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Checklist for Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
365
2609
4525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
364
2608
4523
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
2557
4450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
219
1949
3371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
36
243
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
36
243
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
124
258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
49
149
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
49
149
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
8
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Jamaica
8 Genera with 26 Species
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1887Rover ants7SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 1916Black carpenter ant17SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1862Citronella ants1SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1906
Crazy ants0SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1846Crazy ants2SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1836False Honey Ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jamaica
26 Species and 7 Subspecies
Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901Round combshell
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
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) itoi Forel, 1912Much-compressed montacutid
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 (Myrmosphincta) sexguttatus Fabricius, 1793Hatchet surfclam
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) atriceps Smith, F., 1858Florida carpenter ant
Camponotus (Myrmothrix) hannani Forel, 1899
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Pseudocolobopsis) fugax Forel, 1902
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) conspicuus Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fumidus Roger, 1863Dirty mysella
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) picipes Olivier, 1792Dirty mysella
Camponotus picipes jamaicensis Wheeler, 1917
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Lasius (Acanthomyops) claviger Roger, 1862Common Citronella Ant
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)⇒ Nylanderia vividula Nylander, 1846
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Polyrhachis caeciliae Forel, 1912
Polyrhachis paromalus paromalus Smith, 1863
Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836False Honey Ant

Subnodes of Formicinae with occurrences in Jamaica
TribeBrachymyrmecini
Wheeler, 1929
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeCamponotini
Forel, 1878
2
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLasiini
Ashmead, 1905
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom



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