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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Andaman Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
142
535
697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
142
535
697
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
135
519
680
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
84
437
588
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
7
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
2
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
4
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Andaman Islands
1 Family width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Andaman Islands
4 Genera with 6 Species
Cataulacus Smith, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Polyrhachis Smith, 18613SpeciesTaxom
Vollenhovia Mayr, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Andaman Islands
6 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cataulacus simoni Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Leptothorax nylanderi euxanthus (Plateaux, 1981)⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Polyrhachis (Myrmatopa) wallacei Emery, 1887Round combshell
Polyrhachis aedipus Forel, 1893
Polyrhachis numeria Smith, F., 1861Delicate tellin
Vollenhovia penetrans Smith, F., 1857

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Andaman Islands
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom