Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Cape Point (Cape Peninsula)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 37
60
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 37
60
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 35
58
55 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 28
49
48 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 10
27
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 10
27
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 3
15
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
10
12 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Cape Point
1 Family width 12 Species
Genera for Cape Point
10 Genera with 12 Species | Camponotus Mayr, 1782 | Black carpenter ant | 1 | Species | Taxom | Crematogaster Lund, 1831 | Acrobat Ants | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Formica Linnaeus, 1886 | And Field Ants | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lasius Fabricius, 1758 | Citronella ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1928 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1910 | Big-headed Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Strumigenys Smith, 2000 | Miniature Trap-jaw Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetramorium Mayr, 1877 | Fierce Ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraponera Smith, 1886 | Slender ants | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cape Point
12 Species | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782 | Consobrine tellin | | Formica argentea Wheeler, W.M., 1912 | Silvery Field Ant | | Formica pacifica Francoeur, 1973 | | | Formica subpolita Mayr, 1886 | Cande diplodon | | Lasius (Lasius) niger Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Garden Ant | | Monomorium excelsior Arnold, 1926 | Lake fingernailclam | | Monomorium speculiceps (Santschi, 1928) | ⇒ Monomorium excelsior Arnold, 1926 | | Pheidole spinulosa Forel, 1910 | | | Strumigenys lycosa Bolton, 2000 | | | Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery, 1886 | | | Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877 | | | Tetraponera clypeata Emery, 1886 | |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Cape Point
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