Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Burkina Faso (West Africa)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 164
1007
2041 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 164
1007
2041 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 156
988
1997 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 107
871
1848 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 25
118
254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 25
118
254 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 12
91
218 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
16
25 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Burkina Faso
1 Family width 25 Species and 3 Subspecies
Genera for Burkina Faso
16 Genera with 25 Species | Aenictus Shuckard, 2022 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Brachyponera Emery, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1798 | Black carpenter ant | 2 | Species | Taxom | Cataglyphis Förster, 1850 | Desert ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | Crematogaster Lund, 1831 | Acrobat Ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Dorylus Fabricius, 1817 | driver ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Messor Forel, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1987 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oecophylla Smith, 1802 | Green ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachycondyla Smith, 1862 | Panther Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1877 | Big-headed Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1980 | Fierce Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trichomyrmex Mayr, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Burkina Faso
25 Species and 3 Subspecies | Aenictus ugaduwensis Gómez, 2022 | | | Brachyponera sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Brachyponera sennaarensis ruginota Stitz, 1916 | | | Camponotus (Myrmosericus) vestitus Smith, F., 1858 | Louisiana pearlshell | | Camponotus (Orthonotomyrmex) sericeus Fabricius, 1798 | Texas lilliput | | Dorylus dorylus Lamarck, 1817 | | | Messor galla Mayr, 1904 | Japanese horseshoe crab | | Messor galla galla | | | Monomorium afrum André, 1884 | | | Monomorium balathir Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Monomorium bicolor (Emery, 1877) | ⇒ Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | Monomorium dakarense Santschi, 1914 | Northern riffleshell | | Monomorium hirsutum Forel, 1910 | | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Nesomyrmex evelynae Forel, 1916 | | | Oecophylla longinoda Latreille, 1802 | African weaver ant | | Pachycondyla analis (Latreille, 1802) | ⇒ Megaponera analis Latreille, 1802 | | Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901 | | | Pachycondyla sennaarensis Mayr, 1862 | | | Pheidole rugaticeps Emery, 1877 | | | Polyrhachis conops conops Forel, 1901 | | | Polyrhachis (Myrma) viscosa Smith, F., 1858 | | | Tetramorium longicorne Forel, 1907 | Cumberland leafshell | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetramorium zapyrum Bolton, 1980 | False softshell | | Trichomyrmex abyssinicus Forel, 1894 | | | Trichomyrmex oscaris Forel, 1894 | |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Burkina Faso
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