Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 524
5674
16553 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 521
5665
16543 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 503
5612
16419 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 358
4728
14237 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 61
809
1856 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 51
723
1612 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 19
187
695 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
38
122 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for British Columbia
1 Family width 122 Species and 4 Subspecies
Genera for British Columbia
38 Genera with 122 Species
| Acanthomyops Mayr, 1909 | Citronella ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Amblyopone Erichson, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1947 | Collared Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Avitomyrmex Archibald, C..., 2006 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1893 | Rover ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calyptites Scudder, 1877 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 0 | Black carpenter ant | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1911 | Acrobat Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphomyrmex Mayr, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dolichoderus Lund, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eoecophylla Archibald, M..., 2024 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1973 | And Field Ants | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Formicoxenus Mayr, 1939 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1881 | Citronella ants | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Leptothorax Mayr, 1950 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Linepithema Mayr, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Liometopum Mayr, 1905 | Velvety Tree Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macabeemyrma Archibald, C..., 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Manica Jurine, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmeciites Archibald, C..., 2006 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmica Latreille, 1913 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Octostruma Forel, 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1863 | Big-headed Ants | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1934 | Harvester Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polyergus Latreille, 1899 | Amazon ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Prenolepis Mayr, 1836 | False Honey Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Proformica Ruzsky, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenopsis Westwood, 1836 | Fire ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenamma Westwood, 1995 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stigmatomma Roger, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tapinoma Förster, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Technomyrmex Mayr, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Temnothorax Mayr, 1895 | Acorn Ants | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1758 | Fierce Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ypresiomyrma Archibald, C..., 2006 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for British Columbia
122 Species and 4 Subspecies | Acanthomyops latipes Walsh, 1863 | | | Acanthomyops occidentalis Wheeler, 1909 | | | Amblyopone oregonensis Wheeler, 1915 | | | Aphaenogaster longaeva ♰ Scudder, 1877 | | | Aphaenogaster occidentalis Emery, 1895 | | | Aphaenogaster rudis (Enzmann, J., 1947) | ⇒ Aphaenogaster piceum Wheeler, 1908 | | Avitomyrmex elongatus ♰ S. B. Archibald, 2006 | | | Avitomyrmex mastax ♰ Archibald & al., 2006 | | | Avitomyrmex systenus ♰ S. B. Archibald, 2006 | | | Brachymyrmex depilis Emery, 1893 | Hairless Rover Ant | | Calyptites antediluvianum ♰ Scudder, 1878 | Shrubby primrose-willow | | Calyptites antediluvianus ♰ Scudder, 1877 | | | Camponotus (Camponotus) herculeanus Linnaeus, 1758 | Black carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) modoc Wheeler, W.M., 1910 | Carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) novaeboracensis Fitch, 1855 | New York Carpenter Ant | | Camponotus (Camponotus) pennsylvanicus (De Geer, 1773) | ⇒ Camponotus pensylvanica De Geer, 1773 | | Camponotus (Colobopsis) hunteri Wheeler, W.M., 1910 | | | Camponotus (Myrmentoma) nearcticus Emery, 1893 | Smaller carpenter ant | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maccooki Forel, 1879 | | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) vicinus Mayr, 1870 | Maculate carpenter ant | | Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916 | | | Camponotus rufifrons leucopis | | | Crematogaster (Crematogaster) cerasi Fitch, 1855 | | | Crematogaster stadelmanni dolichocephala Santschi, 1911 | | | Dolichoderus obliteratus ♰ Scudder, 1877 | | | Eoecophylla quilchenensis ♰ Archibald, M..., 2024 | | | Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761 | Davidson's bush-mallow | | Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798 | Blood-Red Ant | | Formica (Serviformica) cinerea Mayr, 1853 | | | Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | | Formica accreta Francoeur, 1973 | | | Formica altipetens Wheeler, W.M., 1913 | Orcutt nakedclam | | Formica arcana ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1877 | Shrubby primrose-willow | | Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912 | Silvery Field Ant | | Formica aserva Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Formica dakotensis Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica densiventris Viereck, 1903 | | | Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992 | Pacific razor | | Formica glacialis Wheeler, W.M., 1908 | Rough razor | | Formica hewitti Wheeler, W.M., 1917 | Sickle jackknife | | Formica integra Nylander, 1856 | Oblique jackknife clam | | Formica lasioides Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica microgyna Wheeler, W.M., 1903 | | | Formica neoclara Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica neogagates Viereck, 1903 | New World Black Ant | | Formica neorufibarbis Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886 | Thatching ant | | Formica obscuriventris Mayr, 1870 | Northern Red Wood Ant | | Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973 | | | Formica pergandei Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica planipilis Creighton, 1940 | | | Formica podzolica Francoeur, 1973 | | | Formica puberula Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica ravida Creighton, 1940 | | | Formica rubicunda Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica sibylla Wheeler, W.M., 1913 | Orcutt nakedclam | | Formica subaenescens Emery, 1893 | Tapered pigtoe | | Formica subnitens Creighton, 1940 | | | Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886 | Cande diplodon | | Formica transmontanis Francoeur, 1973 | | | Formicoxenus diversipilosus Smith, 1939 | | | Lasius (Cautolasius) nearcticus Wheeler, W.M., 1906 | New World Fuzzy Ant | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) subumbratus Viereck, 1903 | | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846 | Yellow ant | | Lasius (Chthonolasius) vestitus Wheeler, W.M., 1910 | | | Lasius (Lasius) alienus Foerster, 1850 | Alien field ant | | Lasius (Lasius) neoniger Emery, 1893 | Cornfield ant | | Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Garden Ant | | Lasius (Lasius) pallitarsis Provancher, 1881 | Subterranean Aphid-Tending Ant | | Leptothorax (Leptothorax) canadensis (Provancher, 1887) | ⇒ Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846 | | Leptothorax (Leptothorax) crassipilis Wheeler, W.M., 1917 | Sickle jackknife | | Leptothorax (Leptothorax) muscorum Nylander, 1846 | Horseshoe crabs | | Leptothorax calderoni (Creighton, 1950) | ⇒ Leptothorax muscorum Nylander, 1846 | | Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868 | Argentine ant | | Liometopum luctuosum Wheeler, W.M., 1905 | Pine tree ant | | Macabeemyrma ovata ♰ Archibald, C..., 2006 | | | Manica invidia Emery, 1895 | Lens lucine | | Messor barbarum pseudo Mayr, 1862 | | | Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758 | Egyptian red ant | | Myrmeciites goliath ♰ Archibald, C..., 2006 | | | Myrmeciites herculeanus ♰ Archibald, C..., 2006 | | | Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis ♰ Archibald, C..., 2006 | | | Myrmica alaskensis Wheeler, 1917 | Sickle jackknife | | Myrmica americana Weber, 1939 | | | Myrmica brevispinosa Wheeler, 1917 | Sickle jackknife | | Myrmica detritinodis (Emery, 1921) | ⇒ Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 | | Myrmica discontinua Weber, 1939 | | | Myrmica fracticornis Forel, 1901 | Round combshell | | Myrmica incompleta Provancher, 1881 | Incomplete Ant | | Myrmica lobifrons (Pergande, 1900) | ⇒ Myrmica lobicornis Nylander, 1846 | | Myrmica pinetorum Wheeler, 1905 | Ant Of The Pines | | Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802 | | Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846 | Ant | | Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 | | | Myrmica tahoensis Weber, 1948 | | | Myrmica whymperi Forel, 1913 | | | Octostruma gymnosoma Longino, 2013 | | | Pheidole alexeter Wilson, 2003 | | | Pheidole californica Mayr, 1870 | Turgid blossom | | Pheidole clementensis Gregg, 1969 | | | Pheidole pilifera Roger, 1863 | Hairy Big-Headed Ant | | Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Cresson, 1865 | Western harvester ant | | Pogonomyrmex salinus Olsen, 1934 | Calico clam | | Polyergus breviceps Emery, 1893 | Broad-headed Amazon ant | | Polyergus mexicanus Forel, 1899 | Western Amazon ant | | Polyrhachis laevigata Smith, F., 1857 | Dosinia lucine | | Prenolepis imparis Say, 1836 | False Honey Ant | | Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) molesta (Say, 1836) | ⇒ Diplorhoptrum molestum Emery, 1895 | | Stenamma diecki Emery, 1895 | Turgid blossom | | Stenamma punctatoventre Snelling, R.R., 1973 | | | Stenamma snellingi Bolton, 1995 | Lens lucine | | Stigmatomma oregonense Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | | | Tapinoma sessile Say, 1836 | Coconut ant | | Temnothorax longispinosus Roger, 1863 | Long-Spined Acorn Ant | | Temnothorax nevadensis Wheeler, 1903 | | | Temnothorax nitens Emery, 1895 | | | Temnothorax rudis Wheeler, 1917 | | | Temnothorax rugatulus Emery, 1895 | | | Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | Carpenter carditid | | Tetramorium immigrans (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758 | | Ypresiomyrma bartletti ♰ Archibald & al., 2006 | | | Ypresiomyrma orbiculata ♰ Archibald & al., 2006 | |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in British Columbia
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