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Checklist for Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809
and region Eritrea (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
187
1282
2411
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
185
1277
2407
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
181
1273
2402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
124
1075
2144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
34
203
414
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
32
201
410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
17
130
302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
36
131
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
36
131
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
8
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eritrea
8 Genera with 32 Species
Acropyga Roger, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1887Black carpenter ant17SpeciesTaxom
Cataglyphis Förster, 1787Desert ants3SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 19016SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802Crazy ants1SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Tapinolepis Emery, 19151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eritrea
32 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862Southern acornshell
Acropyga silvestrii (Emery, 1915)⇒ Acropyga acutiventris Roger, 1862
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) cinctellus Gerstäcker, 1859
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) flavomarginatus Mayr, 1862
Camponotus (Myrmosericus) rufoglaucus Jerdon, 1851Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus vestitus intuens Santschi, 1926
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) galla Forel, 1894
Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius, 1798Texas lilliput
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) acvapimensis Mayr, 1862
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aegyptiacus Emery, 1915
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) thraso Forel, 1893Cumberland leafshell
Camponotus thraso nefasitensis Menozzi, 1931
Camponotus carbo Emery, 1877
Camponotus diplopunctatus Emery, 1915Nut semele
Camponotus puberulus Emery, 1897
Camponotus robecchii Emery, 1892Little-wing pearly mussel
Camponotus somalinus André, 1887Cumberland leafshell
Cataglyphis abyssinica Forel, 1904
Cataglyphis bicolor Fabricius, 1793Sahara Desert ant
Cataglyphis viatica Fabricius, 1787
Lepisiota canescens Emery, 1897Cuba lucine
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Lepisiota curta Emery, 1897Cuba lucine
Lepisiota erythraea Forel, 1910
Lepisiota gracilicornis Forel, 1892Compact astarte
Lepisiota obtusa Emery, 1901
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Plagiolepis abyssinica Forel, 1894
Plagiolepis brunni nilotica Mayr, 1904
Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858
Tapinolepis tumidula Emery, 1915

Subnodes of Formicinae with occurrences in Eritrea
TribeCamponotini
Forel, 1878
2
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicini
Latreille, 1809
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeLasiini
Ashmead, 1905
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Formicinae at antwiki.org
Formicinae at artfakta.se
Formicinae at dyntaxa.se
Formicinae at itis.gov