Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 118
286
419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 118
286
419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 115
282
414 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 80
219
345 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 14
37
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 14
37
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 7
25
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
18
23 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Ascension
1 Family width 23 Species
Genera for Ascension
18 Genera with 23 Species | Camponotus Mayr, 1858 | Black carpenter ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardiocondyla Emery, 1890 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1895 | Acrobat Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paratrechina Motschoulsky, 1802 | Crazy ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1893 | Big-headed Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1914 | Harvester Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rogeria Emery, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1858 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 1906 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1851 | Fierce Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Wasmannia Forel, 1863 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ascension
23 Species | Camponotus fabricator Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 | Ant | | Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890 | Moorish Sneaking Ant | | Crematogaster obscurata Emery, 1895 | Ant | | Cyphomyrmex minutus Mayr, 1862 | Ant | | Meranoplus armatus Smith, 1862 | Fragile surfclam | | Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) | ⇒ Trichomyrmex destructor Jerdon, 1851 | | Monomorium subopacum (Smith, F., 1858) | ⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | Paratrechina longicornis Latreille, 1802 | Black Crazy Ant | | Pheidole fabricator Smith, 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) | ⇒ Pheidologeton diversus Jerdon, 1851 | | Pheidole teneriffana (Forel, 1893) | ⇒ Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879 | | Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery, 1894 | Alluaud's Little Yellow Ant | | Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler, 1914 | Maricopa harvester ant | | Pseudomyrmex curacaensis Forel, 1912 | | | Rogeria curvipubens Emery, 1894 | | | Solenopsis (Euophthalma) globularia Smith, F., 1858 | Ant | | Strumigenys emmae Emery, 1890 | Emma's Dacetine Ant | | Strumigenys schmalzi Emery, 1906 | | | Tapinoma melanocephalum Fabricius, 1793 | Ghost ant | | Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 | Ant | | Tetramorium simillimum Smith, F., 1851 | Ant | | Wasmannia auropunctata Roger, 1863 | Electric ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Ascension
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