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Checklist for Subfamily Formicinae Latreille, 1809
and region Madagascar (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
558
8318
30598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
557
8313
30590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
533
8181
30271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
346
6695
26862
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
63
990
3862
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
59
982
3853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
24
385
2259
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
95
1158
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
95
1158
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyFormicinae
Latreille, 1809
16
169
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Madagascar
16 Genera with 169 Species
Anoplolepis Santschi, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1895Rover ants1SpeciesTaxom
Camponotus Mayr, 2022Black carpenter ant158SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1793And Field Ants4SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1990Citronella ants4SpeciesTaxom
Lepisiota Santschi, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Myrmhopla Forel, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Nylanderia Emery, 1892Crazy ants9SpeciesTaxom
Oecophylla Smith, 1802Green ants1SpeciesTaxom
Paraparatrechina Donisthorpe, 20103SpeciesTaxom
Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1892Crazy ants17SpeciesTaxom
Plagiolepis Mayr, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 17732SpeciesTaxom
Prenolepis Mayr, 1853False Honey Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolasius Emery, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Tapinolepis Emery, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Madagascar
169 Species and 47 Subspecies
Anoplolepis steingroeveri gertrudae Forel, 1900
Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895Inflated axinopsid
Camponotus (Camponotus) schaefferi Wheeler, W.M., 1909
Camponotus (Camponotus) vagus Scopoli, 1763Henslow peaclam
Camponotus (Colobopsis) truncatus Spinola, 1808
Camponotus (Mayria) christi Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus christi ambustus Forel, 1892
Camponotus christi ferrugineus Emery, 1899
Camponotus christi foersteri Forel, 1886
Camponotus christi maculiventris Emery, 1895
Camponotus (Mayria) gibber Forel, 1891
Camponotus (Mayria) kelleri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus kelleri invalidus Forel, 1897
Camponotus (Mayria) quadrimaculatus Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus quadrimaculatus sellaris Emery, 1895
Camponotus (Mayria) repens Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Camponotus (Myrmepinotus) robustus Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myrmobrachys) mus Roger, 1863
Camponotus (Myrmonesites) mocquerysi Emery, 1899Tubercled blossom
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) darwinii Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus darwinii rubropilosus Forel, 1891
Camponotus darwinii themistocles Forel, 1910
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) niveosetosus Mayr, 1862Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus niveosetosus madagascarensis Forel, 1886
Camponotus (Myrmopiromis) radovae Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus radovae radovaedarwinii Forel, 1891
Camponotus foraminosus chrysogaster Emery, 1895
Camponotus (Myrmotrema) grandidieri Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus grandidieri atrabilis Santschi, 1915
Camponotus grandidieri comorensis Santschi, 1915
Camponotus olivieri freyeri Santschi, 1915
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) aethiops Latreille, 1798Arnold's dogwood
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) concolor Forel, 1891
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) dufouri Forel, 1891
Camponotus dufouri imerinensis Forel, 1891
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) gerberti Donisthorpe, 1949
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) gouldi Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) rubripes Latreille, 1802
Camponotus thraso diogenes Forel, 1909
Camponotus aina Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus alamaina Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus andrianjaka Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus androy Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus antsaraingy Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus aro Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus asara Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus atimo Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus auropubens Forel, 1894Pale lilliput
Camponotus auropubens aldabrensis Forel, 1897
Camponotus aurosus Roger, 1863
Camponotus batesii Forel, 1895
Camponotus becki Santschi, 1923
Camponotus bemaheva Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus bevohitra Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus boivini Forel, 2022
Camponotus bozaka Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus butteli Forel, 1905
Camponotus cambouei Forel, 1891
Camponotus cemeryi Özdikmen, 2010
Camponotus cervicalis Roger, 1863
Camponotus cervicalis gaullei Santschi, 1911
Camponotus chrislaini Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus claveri Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus daraina Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus descarpentriesi Santschi, 1926Texas lilliput
Camponotus dromedarius Forel, 1891
Camponotus dromedarius pulcher Forel, 1892
Camponotus echinoploides Forel, 1891
Camponotus edmondi André, 1887
Camponotus edmondi ernesti Forel, 1891
Camponotus efitra Rakotonirina..., 0
Camponotus ellioti Forel, 1891
Camponotus ellioti relucens Santschi, 1911
Camponotus ethicus Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Camponotus foersteri Forel, 1886
Camponotus galoko Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus hagensii Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus harenarum Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus heteroclitus Forel, 1895
Camponotus hildebrandti Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus hildebrandti dichromothrix Emery, 1920
Camponotus hova Forel, 1891Inflated axinopsid
Camponotus hova becki Santschi, 1923
Camponotus hova boivini Forel, 1891
Camponotus hova fairmairei Santschi, 1911
Camponotus hova fulvus Emery, 1894
Camponotus hova hovahovoides Forel, 1892
Camponotus hova hovoides Dalla Torre, 1893
Camponotus hova mixtellus Dalla Torre, 1893
Camponotus hova obscuratus Emery, 1925
Camponotus hova radamae Forel, 1891
Camponotus hovahovoides Forel, 2022
Camponotus ihazofotsy Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus imitator Forel, 1891
Camponotus imitator resinicola Santschi, 1911
Camponotus immaculatus Forel, 1892
Camponotus ivadia Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus jjacquia Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus joany Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus jodina Rasoamanana,..., 2017
Camponotus karaha Rasoamanana,..., 2017
Camponotus karsti Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus kelimaso Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus lamosy Rakotonirina..., 2018
Camponotus legionarium Santschi, 1911
Camponotus leveillei Emery, 1895Turgid blossom
Camponotus liandia Rakotonirina..., 2018
Camponotus lokobe Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus longicollis Rasoamanana,..., 2017
Camponotus lubbocki Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus lubbocki christoides Forel, 1891
Camponotus lubbocki rectus Forel, 1891
Camponotus maculiventris Emery, 0
Camponotus madagascarensis Forel, 0
Camponotus mahafaly Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus maintikibo Rakotonirina..., 0
Camponotus maintilany Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus mainty Rakotonirina..., 2018
Camponotus manabo Rakotonirina..., 2018
Camponotus matsilo Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus mifaka Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus mita Rakotonirina..., 0
Camponotus mixtellus Dalla Torre, 1893
Camponotus nasicus Forel, 1891
Camponotus niavo Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus norvigi Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus nossibeensis André, 1887
Camponotus orombe Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus perroti Forel, 1897Eastern aligena
Camponotus perroti aeschylus Forel, 1913
Camponotus pictipes Forel, 1891
Camponotus pulcher Forel Stat., 0
Camponotus putatus Forel, 1892
Camponotus radamae Santschi, 1923
Camponotus raina Rakotonirina..., 2018
Camponotus reaumuri Forel, 1892
Camponotus robecchii assumptionis Crawley, 1921
Camponotus roeseli Forel, 1910
Camponotus rotrae Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus rufifrons leucopis
Camponotus sada Rakotonirina..., 2018
Camponotus sambiranoensis Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus sibreei Forel, 1891
Camponotus sikorai Emery, 1920
Camponotus strangulatus Santschi, 1911
Camponotus tafo Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus tanosy Rakotonirina..., 2018
Camponotus tapia Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus tendryi Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus themistocles Forel, 1910
Camponotus thomasseti Forel, 1912
Camponotus tratra Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus tsimelahy Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Camponotus ursus Forel, 1886Atlantic diplodon
Camponotus vano Rakotonirina..., 2022
Camponotus varatra Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus voeltzkowii Forel, 1894
Camponotus zavo Rakotonirina..., 2016
Camponotus zoro Rasoamanana ..., 2022
Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793Red barbed ant
Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus Latreille, 1798Jet Ant
Lasius (Lasius) brunneus Latreille, 1798Brown Ant
Lasius (Lasius) emarginatus Olivier, 1792Bicoloured ant
Lasius (Lasius) neglectus Van Loon, Bo..., 1990Invasive garden ant
Lepisiota canescens Emery, 1897Cuba lucine
Lepisiota capensis Mayr, 1862Alaska great-tellin
Myrmhopla acantha acasta Smith, 1860
Nylanderia amblyops Forel, 1892
Nylanderia amblyops rubescens Forel, 1892
Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Nylanderia bourbonica farquharensis Forel, 1907
Nylanderia gracilis Forel, 1892
Nylanderia humbloti Forel, 1891
Nylanderia madagascarensis Forel, 1886
Nylanderia madagascarensis ellisii Forel, 1891
Nylanderia sikorae Forel, 1892
Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802African weaver ant
Paraparatrechina glabra Forel, 1891
Paraparatrechina myops LaPolla & Fi..., 2010
Paraparatrechina ocellatula LaPolla & Fi..., 2010
Paratrechina amblyops Forel, 1892
Paratrechina amblyops rubescens Forel, 1892
Paratrechina ankarana LaPolla & Fi..., 2014
Paratrechina antsingy LaPolla & Fi..., 2014
Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)⇒ Nylanderia bourbonica Forel, 1886
Paratrechina bourbonica farquharensis Forel, 1907
Paratrechina comorensis Forel, 1907
Paratrechina glabra Forel, 1891
Paratrechina gracilis Forel, 1892
Paratrechina humbloti Forel, 1891
Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802Black Crazy Ant
Paratrechina madagascarensis Forel, 1886Ant
Paratrechina madagascarensis ellisii Forel, 1891
Paratrechina madagascarensis rufescens Wheeler, 1922
Paratrechina madagascarensis sechellensis Emery, 1894
Paratrechina mixta Forel, 1897
Paratrechina sikorae Forel, 1892
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) pygmaea Latreille, 1798Southern acornshell
Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant
Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894
Plagiolepis madecassa Forel, 1892
Polyrhachis (Myrma) schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859
Polyrhachis (Polyrhachis) bihamata Dru Drury, 1773
Prenolepis nitens Mayr, 1853
Pseudolasius dodo Donisthorpe, 1946

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

Taxom

TribeCamponotini
Forel, 1878
2
128
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeFormicini
Latreille, 1809
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeLasiini
Ashmead, 1905
4
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOecophyllini
Emery, 1895
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribePlagiolepidini
Forel, 1886
6
16
Genera
Species

Taxom



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