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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Brussels Capital Region (Belgium)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
1836
3197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
312
1831
3189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
300
1806
3136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
212
1431
2590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
39
274
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
31
218
481
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
15
91
304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
11
28
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brussels Capital Region
1 Family width 28 Species
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants28SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brussels Capital Region
11 Genera with 28 Species
Dolichoderus Lund, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1758And Field Ants5SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Lasius Fabricius, 1991Citronella ants7SpeciesTaxom
Leptothorax Mayr, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Linepithema Mayr, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Monomorium Mayr, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Myrmica Latreille, 18465SpeciesTaxom
Pheidole Westwood, 1870Big-headed Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Temnothorax Mayr, 1850Acorn Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1850Fierce Ants2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brussels Capital Region
28 Species
Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) quadripunctatus Linnaeus, 1771
Formica (Formica) polyctena Förster, 1850European Red Wood Ant
Formica (Formica) rufa Linnaeus, 1761Davidson's bush-mallow
Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798Blood-Red Ant
Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798
Formica (Serviformica) fusca (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera schauinslandi Emery, 1899
Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus Fabricius, 1782Blond Field Ant
Lasius (Chthonolasius) mixtus Nylander, 1846
Lasius (Chthonolasius) umbratus Nylander, 1846Yellow ant
Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus Latreille, 1798Jet Ant
Lasius (Lasius) brunneus Latreille, 1798Brown Ant
Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758Black Garden Ant
Lasius (Lasius) platythorax Seifert, 1991Morsel macoma
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) nylanderi (Foerster, 1850)⇒ Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868Argentine ant
Linepithema iniquum Mayr, 1870Ant
Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758Egyptian red ant
Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Labidus coecus Latreille, 1802
Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846Subcancellate ervilia
Myrmica rugulosa (Nylander, 1849)⇒ Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861Newcomb pitar
Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846Ant
Pheidole bilimeki (Mayr, 1870)⇒ Pheidole jamaicensis Wheeler, 1908
Temnothorax nylanderi Förster, 1850
Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus, 1758Carpenter carditid
Tetramorium impurum Foerster, 1850Expanded macoma

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Brussels Capital Region
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
11
28
Genera
Species

Taxom