Checklist of Superfamily Formicoidea Latreille, 1802 (Ants)
for Central Australia (Northern Territory, Australia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 41
124
191 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 41
124
191 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 40
123
190 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 29
102
162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps | 3
16
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps | 3
16
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps | 2
15
32 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants | 1
14
31 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Central Australia
1 Family width 31 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Central Australia
14 Genera with 31 Species | Calomyrmex Emery, 1876 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Camponotus Mayr, 1910 | Black carpenter ant | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Crematogaster Lund, 1831 | Acrobat Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iridomyrmex Mayr, 1907 | Rainbow ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melophorus Lubbock, 1910 | Honey carrier | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Meranoplus Smith, 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Monomorium Mayr, 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myrmecia Fabricius, 1862 | Bull ants | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ochetellus Shattuck, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opisthopsis Emery, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pheidole Westwood, 1910 | Big-headed Ants | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podomyrma Smith, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polyrhachis Smith, 1910 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1910 | | 4 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Central Australia
31 Species and 1 Subspecies | Calomyrmex purpureus Mayr, 1876 | Reddish lepton | | Calomyrmex splendidus Mayr, 1876 | Bauble beauty ant | | Camponotus (Myrmosaulus) aurocinctus Smith, F., 1858 | Golden bearded sugar ant | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) discors Forel, 1902 | Yellow Disc Sugar Ant | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) novaehollandiae Mayr, 1870 | Northern common sugar ant | | Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) wiederkehri Forel, 1894 | Moneybox sugar ant | | Camponotus (Thlipsepinotus) oetkeri Forel, 1910 | | | Camponotus fieldellus Forel, 1910 | | | Camponotus sponsorum Forel, 1910 | | | Iridomyrmex suchieri Forel, 1907 | | | Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883 | Bagot´s furnace ant | | Melophorus fieldi Forel, 1910 | Common furnace ant | | Melophorus ludius Forel, 1902 | | | Melophorus ludius ludius Forel, 1902 | | | Melophorus sulla Forel, 1910 | | | Melophorus turneri Forel, 1910 | Furnace Ant | | Melophorus wheeleri Forel, 1910 | Harvester furnace ant | | Meranoplus mcarthuri Schödl, 2007 | | | Monomorium fieldi Forel, 1910 | Little black mono ant | | Monomorium monomorium Bolton, 1987 | White-crest tellin | | Myrmecia desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1915 | Many-line lucine | | Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr, 1862 | Black-headed bull ant | | Ochetellus flavipes Kirby, W.F., 1896 | Graceful lepton | | Opisthopsis haddoni Emery, 1893 | Red-headed strobe ant | | Pheidole deserticola Forel, 1910 | | | Podomyrma adelaidae Smith, 1858 | Desert muscleman ant | | Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) macropa Wheeler, W.M., 1916 | Crenulate tellin | | Polyrhachis (Campomyrma) pyrrhus Forel, 1910 | | | Rhytidoponera incisa Crawley, 1915 | | | Rhytidoponera mayri Emery, 1883 | Titan Pony Ant | | Rhytidoponera metallica Smith, 1858 | Green ant | | Rhytidoponera taurus Forel, 1910 | Greater horned pony ant |
Subnodes of Formicoidea with occurrences in Central Australia
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