechina cisipa Smith & Lavigne, 1973Boreal kellyclam
Paratrechina darlingtoni Wheeler, 1936Sybaritic tellin
Paratrechina fulva Mayr, 1862Tawny crazy ant
Paratrechina guatemalensis Forel, 1885Ant
Paratrechina guatemalensis itinerans Forel, 1901
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina longicornis hagemanni Forel, 1901
Paratrechina madagascarensis Forel, 1886Ant
Paratrechina microps Smith, 1937
Paratrechina myops Mann, 1920
Paratrechina pubens Forel, 1893Ant
Paratrechina steinheili Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Paratrechina troglodytes (Weber, 1934)⇒ Nylanderia myops Mann, 1920
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Paratrechina vividula antillana Forel, 1893
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Polyergus texana Buckley, 1866
Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) templi Forel, 1902
Polyrhachis rastellata fulakora Mann, 1919
Polyrhachis (Hagiomyrma) schenkii Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis (Myrma) medusa Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Polyrhachis (Myrma) monista Santschi, 1910Catspaw
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schlueteri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Polyrhachis (Myrma) spinicola Forel, 1894
Polyrhachis (Myrmhopla) bubala Stitz, 1925Consobrine tellin
Polyrhachis arnoldi Forel, 1914
Polyrhachis caeciliae Forel, 1912
Polyrhachis gamaii Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Polyrhachis gerstaeckeri Forel, 1886
Polyrhachis laevigata Smith, F., 1857Dosinia lucine
Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863
Polyrhachis scutulata Smith, F., 1859Spectaclecase
Polyrhachis wilmsi Forel, 0
Prenolepis gibberosa rogeri (Mann, 1920)⇒ Zatania gibberosa Roger, 1863
Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836False Honey Ant
Prenolepis microps Smith, 1937
Prenolepis myops Mann, 1920
Pseudolasius amblyops amblyops Forel, 1901
Zatania albimaculata Santschi, 1930
Zatania cisipa Smith, D.R. ..., 1973
Zatania darlingtoni Wheeler, 1936
Zatania electra LaPolla, Kal..., 2012
Zatania gibberosa Roger, 1863
Zatania karstica Fontenla Rizo, 2000

Subnodes of Formicinae with occurrences in Caribbean
TribeBrachymyrmecini
Wheeler, 1929
1
16
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCamponotini
Forel, 1878
3
123
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicini
Latreille, 1809
3
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLasiini
Ashmead, 1905
6
36
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMelophorini
Forel, 1912
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeMyrmelachistini
Forel, 1912
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeOecophyllini
Emery, 1895
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
4
42
Genera
Species

Taxom



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