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Checklist for Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
153
532
761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
150
529
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
109
450
646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
17
65
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
17
65
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
12
54
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
9
12
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape of Good Hope
1 Family width 12 Species and 2 Subspecies
Formicidae Latreille, 1809Ants12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
9 Genera with 12 Species
Camponotus Mayr, 1916Black carpenter ant4SpeciesTaxom
Formica Linnaeus, 1785And Field Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Meranoplus Smith, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Messor Forel, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Myrmhopla Forel, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Paltothyreus Mayr, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Tetramorium Mayr, 1877Fierce Ants1SpeciesTaxom
Tetraponera Smith, 1886Slender ants1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
12 Species and 2 Subspecies
Camponotus (Myrmopsamma) mystaceus Emery, 1886
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) maculatus Fabricius, 1782Consobrine tellin
Camponotus angusticeps Emery, 1886
Camponotus moeschi lygaeus Viehmeyer, 1916
Formica maculata Geoffroy, 1785Leiberg's ptychomitrium moss
Leptogenys castanea Mayr, 1862
Meranoplus peringueyi Emery, 1886
Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917Ringed lucine
Myrmhopla acantha acasta Smith, 1860
Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabricius, 1798
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877
Tetraponera clypeata Emery, 1886

Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
9
12
Genera
Species

Taxom